Twister sequel sets date to blow into theaters
Academy Award-nominee Lee Isaac Chung will direct Twisters for Universal Pictures
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There’s a sequel a-brewing over the horizon, with the forecast predicting a high probability of some strong tornados. Don’t forget the flying cows, as well. Twisters, the sequel to the 1996 blockbuster disaster film Twister, is whipping towards a theater near you in the summer of 2024, per Variety.
Oscar-nominated director Lee Isaac Chung (Minari) is attached to helm the high-flying sequel for Universal and Amblin Entertainment, bringing in his own experiences of waiting out tornados in storm cellars while growing up in rural Arkansas. The screenplay is being written by Mark L. Smith (The Revenant), which apparently was so insanely good that reportedly the iconic Steve Spielberg “flipped” for the script, according to Deadline.
Described by Universal as “a new chapter from the 1996 movie,” Twisters’ plot details remain pretty vague as of right now. Though, it seems the direction the studio is going towards is having the film’s lead be the daughter of Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton’s characters from the original Twister, following in her parent’s footsteps with a new generation of storm-chasers.
We’ve yet to hear if Helen Hunt has signed onto the project, as well as other original cast members like Alan Ruck (Succession), Joey Slotnick (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), and strangely enough, TÁR director Todd Field. Unfortunately, we will be missing two great actors from the original Twister, as Bill Paxton died in 2017, and Philip Seymour Hoffman (who played lab tech Dusty) died in 2014.
Back in 2020 when the sequel was first announced, fans didn’t take too kindly to the idea, creating their own EF5 tornado over on Twitter dot com. Maybe they’ll be more than ready to head back into the storm when Twisters slams into theaters on July 19, 2024.
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I don’t need a Twister sequel; I’d like to see a movie starring a golden agouti gerbil that doesn’t get stuffed up somebody’s ass.
Unfortunately, we will be missing two great actors from the original Twister, as Bill Paxton died in 2017…*Bill Pullman waits by his phone*
Pax Bullman
Pull Baxton
Man Lipbull
The Pax Bullman reigned from the late 70s on to 2017, when Bill Paxton was sadly murdered by Corey Feldman in retribution for his earlier killing of Corey Haim. Since then the empire has sadly been splintered into several camps. The Amy Adams/Isla Fisher camp, the Bardem/Morgan camp, and the ever cocaine fueled and increasingly less relevant Sizemore/Madsen camp.
And this is how I found out that THAT GUY is Todd Field.
Unfortunately, he’s since passed away after a brief battle with boneitis.
What’s de Bont been up to?
I can assure you, I won’t soon forget the flying cows.
Twoisters
Let’s Twist Again.
Twister Sister
Twisted Nipple
2wisters
Followed by Twist3r in 2025.
Call the studio I think we have a franchise, baby!
Is a franchise baby like a nepo baby?
More like a fetal alcohol syndrome baby.
Did you mean to say this about Shia LeBoeuf in the Indiana Jones thread?
No, you’ll know when I want to say something about Shia LeBoeuf because I will post the Shia LeBoeuf video:Because, really, nothing else needs to be said about Shia LaBeouf, this video covers it all.
That should really come with a warning.
It’s reflective of reality: Shia LaBeouf gives no warning that he’s stalking you.
You telling me Paxton and Hunt’s daughter couldn’t have landed a storm chasing job on her own merits??
You telling me Jesus Christ couldn’t hit a curveball?!
Oh Christ**, Spider…I’ll be in my office.**Forgive me Father for taking thine Son’s name in vain, on the cusp of his most Holy day of birth. Amen.
‘Twister 2: The Legend of Twisty’s Gold’.
2 Wisters 2 Furious
The Twistening
Twister: Science Never Sleeps
My, my, hey, hey
Twister 2: Titty Twister
M. Night Shyamalan presents Ooh, What A Twister!
Twister 2: Here we blow again
Twister 2: The Twistlectric Boogaloo
Twistin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo
“plot details remain pretty vague as of right now”
Hang on, I gotcha: Some assholes who are old enough to know better mess around with the irresistible force of NATURE ITSELF!(you got to say the last words in Destro voice)
It’s the old “Fuck around and find out” method.
Oh man what kind of costume will Linda be able to come up with for this one?
I guarantee it ends with a never-before-seen F6 tornado, on account of climate change.
An F6 tornado is one that makes you go “fuck fuck fuck fuckfuckFUCK!!!” when you see it.
I think that’s a few too many “fuck”s for a PG-13 rating.
Ok, fine! I’ll cut some fucks; but I AM NOT budging on the side-boob peeks and tasteful butt shot.
On the famous Fuckjita scale
Fuckkinja? Sorry, reflex.
The funniest part of the original is when they’re all sitting around talking about how cool huge tornadoes are, and when Jamie Gertz asks what a F5 looks like, suddenly everyone’s dead serious like she’s just said Candyman too many times.
This movie is proof that we’ve either run out of new ideas or are all suffering from “nostolgic depression.”
Who’s not nostolgic (sic) for atmospheric depression??
I’m pretty much always down for a non-Emmerich big disaster movie. And as a midwesterner, love seeing tornados on screen.
This article made me sad about Bill and Phil though. 🙁 RIP to two massive talents.
Considering that Hunt’s character basically forced Paxton’s to stop her from killing herself (at some danger to himself) as soon as he showed up with his new girlfriend, I’m not sure that kid should be following in any footsteps her parents laid out.
Maybe she was raised by wolves.
It’s most certainly going to blow.
Gene Shalit says: “This movie is like the wind!”
Why, though?
having the film’s lead be the daughter of Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton’s characters from the original Twister, following in her parent’s footsteps with a new generation of storm-chasers.Boring. Enough with these 25 year old legacy sequels that stars a child of a character from the original film.
The screenplay is being written by Mark L. Smith (The Revenant), which apparently was so insanely good that reportedly the iconic Steve Spielberg “flipped” for the script, according to Deadline.
This sentence makes it sound like Smith, not his script, was insanely good.
Son of a bitch. This movie is a nightcrawler. It’s gone and got itself some corporate sponsorship. It’s only in it for the money, not the science!
“A sequel was OUR idea, and you know it!”“Unrealized idea…..Unnnnrealized!”
Ok but is Lois Smith going to be in it? This is the real question. She’s still acting at 92!(how did a weather disaster movie have such a STACKED cast of actors?)
But why?
In this one, the leads will get sucked up into the tornado and be transported to another mystical land as they discover they can swim upwards in the tornado and that it goes for millions of miles through space. By the time they reach end of the tornado tunnel, they are both old. They ate a lot of floating food along the way.
I’m stunned the first movie has never really been successfully ripped off or copied… save for Sharknado. I’m totally up for a sequel. I love extreme weather movies and Twister was the best of ‘em.
Me, sighing while texting a client: “I’ve gotta go, we’ve got cows.”