McCormack will play a supporting role to Edgar-Jones’ character. Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick) will also star in the film alongside Anthony Ramos (In the Heights) and Brandon Perea (Nope).
Universal has confirmed the casting of McCormack and additional cast members Maura Tierney (The Affair), Kiernan Shipka (Mad Men), Harry Hadden-Paton (The Crown), Nik Dodani (Atypical), Sasha Lane (Conversations with Friends), David Corenswet (Pearl), Tunde Adebimpe (Spider-Man Homecoming) and Katy O’Brian (The Mandalorian).
Lee Isaac Chung (Minari) is directing the film from a screenplay by Mark L. Smith (The Revenant).
McCormack starred with Emma Thompson in Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, for which he was nominated for Best Lead Actor (Film) at the 20th Anniversary IFTAs. He was also IFTA-nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Drama) for Bad Sisters, and in the Screen Ireland Rising Stars category. He was also nominated for leading actor at this year’s BAFTA Film Awards, as well as the BAFTA EE Rising Star Award.
The film is a sequel to Twister, and is described as a “new chapter” of the 1996 movie. The original Twister followed a team of storm-chasers as they hunt down the most powerful tornado in decades. Plot details for Twisters remain under wraps.
Twisters is being co-financed by Warner Bros. Pictures, with Frank Marshall and Pat Crowley (Jurassic World Dominion) producing via the Kennedy/Marshall Company. Universal’s executive VP of production Sara Scott and creative executive Jacqueline Garell will oversee the production for the studio, and Ashley Jay Sandberg will oversee for Kennedy/Marshall.
Twisters is set to release on July 19, 2024.