Stern & Wild filmmakers’ thrilling new series on training school for Top Gun pilots ready for take off

Shout out to Stern & Wild clients Kate Hampel and Jamie Seal, Edit Producers on TOP GUNS: THE NEXT GENERATION, a brilliant new series set to launch in the US on National Geographic on 16 September and on Disney+ and Hulu on 17 September. It premieres in the UK on Nat Geo on 21 September.

The six-part series follows a new class of US Navy and Marine Corps student pilots as they enter the final and most unforgiving phase of strike fighter training which sees them compete to join the next generation of the Navy’s most elite fighter pilots. Filmed by some of the creative talent behind the 2022 blockbuster TOP GUN: MAVERICK, the show’s aerial sequences promise “a breathtaking front-row experience to capture moments of precision, panic, and hard-fought triumph” as the pilots take part in bombing drills, close-range dogfights and nail-biting carrier approaches. The series also goes beyond the cockpit, following the student pilots off-base, capturing candid moments with family and friends and revealing the personal stakes, sacrifices, and motivations that brought them here.

The series is a Rex TV production for National Geographic. The Showrunners are Karen Edwards and Chris Parkin, Exec Producers include Tanya Shaw and Simon Raikes, and Lana Salah is Series Director.

To watch the trailer, click on the image below: