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Tom Cruise Shares First Look Photo as 'Top Gun 2' Begins Production
• https://variety.com, Robert MitchellCruise tweeted an image late Wednesday featuring his character, Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, looking at a fighter jet down the tarmac.
The teaser image for "Top Gun: Maverick," which Cruise also posted on his Instagram page, featured the legend "Feel the need," a reference to the original film's legendary quote, "I feel the need – the need for speed," accompanied by the hashtag #Day1.
Sources confirmed to Variety on Thursday that the sequel had started filming in the U.S.
Although the plot is being kept under wraps, it's been previously reported that Cruise's character would now be a flight instructor and that the film would explore a world of drone technology, fifth-generation fighters and the end of the era of dog-fighting. Joseph Kosinski, who is directing the sequel, told ComingSoon.net in October that his approach would be "appropriate for the times we live in."