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‘Top Gun: Maverick’ trailer drops at Comic-Con

Tom Cruise made an unexpected stop at Comic-Con to debut the first trailer for the upcoming movie. Watch it here.

By AP

Lindsey Bahr

Tom Cruise in a fighter plan in the new movie “Top Gun: Maverick” — Audiences at a Comic-Con panel got a big surprise when Tom Cruise walked on to show the new “Top Gun: Maverick” trailer.

SAN DIEGO — Tom Cruise has made an unexpected stop at San Diego Comic-Con to debut the first trailer for “Top Gun: Maverick.”

The audience in the 8,000 seat room went wild for Cruise Thursday afternoon. He closed out what had been billed only as a panel for “Terminator: Dark Fate.”

Cruise says all the flying in the trailer is real and that “Top Gun: Maverick” is a love letter to aviation. They worked with the Navy for the film, which is currently in production.

”Top Gun: Maverick” is expected to hit theaters next June. Val Kilmer, Jon Hamm and Miles Teller co-star.

Cruise said Comic-Con was the perfect place to premiere the trailer. He shot the original some 34 years ago in San Diego.

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