With Tom Cruise's Top Gun: Maverick (hopefully) set to open this summer, Paramount Home Media Distribution announced this week that in the lead up to the long-awaited action sequel, they will be releasing Tony Scott's Top Gun, Days of Thunder, and Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds on 4K Ultra HD for the first time ever.
All three films will be available to purchase on May 19.
In addition to the standard cover, the original Top Gun will also receive a Best Buy-exclusive 4K Ultra HD Steelbook, featuring some cool new artwork. Days of Thunder will be released as part of a 30th Anniversary special edition while War of the Worlds will receive a special 15th Anniversary special edition.
No word yet on any potential special features.
As for Top Gun: Maverick, it remains to be seen whether the Joseph Kosinski-directed film will actually be able to open on its intended June 24th release date due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Both Warner Bros.' Wonder Woman 1984 and Universal's Minions: The Rise of Gru have already vacated their respective early June and July release dates, which does open the door for Top Gun: Maverick to be the first major release of the summer. But with the coronavirus pandemic showing no signs of slowing down anytime soon, it seems somewhat inevitable that Paramount will ultimately be forced to push the film to an undetermined future date.