Val Kilmer will star opposite Tom Cruise in the "Top Gun: Maverick," an   
   individual with knowledge of the production told TheWrap.   
       
   Kilmer will join Cruise in the long-awaited sequel to Tony Scott's 1986 action   
   blockbuster, in which Cruise's aviator Pete "Maverick" Mitchell is now a   
   mentor to a new generation of U.S. Navy fighter pilots.   
       
   A rep for Paramount declined to comment on the casting of Kilmer, who has been   
   spotted around the San Diego hotel the studio has been using since production   
   began last week.   
       
   Kilmer, who played aviator Tom "Iceman" Kazansky and Cruise's chief rival in   
   the original film, is repped by CAA and Hirsch Wallerstein Hayum Matlof and   
   Fishman.   
       
       
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