Lois Smith

Date of Birth

1930-11-03

Place of Birth

Topeka, Kansas, USA

Known for

Minority Report, East of Eden, Hollywoodland, Twister, Dead Man Walking

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Helen Hunt wanted to direct Twister 2 and was writing the script with Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal... but the studio wasn't interested

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Twister: what happened to the cast of Jan de Bont’s disasterpiece?

Posted 2 years ago

In this episode of Revisited, we look back on Jan De Bont's 1996 disaster classic Twister, starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton!

Wes Anderson: Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton set for new movie

Posted 5 years ago

While his latest film, The French Dispatch, has yet to hit theaters, it seems like director Wes Anderson is already preparing to shoot his next feature, and he’s bringing back a couple of familiar faces. Variety reports that Anderson will...

Twister sequel: Helen Hunt pitched idea with “all Black & Brown” chasers

Posted 5 years ago

Helen Hunt was ready to chase tornadoes once again in a sequel to her 1996 disaster movie hit, Twister, but the idea she pitched had her character Dr. Jo Harding being killed off in the opening scene, put Hunt in...

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Cannes 2021 Lineup: Wes Anderson, Paul Verhoeven movies to premiere

Posted 5 years ago

After taking a year off due to the pandemic, The Cannes Film Festival seems on the verge of making a major comeback! This morning, the full list of titles for the upcoming festival (slated for July 6th to 17th on the...

Uncle Frank: Paul Bettany, Alan Ball, Sophia Lillis & more discuss the drama

Posted 6 years ago

These are strange times indeed, yet we've seen a surprising amount of solid movie choices coming out as of late, considering the lack of theatre choices for many of us. One such film is the genuinely touching and powerful feature...

Uncle Frank starring Paul Bettany (review)

Posted 6 years ago

PLOT: In the mid-seventies, a man (Paul Bettany) returns to his Southern hometown with his niece in tow (Sophie Lillis) to attend the funeral of his estranged, homophobic father. His boyfriend (Peter Macdissi) tags along too – but there’s a...

Twister director Jan de Bont was surprised by reboot announcement

Posted 6 years ago

Jan de Bont helmed the box office hit TWISTER back in 1996 and it became the second-highest-grossing movie of 1996 with a worldwide total of $495 million. You would think that de Bont would've been in on any reboot talk...

Joseph Kosinski is being eyed to direct reboot of Twister for Universal

Posted 6 years ago

I miss Bill Paxton. The late actor starred in so many classic films, one of which was TWISTER, the Jan de Bont film which followed a team of storm chasers and featured, for the time, cutting edge visual effects. It...

Seek your path in this trailer for Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch!

Posted 6 years ago

Yesterday Searchlight Pictures (it's still so weird not to add the "Fox" portion) unveiled the first poster for director Wes Anderson's upcoming film THE FRENCH DISPATCH. However, let's be honest, a poster is merely the delicious soup before the main...

Poster for Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch lands online, trailer tomorrow

Posted 6 years ago

I think the highest compliment you can give any filmmaker is to see a film and know immediately that it is his or her movie. Stanley Kubrick was one such, Alfred Hitchcock another. The same can also categorically be said...

Fox Searchlight sets Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch for a 2020 release

Posted 7 years ago

Any year with a new Wes Anderson film is one film fans can look forward to even more, which means you now have more reason than ever to be excited about 2020. It was announced today that after distributing Anderson...

Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Dunkirk, Eyes Wide Shut, Mad Max

Posted 8 years ago

Theodore Some cliche somewhere said that 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have...

Jon Hamm is a holographic husband in Marjorie Prime trailer

Posted 9 years ago

Based on Jordan Harrison's Pulitzer Prize-nominated play of the same name, MARJORIE PRIME tells the story of an elderly woman (Lois Smith) who avails herself of a service which provides holographic recreations of deceased loved ones as their survivors would...