'Top Gun: Maverick' Release Date Changed to June 22... Tom Cruise's Visit to Korea Canceled

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Isul] The movie 'Top Gun: Maverick' has changed its release date to June 22.

On the 2nd, Lotte Entertainment stated, "After careful consideration of a better release environment, we have prepared so that audiences can enjoy the vast high-altitude backdrop and refreshing action scale on large summer screens."

'Top Gun: Maverick' is an aviation action blockbuster that tells the story of the top pilot Maverick (Tom Cruise) returning as an instructor and the new team members who are deployed on life-threatening missions. Although the release was initially planned for the 25th of this month, it has been postponed to June.

This decision is related to actor Tom Cruise's planned visit to Korea. Lotte said, "Despite the pandemic situation, Tom Cruise strongly insisted on his 10th visit to Korea several months ago, but due to various environmental factors such as entry and exit conditions, unfortunately, it has been postponed to a later date."

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