Actor Tom Cruise confirms Top Gun 2 will begin filming in 2018

AFTER years of speculation, Tom Cruise has confirmed that Top Gun 2 will begin filming next year in an interview on Channel Seven’s Sunrise.

AFTER years of speculation, Tom Cruise has confirmed that Top Gun 2 is officially happening.

“It’s true. Yeah, it’s true,” he said during an interview on Channel Seven’s Sunrise.

“I’m going to start filming it, probably in the next year,” the 54-year-old added, with a big grin across his face.

“It’s happening, it is definitely happening.”

Tom Cruise in a scene from the 1986 film Top Gun. Picture: Supplied

The New York Post reports Cruise — who is promoting his upcoming reboot of “The Mummy” — has been dodging Top Gun 2 rumours for decades. But he was bombarded with even more questions last year about the possibility of a sequel as fans celebrated the 30th anniversary of the film.

“We’re discussing it,” Cruise told Graham Norton back in October. “We’re trying to figure it out.”

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WORLDWIDE EXCLUSIVE: @TomCruise just confirmed that Top Gun 2 is happening! "I’m gonna start filming it probably in the next year". #sun7 pic.twitter.com/X17xvxz4Q4

— Sunrise (@sunriseon7) May 23, 2017

The comments came months after Top Gun producer Jerry Bruckheimer tweeted out a picture of Cruise and himself following a weekend of discussing “a little Top Gun 2.”

Val Kilmer, who starred alongside Cruise as Lt. Tom “Iceman” Kazanski, has previously floated the idea of reprising his role — should there ever be a sequel.

A baby-faced Kelly McGillis and Tom Cruise in Top Gun. Picture: Alamy

“Hell yes,” the actor told a Reddit user during an AMA earlier this year, after being asked if he would agree to be in the sequel.

“What a hoot it will be,” he said. “(Cruise) was a sweetheart.”