Glen Powell confirms he is acquired a ‘Prime Gun 3’ begin date

Glen Powell will quickly be reporting for obligation on the Prime Gun 3 set.

The actor, who performed Jake “Hangman” Seresin in 2022’s Prime Gun: Maverick, offered a quick replace on his involvement within the forthcoming threequel throughout a latest Comfortable Unhappy Confused interview along with his Twisters costar, Daisy Edgar-Jones. As a part of their dialog, the pair had been requested whether or not they thought a Regular Folks continuation starring Edgar-Jones or a Prime Gun 3 with Powell could be launched first. 

“I imply, I’ve a date,” Powell declared, seemingly referring to start out date on the movie. Edgar-Jones instantly perked up on the information, asking, “Prime Gun?” 

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Powell then requested Edgar-Jones if she had a date set for a possible follow-up to her and Paul Mescal‘s hit Hulu collection, which she denied. Turning to host Josh Horowitz, he replied, “Okay, then in all probability me.”

When requested if there was something that Powell want to share with everybody, the Hit Man actor out of the blue fell mum. “Completely not,” he mentioned. A further try to press him about any secrets and techniques surrounding the movie led the actor to answer, “Uh, Josh, we should always go to the subsequent query.”

Information that Paramount was within the strategy of growing a 3rd Prime Gun movie first started circulating again in January. On the time, Selection reported that Ehren Kruger, who co-wrote Maverick, had been tapped to pen the subsequent installment, with Paramount optimistic that Maverick director Joseph Kosinski would return for the challenge, too. 

Powell instructed Selection later that month that he had acquired a ton of confused textual content messages from buddies and family members after phrase about Prime Gun 3 started to unfold on-line.

“Folks checked out me like I knew what was occurring,” he recalled. “There’s going to be some enjoyable stuff being introduced quickly…however it was confidential to me. I discuss to Kosinski, [Tom] Cruise, and Jerry [Bruckheimer] on a regular basis. There’s stuff occurring and it sounds very thrilling. I don’t know after I’ll be going again… I’m certain there’s a jet ready for me someday sooner or later.” 

A sequel to the 1986 traditional, Prime Gun: Maverick was the summer time blockbuster that the world wanted when it soared into theaters in Might 2022. The movie — which starred Cruise, Powell, Miles Teller, Jon Hamm, and extra — earned $1.48 billion on the world field workplace, making it the twelfth highest-grossing movie of all time. It was additionally nominated for six Oscars, taking house the award for Greatest Sound. 

Powell beforehand hinted at his return as Hangman whereas visiting The Kelly Clarkson Present in Might. “It’s above my pay grade,” he admitted when requested if a 3rd movie was occurring, “however, yeah, I’ve a sense there’s in all probability a cockpit with my identify on it.” 

Watch Powell discuss Prime Gun 3 within the clip above.