Tom Cruise-starrer 'Top Gun: Maverick' to release two days early

"Top Gun: Maverick", starring Tom Cruise, is set to hit screens on June 24, two days before its scheduled release. According to Variety, Paramount Pictures made anuncement Monday. 

new film, a follow-up to Tony Scott's 1986 action drama "Top Gun" that shot Cruise to fame, will see Hollywood action star reprise his role as Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell. "Maverick" will be set in a world of drone techlogy and will explore end of era of dogfighting, with Cruise portraying a flight instructor.

"Whiplash" star Miles Teller will play son of Goose, Maverick's co-pilot (played by Anthony Edwards in original), who's his new protege. Val Kilmer will also reprise his role as Tom "Iceman" Kazansky in sequel. Directed by "Oblivion" fame Joseph Kosinski, sequel is penned by Peter Craig, Justin Marks, and Eric Warren Singer. 

ensemble cast also features Jon Hamm, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Lewis Pullman, Charles Parnell, Jay Ellis, Bashir Salahuddin, Danny Ramirez, and Monica Barbaro. Jerry Bruckheimer, who produced first film with late Don Simpson, will back movie with Cruise and Skydance CEO David Ellison. It will be distributed exclusively in India by Viacom18.