‘Minari’ maker Lee Isaac Chung in talks to direct ‘Twister’ sequel

5 months ago

Glen Powell's Twisters kickstarts with $80 million opening weekend; surpasses Godzilla X Kong in North America

Twisters beats Godzilla X Kong at domestic box office As the weekend approached, the film was expected to earn between $50 million and $55 million. Twisters had the third biggest opening weekend of the year, surpassing “Godzilla vs. Kong”, but coming in behind “Inside Out 2” and “Dune: Part Two”. Geln Powell's Twisters ends box office deficit Even though Twisters …

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5 months ago

Twisters: The new movie takes a rather unexpected approach to climate change.

Slate

When the storm chasers in the original Twister happen upon an unprecedented weather event, they can’t believe their luck. Helen Hunt’s meteorologist is practically giddy with excitement when she informs her colleagues that “it’s the biggest series of storms in 12 years, one lined up right after the other,” adding that the National Severe Storms Laboratory has “never seen anything …

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5 months ago

‘Twisters’ Is Another Sequel We Probably Didn’t Need

Huff Post

Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell in a scene from "Twisters." This weekend brings another variation to theaters: “Twisters,” directed by Lee Isaac Chung and starring several of today’s most promising stars or stars on the rise, including Daisy Edgar-Jones, Anthony Ramos and leading man of the moment Glen Powell. Universal Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures; & Amblin Entertainment On a surface …

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5 months ago

Director Lee Isaac Chung shares the inspirations behind 'Twisters'

NPR

Director Lee Isaac Chung shares the inspirations behind 'Twisters' Director Lee Isaac Chung talks to NPR's Scott Detrow about his latest film, Twisters. SCOTT DETROW, HOST: Director Lee Isaac Chung is best known for his close up and understated character studies. Whether it's that or something else, I feel like there's this whole throughline of the film of facing your …

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5 months ago

'Twisters' to storm Chinese box office in simultaneous US release

China Daily

A scene in Twisters. As one of the biggest Hollywood films of the summer, Twisters, a stand-alone sequel to the 1996 disaster epic Twister, is scheduled to open in theaters across the Chinese mainland on Friday, simultaneously with its release in North America. Made by the production team responsible for Jurassic World and with Steven Spielberg as executive producer, it …

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5 months ago

'Twisters' to storm Chinese box office in simultaneous US release

China Daily

A scene in Twisters. As one of the biggest Hollywood films of the summer, Twisters, a stand-alone sequel to the 1996 disaster epic Twister, is scheduled to open in theaters across the Chinese mainland on Friday, simultaneously with its release in North America. Made by the production team responsible for Jurassic World and with Steven Spielberg as executive producer, it …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Review: ‘Twisters’ chases a blockbuster storm of yesteryear — and may even outrun it

LA Times

Tornadoes have been a subject of film fascination at least since “The Wizard of Oz” in 1939, but Dutch cameraman-turned-director Jan de Bont helped to solidify the appeal of the cinematic cyclone with his 1996 summer blockbuster “Twister,” about a group of adrenaline-junkie storm chasers. A belated sequel, “Twisters,” arrives 28 years after de Bont’s film, chasing away all those …

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5 months, 1 week ago

The movie theater scene in ‘Twisters’ is the action sequence of the summer

LA Times

Following the success of his 2020 breakout “Minari” — an intimate, semi-autobiographical drama about a South Korean immigrant family living in 1980s Arkansas that earned six Oscar nominations — Lee Isaac Chung felt ready for a change of pace and a bigger canvas. “‘Minari’ had been an emotionally taxing, heavy experience for me,” Chung says over Zoom, apologizing for any …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Deadpool & Wolverine to Twisters: 11 of the best films to watch in July

BBC

Deadpool & Wolverine to Twisters: 11 of the best films to watch in July Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Including Deadpool & Wolverine, Despicable Me 4 and a comedy starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum – this month's unmissable movies to watch and stream. "Sweet without being cloying, it's a love letter to the commonalities between Georgian and Turkish culture; …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Chasing ‘Twisters’ and collaborating with ‘tornado fanatic’ Steven Spielberg

Associated Press

Growing up in the Midwest, filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung developed both a healthy fear of tornadoes and a reverence for Jan de Bont’s 1996 disaster film “Twister.” He saw the movie in the theater with his family when he was a teenager. “I remember thinking, ‘I didn’t know you could chase after these things,’” Chung said. He’d also filmed “ …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Glen Powell joins Daisy Edgar-Jones in ‘Twister’ sequel

The Hindu

Actor Glen Powell is set to star opposite Daisy Edgar-Jones in the sequel to 1996 blockbuster movie Twister. The original Twister, starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton, was helmed by Speed director Jan De Bont and executive produced by Steven Spielberg. EVP Production Sara Scott and Creative Executive Jacqueline Garell will oversee the new film for Universal Pictures, with Ashley …

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2 years, 7 months ago

She charmed in ‘Minari,’ delighted on the Oscars. Now for Yuh-Jung Youn’s next act ...

LA Times

Fresh off her Oscar win for “Minari,” Yuh-Jung Youn stars in “Pachinko,” Apple TV+’s adaptation of Min Jin Lee‘s 2017 novel. The 74-year-old actress whose career began more than 50 years ago video chatted with The Envelope about Sunja’s strength, the line that moved her the most and how the Oscar has or hasn’t changed her. The series depicts the …

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3 years, 7 months ago

The fierce appeal of Yuh-Jung Youn: How the actress endeared herself to South Koreans years before Minari

Firstpost

Yuh-Jung Youn’s life story and work made her Oscar win resonate deeply in South Korea, particularly among women who have long struggled under the country’s male-dominant hierarchical order. “This is our first time living this life, so we can’t help but feel regretful and hurt.” Youn’s Oscar acceptance speech went viral for a characteristic tongue-in-cheek attitude. But Youn struck a …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Youn Yuh-jung wins best supporting actress Academy Award

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Youn Yuh-jung, the feisty grandmom in “Minari,” captured more than her movie grandson’s heart. The other nominees were Oliva Colman for “The Father,” Maria Bakalova for “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” and Amanda Seyfried for “Mank.” Youn credited a “little bit of luck” for her award, “and maybe American hospitality for the Korean actor.” She also thanked her two …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Oscars 2021: Minari star Youn Yuh-jung flirts with Brad Pitt after Best Supporting Actress win

Daily Mail

Youn Yuh-jung flirted with presenter Brad Pitt after becoming the first ever Korean to win an Oscar acting award on Sunday at the 93rd Academy Awards in Los Angeles. Fun speech: Youn Yuh-jung flirted with presenter Brad Pitt after becoming the first ever Korean to win an Oscar acting award on Sunday at the 93rd Academy Awards in Los Angeles …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Oscars 2021: Minari's Youn Yuh-jung becomes first Korean performer to win Best Supporting Actress

Firstpost

Youn plays Soon-ja, a card-playing grandmom with a knack for swearing, who’s moved from Korea to join her daughter and stepson in his seemingly quixotic quest to trade dispiriting work in California for farming in Arkansas. Youn, a prominent film and TV actor in her home country of South Korea, won the best supporting actress award at Sunday’s Oscars. The …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Minari director Lee Isaac Chung: ‘We can’t rely on institutions or awards to really make progress for us’

The Independent

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Minari began as a “creative exercise” in 2018, says Chung, who at the time had …

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3 years, 7 months ago

‘Minari’ and me: What my friend’s Oscars journey taught me about being a critic

LA Times

I’ve never been through a stranger awards season — and not just for the obvious reasons. Since Isaac was already a filmmaker and I was already a critic when we became friends 10 years ago, it’s always gone without saying that I could never review his movies — a vow that, in light of “Minari,” has of course become a …

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3 years, 8 months ago

’Minari’ and the Korean-American dream

Live Mint

It’s been a muted run-up to the Oscars, a minor but happy by-product of a tumultuous time. There is much to admire in Chloé Zhao’s film, especially Frances McDormand’s lead turn, but I wish some of the attention it’s getting would be directed towards another quiet Best Picture Oscar contender. It’s the story of a first-generation Korean immigrant couple, Jacob …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Minari star Yuh-Jung Youn recounts her journey to becoming an actor, earning her first Oscar nomination

Firstpost

“Me, a 73-year-old Asian woman could have never even dreamed about being nominated for an Oscar. Minari brought me a lot of gifts,” says veteran Korean star Yuh-Jung Youn, who plays Soonja in Lee Isaac Chung’s immigrant drama. “Me, a 73-year-old Asian woman could have never even dreamed about being nominated for an Oscar,” Youn said via video call from …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Minari movie review: A magnificent masterpiece that strikes universal chord, deserves all the Oscars

Hindustan Times

The small screen does not do justice to Minari, a rich, expansive film about the human condition. It’s a film about farming that reveals new layers as you scratch beneath the surface — dust away the topsoil of family drama, and you’ll discover a Biblical allegory underneath. Steven Yeun and Han Ye-ri play Jacob and Monica, a Korean couple who …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Minari, starring Steven Yeun, accumulates $5.2mn over third weekend at the Korean box office

Firstpost

The Golden Globe-winning film Minari is having a success streak at the Korean box office chart for 18-consecutive days as of Saturday. The Lee Isaac Chung-directed film earned $1.09 million between Friday and Monday to top the box office in South Korea, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service of the Korean Film Council, reports Variety. Minari, a semi-autobiographical …

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3 years, 9 months ago

‘Minari’ actor is nonchalant about new fame outside S. Korea

Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea — When Youn Yuh-jung was asked how she felt about being called the “Meryl Streep of South Korea” in a recent interview, she said she’s flattered by the comparison. For me, an award means getting next work.” Born in 1947, she shot to fame in South Korea with her 1971 debut “Fire Woman.” While at the peak …

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3 years, 9 months ago

‘Minari’ wins best foreign language film at Golden Globes. Yes, it’s American

LA Times

After drawing criticism for barring American drama “Minari” from competing for best picture honors, the Golden Globes awarded its 2021 foreign language prize to writer-director Lee Isaac Chung’s critically acclaimed film Sunday night. I’m trying to learn it myself and to pass it on, and I hope we’ll all learn to speak this language of love to each other — …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Lee Isaac Chung's Minari transposes intimate tale of Korean American immigrant family into grand narrative of hope and risk

ABC

A haze of green opens Minari — director and writer Lee Isaac Chung's acclaimed and partially autobiographical new film — as we whiz past an impressionistic blur of foliage, distant farms, and iron-roofed sheds. After the film's premiere, Chung says, "a lot of people were coming up to me and telling me about their own families, and it wasn't just …

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3 years, 10 months ago

A year after Parasite , Korean-language movie Minari is talk of Hollywood

China Daily

A scene from Minari. A year after South Korean satire Parasite took Hollywood by storm, another Korean-language movie, Minari, is making waves during awards season. Parasite, which made history in 2020 by becoming the first film in a foreign language to win a best picture Oscar, is a dark satire about class and contemporary society in South Korea. It contains …

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3 years, 10 months ago

After a 50-year career, why ‘Minari’ star Yuh-Jung Youn finally made a movie in America

LA Times

In her native South Korea, she’s a household name. Now making her American film debut as the loving and foul-mouthed grandmother Soonja in Lee Isaac Chung’s acclaimed family drama “Minari,” veteran actress Yuh-Jung Youn has become the first Korean nominated as supporting actress for a SAG Award. Steven Yeun, Alan Kim, Yuh-Jung Youn, Yeri Han, and Noel Cho in “Minari,” …

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4 years ago

Hollywood upset that U.S.-made ‘Minari’ is in Golden Globes’ foreign-language category

LA Times

One of the most critically acclaimed American films of 2020, “Minari,” won’t compete in the Golden Globes’ best picture categories after it was entered as a foreign-language film. https://t.co/1NZbkJFE9v — Lulu Wang December 23, 2020 Wang was among several who emphasized the many American components of “Minari,” both onscreen and behind the scenes. “Just for the record, Minari is an …

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4 years ago

Indie Focus: A family finds itself in ‘Minari’

LA Times

Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies. Is there any way those two goals might be able to overlap before Monica has to pull the ripcord?” Steven Yeun, from left, Alan S. Kim, Yuh-Jung Youn, Yeri Han and Noel Cho in “Minari.” ‘Let Them All Talk’ Directed by Steven Soderbergh from …

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4 years, 2 months ago

The first ‘Minari’ trailer shows why it was such a hit at Sundance this year

LA Times

More than half a year after it scored top prizes at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, the first look at Lee Isaac Chung’s highly anticipated family drama, “Minari,” is finally here. “This is it.” The trailer sees loving parents Jacob and Monica fight to provide for their children in the face of growing adversity as they adjust to life in …

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‘Minari’ maker Lee Isaac Chung in talks to direct ‘Twister’ sequel

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