Cruise ready for Top Gun 2

LOS ANGELES - Tom Cruise, still feeling the need for speed, said in an interview that a sequel to his 1986 military action film Top Gun is "definitely happening".

Cruise, currently promoting his latest film The Mummy, was speaking on the Wednesday edition of Australia's morning TV show Sunrise when he was asked by the host if rumors of Top Gun 2 were true.

"It's true, it's true," he says, grinning as he adds, "I'm going to start filming it probably in the next year. It's happening."