Washington, Feb. 24 -- Jay Ellis, who plays Lt. Reuben 'Payback' Fitch in 'Top Gun: Maverick', recently gave an update on the third instalment.

"So here's what the story's going to be. It's going to be Payback. No, no," he said, adding, "In all honesty, they're still working on the script. They're still working on the story. They're wanting to get it right," reported Deadline.

Ellis shared that co-star and producer Tom Cruise "is a stickler, and that really comes from him wanting to ensure the audience gets what they paid for and are entertained. So that for those two hours, they can fully disappear in this theatre, and the world around them doesn't exist anymore, and [be] fully entertained. That's where the focus is."

As Maverick co-w...