Miles Teller cast as Goose's son in Top Gun 2
Teller will join Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer, who will return to their original roles
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Your support makes all the difference.Miles Teller is set to star opposite Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick, the sequel to 1986 classic.
The Whiplash star will play the son of Goose, Maverick (Cruise)'s former wingman and best friend, whose tragic death provided the emotional climax of the Tony Scott-directed original.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Teller beat out Nicholas Hoult, Glen Powell, Dylan O'Brien, and Austin Butler for the role.
The film will now envision Maverick as a mentor to the newest generation of fighter pilots, dealing with a world in which drone technology threatens to make their old style of flying obsolete.
Teller and Cruise will also be joined by Val Kilmer, returning to the role of Iceman for the film, Maverick's former rival.
Oblivion director Joseph Kosinski will direct, with a script by Eric Warren Singer, Peter Craig and Justin Marks; Harold Faltermeyer, who composed the 1986 original's catchy synth score, will also return.
Top Gun: Maverick hits cinemas 12 July 2019.
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