THE new trailer for the much anticipated “Top Gun: Maverick” dropped Tuesday, and beyond all the thrilling action, the preview shows how Val Kilmer’s “Iceman” will fit into the new story. Tom Cruise is back as the ultra-gifted but super cocky Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, who is asked to train a new team at Top Gun at the behest of Kilmer’s Tom “Iceman” Kazansky, now a Navy admiral. Kilmer has a cameo in the film, but in the trailer, only a picture of Admiral Kazansky is shown as Vice Admiral Cyclone (Jon Hamm) tells Maverick he would rather the showboat pilot not be a part of the team and its training. The trailer for the Paramount Pictures film also explores the rift between Maverick and Lt. Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw (Miles Teller), a pilot trainee and the son of Maverick’s late RIO and best friend, Nick “Goose” Bradshaw (Anthony Edwards). Among the drama in the preview are more of the eye-popping aerial acrobatics that fans have come to expect from a Cruise “Top Gun” flick. After a number of delays due to the pandemic, “Top Gun: Maverick” is set to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 18, before its theatrical release in the United States on May 27.(SD-Agencies) | 