2025 Mar 14, 13:50
Glen Powell is currently showcasing his leading man skills alongside Sydney Sweeney in Sony's romantic-comedy "Anyone But You." He will continue to do so in 2024 with Netflix's "Hit Man" and Warner Bros.' "Twisters." While "Twisters" has been referred to as a sequel, reboot, and remake of the 1996 hit "Twister," Powell insists that it is not a reboot but rather a completely original story. The movie is being billed as "a new chapter" of the original. The film is directed by Lee Isaac Chung, known for his work on "Minari," and stars Powell along with Daisy Edgar-Jones, Anthony Ramos, Brandon Perea, Daryl McCormack, and Maura Tierney. Production on the movie was briefly paused due to strikes earlier this year but has since resumed, and it is still on track for its 2024 release date. Plot details for "Twisters" have not been disclosed. In an interview with Vogue, Powell shared some advice he received from his "Top Gun: Maverick" co-star Tom Cruise about making movies that have a global appeal
He believes "Twisters" fits this criterion because the concept of humans versus weather is a universal one, highlighting our powerlessness in the face of disastrous forces. The original "Twister," released in 1996 and starring Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Carey Elwes, and Philip Seymour Hoffman, earned nearly $500 million at the box office and garnered Oscar nominations for visual effects and sound. Jan De Bont directed the film from a screenplay by Michael Crichton, with Steven Spielberg as the executive producer. Hunt had originally pitched an idea for a proper sequel to "Twister," but the studio rejected it, even declining to meet with her. Hunt expressed her frustrations in 2021, saying, "I tried to get it made. With Daveed [Diggs] and Rafael [Casal] and me writing it, and all Black and brown storm chasers, and they wouldn't do it." She had envisioned a diverse cast and an exciting storyline involving rockets being shot into tornadoes. "Twisters" is scheduled to hit theaters on July 19, 2024, distributed by Warner Bros.