‘Top Gun’ gets theatrical rerelease to celebrate its 40th anniversary
The poster for the ‘Top Gun’ rerelease. (Paramount)
Top Gun is flying back to movie theaters for its 40th anniversary.
Paramount Pictures is rereleasingTop Gun in cinemas on May 13. It, along with its sequel Top Gun: Maverick, will be available to watch on the big screen for one week.
Tom Cruise took to his social media on Tuesday to announce the rerelease.
“If you feel the need…Two films. One big screen. Back in theaters, May 13th, for one week only,” Cruise captioned his post.
For the first time ever, Top Gun will be screened in “cutting-edge immersive formats, delivering a fully upgraded, high-octane experience for a new generation of moviegoers and longtime fans alike,” according to a press release.
Tickets for the rerelease go on sale on Tuesday.
Top Gun was directed by Tony Scott, and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson. It originally released in theaters in 1986. Along with Cruise, it stars Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards and Tom Skerritt.
The film follows “a class of elite, hot shot Navy pilots at the Fighter Weapons School known as Top Gun push their aircraft and each other to the limits as they compete to be the best of the best,” according to an official synopsis.
Top Gun: Maverick released in 2022 and starred Cruise, Miles Teller, Glen Powell and Jennifer Connelly.
Sydney Sweeney attends the Los Angeles premiere of Lionsgate’s ‘The Housemaid’ at TCL Chinese Theatre on December 15, 2025 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Brianna Bryson/WireImage)
Sydney Sweeney is facing criticism after she shared footage of herself throwing bras on the famed Hollywood sign in Los Angeles in a publicity stunt the owner of the iconic sign claims was done without required permission.
The Housemaid actress shared an Instagram video on Monday featuring footage of the moment she laced the iconic sign in bras in the middle of the night. TMZ obtained the video and shared a snippet of the moment earlier that day.
In the Instagram video — which included a tag for Sweeney’s new lingerie line SYRN by Sydney Sweeney — the actress, along with a camera crew, hikes up to the Hollywood sign and scales the side of Mount Lee to reach the iconic letters. She and her crew then unzip duffel bags filled with bras and begin draping them over the letters.
At one point in the video, Sweeney says, “I’m gonna get caught at this rate.”
At the end of the video, Sweeney is seen posing in front of the bra-laced Hollywood sign.
Backlash to the PR stunt was swift, with the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, which owns trademark rights for usage of the sign or its likeness for commercial purposes, speaking out against the Euphoria actress’ actions.
The organization told ABC News in a statement Tuesday that Sweeney and her team did not obtain permission for the stunt, saying it was “not authorized by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce nor did we have prior knowledge of it.”
“The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce owns the intellectual property rights to the image of the Hollywood Sign, so that anyone intending to use and/or access the Hollywood Sign for commercial purposes must obtain a license or permission from the Hollywood Chamber to do so,” Hollywood Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Steve Nissen said in the statement.
“The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce did not grant a license or permission of any kind to the production involving Sydney Sweeney as reported by TMZ, nor did anyone seek a license or permission from the Chamber for that production,” Nissen added.
FilmLA has not responded to Good Morning America about whether Sweeney obtained a permit or not ahead of the publicity stunt.
The Los Angeles Police Department told ABC News that as of Tuesday morning, no police report had been filed against Sweeney.
Good Morning America has reached out to Sweeney’s reps for comment.
On Tuesday, Sweeney shared additional details about her lingerie line on social media, saying it will be available on Jan. 28.
Details about Sweeney’s new lingerie line were revealed by Puck News in July 2025. The line is being backed by Coatue, a venture capital company that includes investors such as Jeff Bezos and his wife Lauren Sanchez.
Actor Nicholas Brendon attends the 2012 Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo at McCormick Place on April 15, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Barry Brecheisen/WireImage)
Buffy The Vampire Slayer actor Nicholas Brendon has passed away at the age of 54. The news was announced in a statement posted on Brendon’s Facebook page.
“We are heartbroken to share the passing of our brother and son, Nicholas Brendon. He passed in his sleep of natural causes,” reads the statement. “Most people know Nicky for his work as an actor and for the characters he brought to life over the years. In recent years Nicky has found his passion in painting and art. Nicky loved to share his enthusiastic talent with his family, friends and fans.”
“He was passionate, sensitive, and endlessly driven to create. Those who truly knew him understood that his art was one of the purest reflections of who he was,” the post continues. “Our family asks for privacy during this time as we grieve his loss and celebrate the life of a man who lived with intensity, imagination, and heart.”
Brendon rose to fame playing Xander Harris on all seven seasons of the hit WB series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, opposite Sarah Michelle Gellar and Alyson Hannigan. He also had a recurring role on the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds, and appeared in the short-lived Fox series Kitchen Confidential, based on the book by chef Anthony Bourdain.
Outside of TV, he appeared in several films, including the 2000 comedy Psycho Beach Party, which also starred Lauren Ambrose and Amy Adams, and the 2002 horror film Demon Island.
Brendon was frequently in the news for legal troubles: He’d been arrested multiple times, with his first arrest happening 2010. Charges he faced over the years included resisting arrest, battery, felony vandalism, malicious injury and more. He also dealt with substance abuse issues, and went to rehab for addiction to alcohol and sleeping pills.
Brendon is the second member of the Buffy The Vampire Slayer cast to die in recent years. Michelle Trachtenberg, who played Buffy’s sister, Dawn Summers, passed away in 2025.
