India, April 29 -- American film production and distribution company Paramount Pictures is facing a fresh legal battle over their film Top Gun: Maverick after Shaun Gray - cousin of credited screenwriter Eric Singer - filed a lawsuit alleging that he played a pivotal role in crafting the blockbuster sequel's most thrilling moments, yet received neither credit nor compensation.

According to a report in People magazine, in the legal documents Gray claims he spent five months collaborating on the screenplay with Singer and director Joseph Kosinski. He asserts that he wrote "key scenes for the screenplay that became the film's central edge-of-your-seat dramatic action sequences that made it a smash hit."

The filings further state: "Gray mai...