“Prime Gun: Maverick” was an exhilarating shock. It is not solely among the finest films of 2022, nevertheless it’s additionally among the finest examples of a legacy sequel finished proper — which is becoming contemplating “Maverick” director Joseph Kosinski had beforehand delivered the very best legacy sequel of the 2010s, “TRON: Legacy.” The movie is spectacle in its purest type, with beautiful visuals, phenomenal motion and stunts, a killer soundtrack, and somewhat little bit of character improvement as a deal with.
Commercially, “Maverick” was an awesome success as well, so after all a 3rd “Prime Gun” film is being commissioned. However the place might it even go? By way of the story, “Maverick” already felt like a bookend to the bigger story of Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise). Then there’s the query of the visuals. Contemplating that “Maverick” positioned cameras inside precise jet planes, is there any approach “Prime Gun 3” might high that? Can it take issues even increased, maybe to a spot with golden streets?
It is likely to be some time earlier than the conclusion to the unlikely “Prime Gun” trilogy comes out, however we’re beginning to get some juicy particulars about what to anticipate from it. Earlier this yr, “Maverick” author Christopher McQuarrie revealed he is aware of what the story for “Prime Gun 3” will likely be, although he refused to elaborate. Now, whereas selling his new movie “F1” in an interview with GQ, Kosinski has talked somewhat extra in regards to the movie and the way it can take issues even additional than inserting actors in honest-to-goodness jets:
“We’re considering a lot larger than … It is a actually existential disaster that Maverick has on this, and it is a lot larger than himself. It is an existential query that Maverick has to cope with, that might make ‘Maverick’ really feel small, I feel, as a film, in comparison with what we’re speaking about.”
The place can Prime Gun 3 even go? And can Brad Pitt come alongside for the trip?
Kosinski additionally described the story for the “Prime Gun: Maverick” sequel as being “one final trip,” saying there’s nonetheless “extra story to inform” in relation to the Pete Mitchell character.
Whereas this does not shed a complete lot of sunshine on “Prime Gun 3,” it says lots about the way forward for the bigger franchise. As we speculated when rumors of “Prime Gun 3” began circulating, the largest query a few third “Prime Gun” is whether or not it should proceed specializing in the titular coaching academy or really transfer ahead. “Maverick” managed to do each, spending time in coaching (however with graduates of the academy) earlier than pulling off a extremely cool “Star Wars”-inspired mission, nevertheless it appears unlikely we’ll return to coaching but once more. Meaning both Mitchell will likely be pressured to return to service after retiring or “Prime Gun 3” will middle on a brand new and even larger mission.
Within the meantime, Kosinski is already considering of how to increase his time working with quick vehicles, having already conquered the skies. When requested by GQ about “F1” star Brad Pitt saying he’d wish to work with Cruise once more, Kosinski had an concept for what to place the 2 actors in. Sadly, given Pitt particularly mentioned he’d solely work with Cruise in the event that they had been firmly on the bottom and never hanging off planes, it appears unlikely he’d present up in a 3rd “Prime Gun” film. Nonetheless, there is a strategy to make it work.
“Proper now, it might be Cole Trickle, who was (Cruise’s) ‘Days of Thunder’ character, we discover out that he and Sonny Hayes (Pitt’s character in ‘F1’) have a previous,” Kosinski mentioned. “They had been rivals in some unspecified time in the future, perhaps crossed paths … I heard about this epic go-kart battle on ‘Interview with a Vampire’ that Brad and Tom had, and who would not pay to see these two go head-to-head on the monitor?”
“F1” opens in theaters on June 27, 2025.
