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A storm is coming back to movie theatres.
Deadline reported this week that Universal and Amblin are meeting with directors to helm a sequel to the 1996 blockbuster disaster movie “Twister”.
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The project, which will be titled “Twisters”, already has a script from “The Revenant” screenwriter Mark L. Smith, with producer Steven Spielberg looking to fast-track the film.
“Top Gun: Maverick” director Joseph Kosinski had been circling the sequel, but dropped out in order to work with Brad Pitt on a Formula One racing movie.
While the studio searches for a new director, names being floated include Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vaserhelyi, who made the Oscar-winning documentary “Free Solo”, as well as “Prey” director Dan Trachtenberg and “Bumblebee” director Travis Knight.
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The original film was directed by Jan De Bont, and starred Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Cary Elwes and more.
Sources told Deadline that the hope is Hunt will return for the sequel.
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, a sequel to the 1996 blockbuster , which starred Helen Hunt and the late Bill Paxton as meteorologists in pursuit of an F5 tornado.'sMark L. Smith has signed on to write the screenplay for the sequel, with 's Frank Marshall attached to produce through his Kennedy/Marshall Company.
according to Deadline.Steven Spielberg reportedly “flipped” for the script, written by “The Revenant” screenwriter Mark L. Smith.The original film starred Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton, who died in 2017.
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Twisters is coming!
If you’re someone who grew up in the ‘90s, “Twister” probably holds a special place in your heart. This is the film that really started the modern influx of disaster films and features one of the best ensemble casts in a blockbuster ever (Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and even Todd Field).
Joseph Kosinski was in talks to direct, but he has since exited the project, and the individual adds that the studio is currently meeting with other directors in the hopes the film can begin shooting by this spring. Deadline in a report on Monday listed candidates such as “Free Solo” directors Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi as well as Laika’s Travis Knight, though one of the names floated in the report, “10 Cloverfield Lane” filmmaker Dan Trachtenberg, on Twitter denied being involved in making a sequel.
EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment are meeting with directors hoping for a spring start on Twisters, a big-scale sequel to the 1996 storm-chasing blockbuster. Universal and Warner Bros are co-financing with Universal taking the creative lead on the picture. Frank Marshall is producing.
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