Joseph Kosinski’s first meeting with Tom Cruise about directing a sequel to the 1986 blockbuster “Top Gun” was in 2017. Five years later, “Top Gun: Maverick” finally opened, after the pandemic led Paramount to delay its 2020 release until May of this year, when it could play to a global theatrical audience — and did it ever, earning nearly $1.5 billion worldwide. By contrast, “Glass Onion,” writer-director Rian Johnson’s sequel to 2019’s “Knives Out,” came together quickly after Netflix snapped up the...
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As an artist who transitioned into filmmaking after first earning a degree in architecture, Kosinski has built each of his films — and his career as a whole — with care and precision. After his 2022 sequel “Top Gun: Maverick” finished the year as the second-highest grossing film, with almost $1.5 billion in worldwide receipts — and earned six Academy Award nominations including best picture — Kosinski capitalized on that momentum by leaping into a yet-untitled Formula One racing film for Apple. Reuniting with “Maverick” co-screenwriter Ehren Kruger and Jerry Bruckheimer’s prodco, Kosinski will both direct and co-produce the film, this time trading one A-lister (Tom Cruise) for another (Brad Pitt) as his star and bringing Damson Idris, Kerry Condon, Javier Bardem and Tobias Menzies along for the ride.
