"It wasn’t hard,” producer-writer Christopher McQuarrie said of coming up with the third film's storyline A storyline has already been set for a third installment to the Top Gun franchise. Christopher McQuarrie,

Top Gun 3” may be closer to release than you think. In a recent conversation on Josh Horowitz’s “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, Christopher McQuarrie, who co-wrote and produced “Top Gun: Maverick,” said he already has the story nailed down for “Top Gun 3.

It wasn’t hard,” McQuarrie shared. “I thought it would be, and that’s a good place to go from as you walk into the room going, ‘Come on, what are we going to do?’ And Ehren Kruger pitched something and I went,