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So, what makes the new filmmaker behind Twisters feel like a natural fit for such an ambitious blockbuster event? Well, other than being an award-winning director, there's the fact that he's pretty familiar with the topic. (from left) Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, and Director Lee Isaac Chung on the set of Twisters Byline: Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal[...]

Director Lee Isaac Chung spoke to Total Film about the decision to shoot the film during tornado season in Oklahoma and how they had to keep shutting things down due to high winds and lightning. "I've got to say, actually filming this thing was so hard because we went into Oklahoma during tornado season," Chung revealed[...]

It didn't get close enough to do any damage to us, but I remember the fear of being on the road when, you know, the biggest imaginable one was kind of coming through." (from left) Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, and Director Lee Isaac Chung on the set of Twisters Byline: Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures; Warner Bros[...]

Lee Isaac Chung, the director behind recent Sundance winner Minari, has signed to direct Paramount's live-action remake of hit Japanese anime movie Your Name. "Your Name" still, courtesy of Toho, Ltd. The Science Fiction love story centers on a teenage boy and girl from different parts of Japan who discover they can swap bodies and experience each[...]