A lengthy-awaited observe up to the 1996 twister blockbuster “Tornado” is in the will work, a agent for Universal stated on Tuesday, Oct. 18.
Common Images and Amblin Leisure are creating the sequel, “Twisters,” and Warner Bros. Entertainment will be co-financing the film.
“Twisters” will have viewers chasing the storm once again with a screenplay written by “The Revenant” screenwriter Mark L. Smith, according to Universal.
Frank Marshall is also established to create the movie, according to Universal, even though the movie does not however have a director.
Deadline, which first reported the news of the sequel looking for a director, also reported husband and wife Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi (both of those of “No cost Solo”) and Travis Knight (“Bumblebee”) ended up amid the short-stated administrators.
Deadline also named Dan Trachtenberg as a attainable contender, though he denied the news in a tweet, producing, “To whom it might concern. I am not building a Tornado.”
Jan de Bont directed the authentic film, which starred Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton, and Stephen Spielberg govt produced. “Twister” was a significant success, promoting far more than $494 million at box workplaces globally and that includes other cast associates like Philip Seymour Hoffman and Todd Field.
The film followed Hunt’s character, Dr. Jo Harding, and a crew of learners preparing to take a look at a new details-gathering machine in a highly effective twister. It was lauded for its groundbreaking distinctive consequences and influenced a topic-park experience at Universal Studios.
Common did not say if Hunt has signed on for the sequel. Paxton died at age 61 due to troubles from heart surgical treatment in 2017, and Hoffman died in 2014 at 46.
Universal did not give any specifics on what the sequel would centre all around, though Deadline reported the sequel will target on Hunt’s character’s daughter, who has the exact same storm-chasing bug as her mom and dad.
Universal and Amblin are hoping to begin filming “Twisters” in spring 2023, according to Deadline
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