PARAMOUNT You take the good, you take the bad, and right now anyone bummed about the news that Top Gun: Maverick has been pushed back nearly a full year can take solace in this: The sequel to A Quiet Place, John Krasinski’s smash hit horror fave, officially has a release date of its own. As per Variety, it will slink into theaters on May 15, 2020 — actually only a month and change before the second Top Gun arrives, on June 26. A Quiet Place was a semi-surprise hit back in the spring.

Top Gun 2, aka Top Gun: Maverick, may have just found its new leading lady: Jennifer Connelly. Connelly is in early talks to join Tom Cruise and Miles Teller in the sequel to the 1986 high-flying action flick. More Jennifer Connelly in movies is never a bad thing, so let’s all remain optimistic about the actress joining the Top Gun 2 cast. THR is reporting that Connelly is in talks to play the female lead in the film, described as “a single mother who runs a local bar near the Navy base.” Could this mean Connelly might be playing Tom Cruise’s new love interest?

Tom Cruise has posted a photo from the filming of Top Gun: Maverick to tease the start of production. The 55-year old actor is making a sequel 32 years after the original premiered. The original film starred Cruise as Pete Mitchell aka Maverick, a hot shot pilot that broke all the rules and still found himself in the Navy’s top flight school.

Before entering into production in 2018, Top Gun: Maverick is getting a new writer and is still on track for its 2019 release date, despite Tom Cruise’s recent injury. While filming Mission Impossible 6 in London, Cruise, who prides himself on doing his own stunts, injured himself while jumping from a building, breaking his right angle. The injury caused production to shut down, resulting in reports that it could potentially delay the release of the film, as well as Top Gun: Maverick, which Cruise was expected to film next.

Apparently movie audiences still feel the need, the need for speed in the form of aerial combat pilots returning for Top Gun 2.