movieline.com – Back in November, the New York Times reported that a planned sequel to Top Gun, with Tom Cruise aboard, had fallen apart in the wake of director Tony Scott's suicide last August. So, I did a double take a few minutes ago when I read this Tweet from what is supposedly Val Kilmer's official account:

4 weeks 1 day ago via jackiechan

feedproxy.google.com – Director Tony Scott, who authorities said died Sunday after jumping off a bridge, had been set to direct a sequel to the movie that made him famous, "Top Gun," as his next project. 39 weeks 3 days ago via donnieyen

comingsoon.net – Although he didn't expand much beyond what has been said before , Tom Cruise recently spoke with MTV and reiterated that a Top Gun 2 is something he's keen to act in. 49 weeks 3 days ago via donnieyen

collider.com – Word of a sequel to Tony Scott’s Top Gun started bubbling up a few years ago. At the time, most believed Tom Cruise would only be returning for a small role and that the film would center on a new young group of pilots. Movement on the sequel began to pick up in the ensuing months, and as recently as February we learned that Peter Craig (The Town) was working on a script for the sequel that would feature Cruise in a starring role and would see Scott return as director. 1 year 4 weeks ago via theothersenhman