The Dish: ‘Twisters’ Forecast For Spring Start As Universal, Amblin Finalize Director For Sequel
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deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: 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.
Here’s what The Dish has heard: Amblin’s Steven Spielberg himself flipped for the script by The Revenant scribe Mark L. Smith, and his enthusiasm provided the impetus for the fast tracked film.
Top Gun: Maverick helmer Joseph Kosinski was going to direct, but fell off the film when he committed to the Formula One racing movie vehicle for Brad Pitt that Apple acquired last June after a big auction earlier this year.
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