The Virginia-Pilot: "Top Gun" sequel filming aboard Norfolk-based aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln
The highway to the danger zone will run through Hampton Roads.
The sequel to the 1986 blockbuster “Top Gun” is being filmed aboard the Norfolk-based USS Abraham Lincoln this week, according to the Navy. The original film inspired a generation of fighter pilots and served as a recruiting bonanza for the Navy.
The much-anticipated sequel began shooting May 31, according to a photo on Tom Cruise’s Instagram account. The photo featured him in a flight suit near a fighter jet with the same helmet he wore in the original film and referenced an oft-quoted line from the original movie: “I feel the need, the need for speed.”
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WNU Editor: I enjoyed the first movie. Hope they can do the same for the second.
5 comments:
Wait what..he's flying an F18? why? Why not f22?f35? Or ffs how cool would it be top fly an sr71 from an aircraft carrier (I know, I know. ..just go along with it)...f18 is soooo boring. ..sr71 is older but way cooler ..f22 and f35 would be sweet
SR71 is not a fighter plane..
Tom Cruise is too valuable to risk.
Hans, don't forget, it's Hollyweird.
The stars of the original movie are now old enough to have dementia. They shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a high performance jet fighter.
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