This will be the first time in 30 years that a cruise film titled ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ has been screened at the Cannes Film Festival. The last time the Ron Howard-directed film Far and Away was screened at the Cannes Film Festival was in 1992. Tom Cruise has played the lead role in the film.

Festival sources told ‘The Hollywood Reporter’ that, “the highly anticipated action spectacle will open in cinemas in Cannes ahead of its Memorial Day premiere.” Cannes would not serve as the film’s world premiere, which would be held in San Diego, where the first film was set. It will be the first time in 30 years that a cruise film has been screened at Cannes. Before that, in 1992 the film “Far and Away” directed by Ron Howard was shown at the gala. “Maverick”, the 1986 blockbuster “Top Gun” (Top Gun: Maverick), which also stars Cruise. Its US premiere will take place on May 27.

Paramount and Skydance declined to comment on the festival screening of Cruise’s Oblivion director Joseph Kosinski. Maverick also stars Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glenn Powell, Lewis Pullman, Danny Ramirez, Monica Barbaro, Ed Harris and Val Kilmer, returning as Iceman. The film has been postponed several times due to the Corona pandemic. Maverick launched its first trailer at San Diego Comic-Con in 2019. The first 13 minutes of the film were shown at CinemaCon in August 2021. The ‘Cannes Film Festival’ will run from May 17 to 28.