Following the suicide of director Tony Scott, plans for a Top Gun sequel have 'fallen apart'
The production of the sequel to 'Top Gun' has collapsed, according to reports.
Director
Tony Scott, who took his own life in August, was working on the project
up to his death, but plans to turn 'Top Gun 2' into reality with Tom
Cruise and producer Jerry Bruckheimer have faltered.
The New York Times says that without Scott, the production has now
'fallen apart', despite having 'The Town' writer Peter Craig working on a
script, Cruise on board and Paramount executives putting a time-frame
on the release.
Scott had even been scouting locations with
Cruise days before he jumped to his death from the Vincent Thomas Bridge
in Los Angeles.
However, plans to release a 3D version of the
original film are still in place, with Paramount looking at unveiling
Maverick, Iceman and Goose in three dimensions in February, 2013.
'Top
Gun' was released in 1986, directed by Scott on a $15 million (£9.4
million) budget and produced by the legendary pairing of the late Don
Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer.
It made a whopping $354 million (£222 million) at the box office, around £533 million adjusting for inflation.
