12 Most Exciting Upcoming Movie Character Returns

4. Pete Mitchell (Top Gun: Maverick)

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Since 1986, the world has been waiting for a Top Gun sequel, and in the summer of this year, Lt Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell will fly again.

Tom Cruise is returning to one of his most iconic roles and it looks like we're going to see plenty of action from Maverick, if the trailers are anything to go to by.

It's a bold and risky move for Cruise to reprise the role - Top Gun is an iconic film of the 80s and may not have the same following today - but it will also be interesting to see how the young aviator has aged and what lessons he's learned along the way as he trains a new generation of pilots.

Expect plenty of action and death-defying stunts as we follow this character, as well as a killer soundtrack.

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