Val Kilmer Returns The Role of Iceman In TOP GUN: MAVERICK

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Val Kilmer is confirmed to be returning to the iconic role of Iceman in the forthcoming, previously announced sequel to 1986's TOP GUN. He joins Tom Cruise in the new picture, titled TOP GUN: MAVERICK.

Paramount is set to release the movie on July 12, 2019. Read more about the news from The Hollywood Reporter here!

Top Gun is a 1986 American action drama film directed by Tony Scott, and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, in association with Paramount Pictures. The screenplay was written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps, Jr., and was inspired by the article "Top Guns" written by Ehud Yonay for California magazine.

The film starred Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, and Tom Skerritt. Cruise plays Lieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, a young Naval aviator aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise. He and his Radar Intercept Officer (RIO) Nick "Goose" Bradshaw (Edwards) are given the chance to train at the Navy's Fighter Weapons School at Miramar in San Diego.