Jennifer Connelly to star in Tom Cruise's 'Top Gun: Maverick'

Actor Jennifer Connelly has joined Tom Cruise in

'Top Gun: Maverick'

.

According to a report,

Joe Kosinski

is directing the film, a sequel to the 1986 original.


The new movie will be set in a world of drone technology and will explore the end of the era of dogfighting, with Cruise portraying a flight instructor.

Jerry Bruckheimer, who produced the first film with the late

Don Simpson

, will produce with Cruise and David Ellison.

Val Kilmer will also reprise his role as Tom

'Iceman'

Kazansky in the sequel, which is set to be released on July 12, 2019.