"It wasn’t hard,” producer-writer Christopher McQuarrie said of coming up with the third film's storyline A storyline has already been set for a third installment to the Top Gun franchise. Christopher McQuarrie,

Top Gun 3” may be closer to release than you think. In a recent conversation on Josh Horowitz’s “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, Christopher McQuarrie, who co-wrote and produced “Top Gun: Maverick,” said he already has the story nailed down for “Top Gun 3.

Impossible team up in The Final Reckoning, Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie are in a good place to get back in the saddle together again with Top Gun 3 — in fact, McQuarrie teases the story is "already in the bag,