Get able to take cowl! Casting has begun for the 1996 box-office hit Tornado sequel Twisters, with Daisy Edgar-Jones (The place the Crawdads Sing, Regular Folks, Contemporary) set to star in an undisclosed function, in response to Deadline.
Starring Invoice Paxton, Cary Elwes, Helen Hunt, and Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tornado (1996) adopted the harmful exploits of a gaggle of scientists hell-bent on furthering tornado-predicting expertise. Debuting within the golden period of catastrophe films, the movie was a worldwide success, garnering practically $500 million on the field workplace. The movie was praised for its revolutionary visuals by Industrial Gentle & Magic, receiving Oscar noms for VFX and sound.
Whereas Common states the sequel represents, “a brand new chapter from the 1996 film,” it’s unclear how the franchise will proceed with out lead Invoice Paxton, who handed away in 2017. Maybe Edgar-Jones will play his child, or just an adrenaline-junkie-scientist for the brand new technology?
Lee Isaac Chung (Minari) is about to direct a script from Mark L. Smith (The Revenant). Frank Marshall (Jurassic World, Indiana Jones) will produce underneath his Kennedy/Marshall banner, whereas Common’s Sara Scott and Jacqueline Garell will oversee manufacturing with Ashley Jay Sandberg for Kennedy/Marshall. The movie shall be co-financed by Warner Bros. Photos. Nonetheless no phrase on who will deal with the “disastrous” VFX.
Twisters swirls into theaters July 19, 2024.
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