The film began shooting in 2018, and will not be released until Summer of 2020. Despite the long wait since the first film in the 1980s, the trailers are promising.

Paramount Pictures was given a huge swath of Department of Defense resources for the film, including access to Naval facilities and personnel in three states, as well as access to a Nimitz-class carrier.

In addition, the film company was also allowed to place cameras on combat aircraft, including helicopters and F/A-18 Super Hornets.

That said, cooperation comes with a cost.

In exchange for access, the DoD assigned a senior officer to "review with public affairs the script's thematics and weave in key talking points relevant to the aviation community."

Furthermore, the military made moves to ensure an early rough-cut of the film would have to pass DoD muster, to ensure that "the tone of the military sequences substantially conforms to the agreed script treatment."