Glen Powell to Replace Bill Paxton in $495M Twister Sequel

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Glen Powell is apparently slated to join the cast of the Twister sequel after Daisy Edgar-Jones.

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Twister was an action-adventure movie released in 1996. The 2020 announcement that Universal Pictures was seeking for a filmmaker...

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...to remake the iconic 1996 movie sparked the start of the sequel's production.

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Initial speculations claimed that the sequel's director will be none other than Top Gun 2's Joseph Kosinski.

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The sequel, Twisters, was supposedly given the go-ahead when Steven Spielberg gave his approval to Mark L. Smith's script.

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Insider Jeff Sneider has reported that the Top Gun: Maverick actor may play the male lead in the Twister sequel,

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after earlier claims that the Normal People star will join the cast of the prequel.

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