Director Joseph Kosinski has been teasing details about the upcoming Top Gun sequel, and it sounds like the audience are heading to the cockpit.

Chatting to ComingSoon.net, Kosinski spoke about how the new movie will relate to the classic original – and, a little depressingly, how war will cause certain differences.

"The Navy is very different now than it was in 1986. Back then, they hadn't been in any war for 15 or 20 years at that point," he explained.

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Arguing that the "tone" of the movie, and the world, is very different now, he added: "Now, here in 2017, the Navy's been at war for 20 years.

"It's just a different world now, so you can't remake the first movie. It has to adapt."

That being said, fans can still expect to see a lot of "appropriate" action. There's still very much a need for speed, after all.

"I certainly want to recreate the experience of that movie, which gives you a front-seat into the world of naval aviation and what it's like to be in a fighter jet," he said.

Top Gun 2 – or should we say Top Gun: Maverick – was officially announced earlier this year, and yes, of course Tom Cruise is going to be involved.

Goose, though? Don't count on it.

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