{"id":136939,"date":"2025-01-07T19:17:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T19:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/07\/glen-powell-signs-first-look-deal-with-universal-pictures\/"},"modified":"2025-01-07T19:17:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T19:17:21","slug":"glen-powell-signs-first-look-deal-with-universal-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/07\/glen-powell-signs-first-look-deal-with-universal-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"Glen Powell Signs First-Look Deal With Universal Pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/universal\/\" id=\"auto-tag_universal\" data-tag=\"universal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Universal<\/a> Pictures is getting into a first-look movie manufacturing pact with its <em>Twisters <\/em>star <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/glen-powell\/\" id=\"auto-tag_glen-powell\" data-tag=\"glen-powell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glen Powell<\/a> and his <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/barnstorm\/\" id=\"auto-tag_barnstorm\" data-tag=\"barnstorm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barnstorm<\/a> manufacturing firm. At the identical time, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/21-laps\/\" id=\"auto-tag_21-laps\" data-tag=\"21-laps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">21 Laps<\/a> veteran <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/dan-cohen\/\" id=\"auto-tag_dan-cohen\" data-tag=\"dan-cohen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dan Cohen<\/a> is ready to affix Barnstorm because the label\u2019s associate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe information comes within the wake of Powell being nominated for his first <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/12\/golden-globes-nominations-2025-list-film-tv-1236198070\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1236198070\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Golden Globe<\/a>, for Best Actor in a Comedy and Musical for Netflix\u2019s<em> Hit Man<\/em>, which he produced and co-wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<em>Twisters<\/em>\u00a0overperformed in opposition to trade expectations, changing into the most important opening for a pure catastrophe movie ever on the home field workplace with an $81.2 million home begin, a $267.7M stateside ultimate and close to a $371M world take. The sequel debuted on Peacock in November, changing into the service\u2019s largest Pay 1 movie ever in its first 14 days on the platform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cBarnstorm has been a dream of mine since I was a kid. I want our company to be a destination for world-class theatrical entertainment,.\u201d mentioned Powell, Barnstorm\u2019s founder. \u201cThroughout the process of making\u00a0<em>Twisters<\/em>, I was so impressed with the leadership of Universal and the vision and ambition of their team across so many departments. We are so honored to call them home. Dan Cohen is someone I\u2019ve been a fan of for over a decade. His passion for storytelling and storytellers is inspiring and I\u2019m so proud to call him my partner in this exciting new chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tSaid Universal Pictures president Peter Cramer: \u201cGlen is the complete package:\u00a0a talented, charismatic producer, creator, writer and actor at the top of his game, who is committed to entertaining global audiences across all genres.\u00a0 He was an ideal partner throughout the production and release of our hit\u00a0<em>Twisters<\/em>, and we know that he will continue to expand on his success in the years to come.\u00a0 We couldn\u2019t be more excited to collaborate with him, Dan, and the Barnstorm team to create compelling new stories for the big screen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAdded Cohen, \u201cI\u2019m extremely grateful for the almost 15 years I\u2019ve spent at 21 Laps with Shawn Levy, Dan Levine &amp; the 21 Laps total workforce for all the pieces we\u2019ve made collectively and I wasn\u2019t seeking to go away. Glen is someone I\u2019ve admired for a very long time and who\u2019s earned each ounce of his success. Partnering with him at Barnstorm is a unprecedented alternative. We share a ardour for pushing artistic boundaries, amplifying recent voices, and telling daring, impactful tales that join with audiences world wide. People typically speak about doing \u2018One for me \u2026 and one for them.\u2019 But in trying ahead to constructing Barnstorm, the philosophy is \u2018All for me. And all for them.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAt Levy\u2019s 21 Laps, Cohen served as EP on Netflix\u2019s <em>Stranger Things<\/em> and was an EP on the streamer\u2019s film <em>The Adam Project<\/em>, in addition to an EP on the Oscar-winning <em>The Arrival. <\/em>Cohen was additionally a co-producer on twentieth Century Studios\u2019 Levy-directed hit<em> The Free Guy.<\/em> His different producer credit embrace <em>Never Let Go, The Boogeyman <\/em>and <em>Kin<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tPrior to this deal, Barnstorm produced\u00a0<em>The Blue Angels<\/em> and the forthcoming\u00a0Hulu sequence <em>Chad Powers<\/em>; Powell wrote and is an EP and stars on <em>Chad Powers. <\/em>The actor is presently capturing Edgar Wright\u2019s <em>The Running Man <\/em>within the UK. He\u2019ll keep within the UK into the spring for J.J. Abrams\u2019 untitled sci-fi Warner Bros film that additionally stars Jenna Ortega.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn the wake of starring within the close to $1.5 billion-grossing <em>Top Gun: Maverick, <\/em>Powell resurrected the rom-com on the massive display with Sydney Sweeney with final Christmas\u2019 <em>Anyone But You<\/em>, which grossed $220.3M worldwide and was a worthwhile hit for Sony netting $103M in any case ancillaries.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Universal Pictures is getting into a first-look movie manufacturing pact with its Twisters star Glen Powell and his Barnstorm manufacturing firm. At the identical time, 21 Laps veteran Dan Cohen is ready to affix Barnstorm because the label\u2019s associate. The information comes within the wake of Powell being nominated for his first Golden Globe, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":136941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[1756,3857,1400,1642,1401,718,1715],"class_list":{"0":"post-136939","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood","8":"tag-deal","9":"tag-firstlook","10":"tag-glen","11":"tag-pictures","12":"tag-powell","13":"tag-signs","14":"tag-universal"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}