A 'Top Gun'-inspired TV series is coming to Nat Geo. A reality series tentatively titled 'Top Gun: The Next Generation' will follow a group of U.S. Navy student pilots as they train to become fighter pilots in the military's Advanced Flight Training Program. The show from Zinc Media Group boasts unprecedented access to one of the Navy's most demanding training and selection programs.
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00:00 A Top Gun-inspired TV series is coming to NatGeo.
00:03 A reality series tentatively titled
00:06 "Top Gun The Next Generation"
00:08 will follow a group of U.S. Navy student pilots
00:10 as they train to become fighter pilots
00:12 in the military's advanced flight training program.
00:14 The show from Zink Media Group boasts unprecedented access
00:17 to one of the Navy's most demanding training
00:20 and selection programs.
00:21 The production follows the 2022 film "Top Gun Maverick,"
00:25 as seen here, which grossed $1.5 billion worldwide.
00:29 - Good morning, aviators.
00:31 This is your captain speaking.
00:34 - Then we're off.
00:38 - Here we go.
00:40 - The reality series, inspired by the movie,
00:42 will follow a diverse range of Navy student pilots
00:44 as they embark on some of the most challenging
00:46 flight tests possible.
00:48 The elite nature of the course means
00:49 that only the very best will make it to the top
00:51 to fly the world's most advanced jet,
00:53 the F-35C Lightning II.
00:55 Tom McDonald, the executive vice president
00:57 of global factual and unscripted content at NatGeo said,
01:01 "With so many millions of fans of the film around the world,
01:03 "I was immediately drawn to this series.
01:06 "These elite jet pilots are not only extremely accomplished
01:09 "and impressive, but all have very different
01:11 "stories to tell."
01:12 "Top Gun The Next Generation" is greenlit to series
01:14 with a premiere date to be announced later.
01:16 For more on this story and the latest news,
01:18 go to THR.com.
01:19 This is The Hollywood Reporter News.
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