It sees legendary actor Tom Cruise reprise his role as US navy pilot Pete “Maverick” Mitchell and return to the elite Top Gun flying academy as an instructor training a new generation of pilots to face a seemingly impossibly mission.
The lawsuit claims that in 2018, the Yonays informed Paramount that its right to the original article would be terminated in January 2020. The film was originally slated for release in July 2019, but was delayed by the filming of several complex action sequences and then the Covid-19 pandemic.
It adds that the sequel would not have been possible without Ehud’s “literary efforts and evocative prose and narrative”.
Mark Toberoff, an intellectual property attorney specialising in copyright and entertainment litigation who is representing the Yonays, told the BBC: "Much as Paramount wants to pretend otherwise, they made a sequel to Top Gun after they lost their copyright.”
Paramount said in a statement: "These claims are without merit, and we will defend ourselves vigorously."
