SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - Tom Cruise surprised the Hall H audience at San Diego Comic-Con Thursday by crashing the Terminator: Dark Fate panel to show the trailer for Top Gun: Maverick, multiple sources reported.
Eight-thousand fans cheered as the actor took the stage in the convention center's largest space.
More than thirty years after the blockbuster success, the Top Gun sequel will be released June 26, 2020.
Top Gun: Maverick shows Cruise as a flight instructor at the Top Gun school and guides his former flying partner's son Goose as a pilot.
Val Kilmer, Jon Hamm and Miles Teller co-star.
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The movie was filmed on North Island Naval Air Station and other Coronado locations. Paramount Pictures released the trailer showing shots of the NAS North Island runway and Point Loma.
Surprise guest in #HallH @Comic_Con! Tom Cruise gave the audience the first peek of upcoming Top Gun film. pic.twitter.com/ZSRQsnE6oD
— KOGO Radio (@KOGORadio) July 18, 2019
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Maverick is back. #TopGun pic.twitter.com/8ZDeE5h6fs
— Tom Cruise (@TomCruise) July 18, 2019
Associated Press contributed to this report.
