Paramount sued over Top Gun copyright claim

Tom Cruise attending the UK premiere of Top Gun: Maverick (Ian West/PA)

The widow and son of the man who wrote the 1983 article that inspired the original Top Gun movie are suing Paramount Pictures over its sequel, Top Gun: Maverick.

In a complaint filed in California federal court, Shosh Yonay and Yuval Yonay claim that the rights to Ehud Yonay’s story reverted back to them on January 24, 2020.