CinemaCon doesn't officially give awards to studios that show off the most footage from their upcoming movies. However, if there ever was an award, Paramount Pictures would definitely have it.
Perhaps taking cues from other studios that did something similar earlier this year, Paramount Pictures just dropped the first 15-minutes of the upcoming sequel to the 1986 action-drama film, Top Gun.
Although you might think that this is a huge chunk of Top Gun: Maverick to show right off of the bat, it's the perfect way to drum up hype for one of the few rare movies out there that has the potential to match the nostalgia that comes with it.
The first 15-minutes of Top Gun: Maverick is pure nostalgia
It's been more than three decades after the original Top Gun film premiered back in 1986. A sequel never came until now and Paramount knows this for a fact. The studio is aware this isn't the type of movie that will easily appeal to younger audiences. In fact, even older Millennials will barely have any memory of watching Top Gun in theaters. Perhaps this is why the first 15-minutes is so good.