SPOILER WARNING: This story contains spoilers for "Twisters," now playing in theaters. “Twisters” director Lee Isaac Chung was well aware that people might be upset about the ending of the disaster thriller — namely the fact that its hero Kate Cooper (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and her tornado-wrangling knight in tight Levi’s, Tyler Owens (Glen Powell) don’t kiss at the end of the movie. “If you talk to my 13-year-old niece, her uncle made a huge mistake,” Chung tells Variety. Indeed, for...
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The director and cinematographer has come on Hollywood’s radar in recent years by demonstrating his range. He scored a box office hit in 2024 for Universal Pictures with “Twisters,” the action-drama about storm chasers. That came after he impressed as a storyteller with 2020’s intimate family drama “Minari,” and directed an episode of Disney+ ‘s “The Mandalorian.” On the heels of “Twisters,” Chung will have no shortage of helming options in the future. At present he’s developing feature projects at Paramount Pictures and Amazon MGM Studios.