Jerry Bruckheimer On 'Top Gun 2' Progress, The Future of the 'CSI' Franchise And His Newest, 'Horse Soldiers'

Tonight begins “The Heat Is On”, the monthlong film festival mounted by the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television that celebrates the prolific career of of Jerry Bruckheimer. Kicking the festival off is a screening of the Tony Scott-directed Tom Cruise classic Top Gun that Bruckheimer produced with the late Don Simpson. to be followed by a Q&A moderated by Deadline’s Peter Bart. Before all that, Deadline’s Matt Grobar sat down with Bruckheimer to talk about his work…