Tony Scott Was Preparing for “Top Gun” Sequel Before Death
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Kevin Winter/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Director Tony Scott was busy with a number of projects before he apparently committed suicide on Sunday.
The Hollywood Reporter says Scott and his Top Gun star, Tom Cruise, toured a naval air station in Nevada last week as part of research for a planned sequel to their 1986 hit.
Cruise remembered Scott in a statement Monday, saying, “He was a creative visionary whose mark on film is immeasurable. My deepest sorrow and thoughts are with his family at this time.”
Scott and Cruise also worked together on the 1990 race car driving film Days of Thunder.
Aside from a Top Gun sequel, Scott was poised to direct a movie titled Narco Sub and had his eye on other projects, including a remake of the 1969 Western The Wild Bunch, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
An autopsy was completed Monday, but an official cause of death won’t be known until toxicology test results come in in six to eight weeks, according to California’s The Daily Breeze.
The Los Angeles coroner’s office said on Sunday that Scott, 68, jumped off the Vincent Thomas Bridge near Long Beach, Calif.
His brother, fellow director Ridley Scott, has flown from London to Los Angeles to be with family members. According to The Hollywood Reporter, production on his upcoming drama The Counselor, starring Brad Pitt, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz and other A-listers, has been suspended in light of Tony Scott’s death.
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