Top Gun: Maverick’s final trailer sets up rivalry with Goose’s son

Enlarge / Tom Cruise, seen here once again having the need... for speed. (credit: Paramount)

Nearly three years after its unveiling, Top Gun: Maverick finally seems to have a stable release date: May 27, 2022. On Tuesday, Tom Cruise and co. arrived to celebrate the occasion with a new trailer, which addresses some remaining questions about what Pete "Maverick" Mitchell (Cruise) is doing with the Navy.

As such, it's a plot-heavy preview. The new video doesn't address the reasons for the eventual F-14-filled military theater, so we still recommend watching it, but if you're eager to avoid spoilers, our Maverick trailer writeups from 2019 might be more up your alley.

You are not my first choice"

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  A familiar face finally emerges. [credit: Paramount ]

"You are here at the request of Admiral Kazansky," a visibly annoyed three-star admiral (Jon Hamm) tells Mitchell at the trailer's outset before gesturing to a framed picture of a commander (the picture is labeled "Iceman"). Ah, the old Val Kilmer Macguffin. "He seems to think you have something left to offer the Navy," Hamm continues.

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