You’re going to want to see this movie in theaters.
Top Gun: Maverick demands to be seen in the theater. I wanted to say that up top, because I think it’s something we all agree on. This is a Tom Cruise action movie with fighter jets and IMAX sequences, so it seems like a no-brainer. But that’s not the case in Hollywood right now. There are lots of titles doing day-and-date to drive people to subscribe to an app or to hedge bets against us going back to the theater.
Yet, this is a Tom Cruise movie. So even if that idea crossed executives’ minds, you know he wasn’t going to stand for it.
Tom Cruise is currently in Cannes for the premiere of Top Gun: Maverick. When asked about if they almost put this movie on an app for a streaming premiere, Cruise has a pretty blunt answer: “That’s not going to happen. Ever.”
He doubled down on it, saying, “I make movies for the big screen.”
Author: Jason Hellerman
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