Forget the danger zone it looks like Maverick and Rooster may soon be headed for the courthouse.
They are seeking damages as well as an injunction on the film’s $1.4 billion profits.
Paramount previously secured the film rights to Yonay’s article when it released the originalTop Gunback in 1986.
Tom Cruise in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’.Paramount Pictures
“Plaintiffs do not have a monopoly over works about Top Gun.”
Take a guess where that endearing scene originally comes from.
You guessed it: Yonay’s story."
A hearing for the case will be held Sept. 26.
