Los Angeles Aug 23 (IANS) Actors Jon Hamm and Ed Harris have joined the cast of military action drama film "Top Gun: Maverick".
The film also starring actors Tom Cruise Glen Powell Jennifer Connelly and Miles Teller is a sequel to 1986 Tony Scott s directorial "Top Gun" reports usatoday.com.
Being helmed by Joseph Kosinski "Top Gun: Maverick" will be set in a world of drone technology and will explore the end of the era of dog-fighting with Cruise portraying a flight instructor.
Teller will play the hotshot pilot son of Maverick s former Radar Intercept Officer Nick "Goose" Bradshaw (Anthony Edwards). Powell will also play a cocky pilot.
The film is slated to release on July 12 2019.

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