Top Gun

Cruise, 59, is reprising his role of Maverick over 35 years after the original Top Gun hit theaters in 1986.

"It just opened up the whole movie. 🖤✈️." Sporting American Optical's pilot sunglasses, Cruise smiled as he exited the aircraft and walked along the tarmac, buttoning up the jacket of his bespoke navy Brioni three-piece suit. Earlier this week, Cruise stopped by The Late Late Show and talked about just how big of an impact the song has on the sequel and how the "incredible" Gaga is "not just on the soundtrack" of the movie, but also "helped compose the score." It later had release dates set for July 2, 2021, and then Nov. 19, 2021. Recently, Cruise took time to sing the praises of Lady Gaga, whose new song on the soundtrack "Hold My Hand" he said is "the heartbeat of our film."

Tom Cruise sure knows how to make an epic entrance, wowing fans as he arrived at the Top Gun: Maverick premiere via helicopter.

The movie means a lot to me, a lot to my career, a lot to the studio, a lot to audiences,” he said. It appears Cruise may have even landed the helicopter himself. The Hollywood A-lister learned to fly a helicopter in 2017 for a stomach-churning stunt in Mission Impossible: Fallout.

Hollywood's summer movie season kicks off Friday with the release of Disney and Marvel's “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness."

Featuring the vocal stylings of Steve Carell, Alan Arkin, Dolph Lundgren, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Lucy Lawless. “Secret Headquarters” (Paramount, theaters): A kid (Walker Scobell of “The Adam Project”) discovers a superhero’s secret headquarters in the basement of his home. After years of working solo as a test pilot, Maverick is called back to train a new batch of fighter pilots, including Goose’s son (Miles Teller). And this time, Buzz is voiced by Captain America himself, Chris Evans. “The Bride” (Sony, theaters): A wedding at a mansion in the English countryside takes a sinister turn in this horror starring Nathalie Emmanuel. And it’s a musical! “Bed Rest” (STX): “In the Heights” star Melissa Barrera plays a pregnant woman in this horror. Instead of peace, she finds a waking nightmare. “Father of the Bride” (HBO Max, on June 16): This remake of the remake has a Cuban-American spin and stars Andy Garcia and Isabela Merced. New additions to the well-heeled lot include Hugh Dancy, Laura Haddock, Nathalie Baye and Dominic West. “The Phantom of the Open” (Sony Pictures Classics, theaters): The true story of the “world’s worst golfer” Maurice Flitcroft (Mark Rylance) who still manages to get a shot in The British Open. “Men” (A24, theaters): “Ex Machina” and “Annihilation” filmmaker Alex Garland directs Jessie Buckley in this new thriller about a woman who goes to the country after a personal tragedy.

The most Tom Cruise red carpet entrance ever has been witnessed after he landed an N547SA Airbus helicopter at the Top Gun: Maverick premiere.

The final trailer dropped this past month offered a better look at Miles Teller as pilot trainee Lieutenant Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw, son of the late RIO Nick “Goose” Bradshaw; in addition to introducing this franchise instalment’s answer to the Maverick-Ice Man rivalry with Glen Powell as hotshot flyboy who goes by the callsign of “Hangman.” Let’s just say, even before considering all the complexities of being instructed by your deceased father’s best friend/the man who you hold responsible for your father’s death… “It turned out to be an incredible day. Then he said if the kids would like they could go up in the helicopter.”