The weather forecast is once again calling for Twisters.

Universal Pictures together with Amblin Entertainment are looking to start production in the spring on a sequel to their 1996 hit Twister. Producer Frank Marshall and the studio are looking for a director for the project, which will also be co-financed by Warner Bros.

Steven Spielberg himself is said to have “flipped” for the script from screenwriter Mark. L. Smith (The Revenant), which led to the project being fast-tracked.

Among the directors the studios are interested in are Joseph Kosinski, who recently helmed Top Gun: Maverick and is currently working on Brad Pitt’s movie about Formula One racing. In addition, Deadline reports that Amblin is also interested in Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vaserhelyi (Free Solo), Laika’s Travis Knight (Kubo And The Two Strings), and Dan Trachtenberg, who lensed Prey.

The original starred Bill Paxton, Helen Hunt, and Cary Elwes as Tornado Alley storm-chasers on the trail of a severe weather outbreak in Oklahoma. Paxton, along with Phillip Seymour Hoffman, who played a supporting role, have since passed away, and Hunt has yet to sign onto the new project.

Sources said that the hope is to bring Helen Hunt back, with a drama that focuses on the daughter she had with Paxton’s character. She has caught the storm-chasing bug her parents had.

The impulse to revive Twisteris understandable given that the original film was a huge hit, grossing more than $494 million worldwide. The movie was directed by Jan de Bont from a script by Michael Crichton, and wowed the audience with what was at the time considered to be cutting-edge visual effects. The film also hatched a theme-park attraction for Universal.

And with the topic of climate change and extreme weather in the news, like, always, it makes perfect sense to make the sequel, reboot, whatever, now.