Minari director Lee Isaac Chung is in talks to direct Twisters, a sequel to the 1996 disaster film.
Oscar-nominated director Lee Isaac Chung is in talks to direct Twisters, a sequel to the 1996 disaster movie. Deadline reports Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment are in discussions with Lee Isaac Chung to helm the Twister sequel from a script by Mark L. Smith. Frank Marshall is also attached to produce through his Kennedy/Marshall studio.
Lee Isaac Chung's background of growing up on a rural Arkansas farm reportedly played a role in executives narrowing in on his pitch. After Chung reportedly met in person with executives last week, he rose to the top of the directorial wish list. Back in 2020 talks emerged that a reboot of Twister was being developed by TRON: Legacy and Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski, but now it appears Lee Isaac Chung will be directing the flick.
Will Helen Hunt Return for Twisters? At this time, insiders claim no stars are currently attached to Twisters. The first film starred the late Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt, and there are reports Universal would love to bring Helen Hunt back and have her character's daughter be one of the main protagonists. The idea would be the daughter of Hunt and Paxton would begin chasing storms just like her parents, continuing the tradition and keeping the franchise alive.
The original Twister was co-written by Michael Crichton and produced by Kathleen Kennedy – it was directed by Jan de Bont, who had blown up thanks to his work on Speed two years earlier. Twister was a blockbuster spectacle that heralded a lot of upcoming trends in movie-making, including CGI post-production , and a global box office haul of $494.5 million, making it the second-highest-grossing movie of 1996. 0commentsThe year is 1969.
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