In an interview with The Huffington Post, Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer said that the plot of the forthcoming Top Gun 2—which comes just 28 years after the original—will once again feature a tough talking-pilot played by Tom Cruise, but this time, his enemy will be unmanned drones. “The concept is basically, are the pilots obsolete because of drones? Cruise is going to show them that they’re not obsolete. The pilots are here to stay. That’s the concept of it.” Cruise will presumably attempt to show that though drones rule the sky, they don’t fare so well on the heated battlefield of the beach volleyball court. Bruckheimer cautioned that the concept is just “getting to the starting place” and it could be awhile before we see Maverick back in the pilot’s chair …
