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Universal and Amblin Entertainment have wasted no time in dating Lee Isaac Chung’s Twisters, a follow-up to the classic 1996 film Twister.

Twisters will swirl into theaters July 19, 2024, the studio announced Tuesday. Word broke last week that the Oscar-nominated Chung, best known for directing Minari, was closing a deal to helm the event pic.

Adding to the film’s pedigree, Hollywood veteran Frank Marshall will produce. Warner Bros. is co-financing the project.

Chung will direct from a screenplay by Mark L. Smith, who co-wrote the adapted screenplay of Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s The Revenant.

The 1996 Twister, which starred Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton, set off a storm at the box office, earning nearly 500 million globally. Michael Crichton and Anne-Marie Martin wrote the screenplay for the original movie. It centered on a separated storm-chasing couple (Paxton and Hunt) who get back together to chase...