Glen Powell has start date in place for Top Gun 3

Glen Powell already has "a date" to start work on 'Top Gun 3'.

The 35-year-old actor is set to reprise his 'Top Gun: Maverick' role as Jake 'Hangman' Seresin alongside Tom Cruise (Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell) and Miles Teller (Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw) in the blockbuster franchise's third instalment, and he's admitted he already knows when the project is getting underway.

Appearing on the 'Happy Sad Confused' podcast with 'Twisters' co-star Daisy Edgar-Jones, they were asked whether 'Top Gun 3' or another series of her show 'Normal People' would come first.

Powell replied: "I mean, I have a date."

However, he didn't reveal whether that was referring to a start to actual filming, or simply getting in shape or going back to pilot school to prepare.

Asked if he could share any more details, he added: "Absolutely not."

Earlier this year, it was reported a third 'Top Gun' movie was officially being developed by Paramount Pictures, and Powell recalled receiving text messages with question marks from friends after the news broke.

He told Variety: "People looked at me like I knew what was going on. There is going to be some fun stuff being announced soon… but it was confidential to me.

"I talk to [Joseph] Kosinski, Cruise and Jerry [Bruckheimer] all the time. There is stuff happening and it sounds very exciting.

"I don’t know when I’ll be going back…I’m sure there is a jet waiting for me sometime in the future.”

In January, it was reported that studio bosses were keen to get 'Top Gun: Maverick' director Joseph Josinski to be back in the cockpit at the helm of the third movie.

It's said that talks about the new script started late in 2023, while earlier this year there was still a wait for Cruise and others to officially "sign off on a final version".