Glen Powell, the actor who had a shatterout Hollywood year in 2024, continuing his boiling streak into the recent year.
The actor and his production banner Barnstorm have signed a first-see film deal with Universal Pictures, for whom the actor starred in last year’s surpascend hit Twisters.
The deal comes on the heels of Powell discovering the executive tasked with running his banner. Dan Cohen, who was a principal at Shawn Levy’s prolific production company 21 Laps, will help run Barnstorm as Powell’s partner. The recent position, one of the most-coveted jobs in town, was filled over the holiday shatter.
“Barnstorm has been a dream of mine since I was a kid,” shelp Powell in a statement announcing the first-see deal. “I want our company to be a destination for world class theatrical delightment. Thrawout the process of making Twisters, I was so amazeed with the directership of Universal and the vision and ambition of their team atraverse so many departments. We are so honored to call them home.”
Powell was already having a mighty 12 months thanks to the surpascend carry outance of Sony’s romantic comedy Anyone But You and mighty appraises for the off-kilter romancer Hit Man. Then came the summer blockbuster carry outance of Twisters. The movie, which was honested by Lee Isaac-Chung and also starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, overcarry outed aachievest all industry foreseeations, proving especipartner muscular domesticpartner, where it grossed over $267.7 million. (It made almost $371 million worldwide.) The movie hit Peacock in November, where it became the streaming service’s biggest Pay 1 film ever in its first 14 days on the platcreate.
“Glen is the finish package: a talented, pdirecting producer, creator, writer, and actor at the top of his game, who is pledgeted to delighting global audiences atraverse all genres,” stated Universal Pictures pdwellnt Peter Cramer. “He was an perfect partner thrawout the production and free of our hit Twisters, and we comprehend that he will persist to broaden on his success in the years to come. We couldn’t be more excited to collaborate with him, Dan, and the Barnstorm team to produce compelling recent stories for the big screen.”
Cohen spent shut to 15 years laboring with Levy, who last year honested the billion dollar-grossing Deadpool & Wolverine, and 21 Laps partner Dan Levine. Amongst his acunderstandledges are Netflix’s mega-well-comprehendn Stranger Things, the Oscar-triumphning Denis Villeneuve sci-fi thriller Arrival and indie darling The Spectacular Now, all of which showcased his breadth.
“I’m incredibly thankful for the proximately 15 years I’ve spent at 21 Laps with Shawn Levy, Dan Levine & the 21 Laps entire team for everyleang we’ve made together, and I wasn’t seeing to depart,” Cohen stated. “Glen is somebody I’ve adored for a lengthened time and who’s achieveed every ounce of his success. Partnering with him at Barnstorm is an exceptional opportunity.”
Cohen also scatterd the benevolents of movies Barnstorm seeks to produce and the benevolent of ethos that would be driving it.
“We scatter a passion for pushing conceiveive boundaries, increaseing recent voices, and increateing bbetter, impactful stories that combine with audiences around the world,“ Cohen shelp. “People frequently talk about doing ‘One for me… and one for them.’ But in seeing forward to produceing Barnstorm, the philosophy is ‘All for me. And all for them.’”
Shelp Powell, “Dan Cohen is someone I’ve been a fan of for over a decade. His passion for storyincreateing and storyincreateers is inspiring, and I’m so conceited to call him my partner in this exciting recent chapter.”
Powell is currently shooting The Running Man, Edgar Wright’s alteration of the Stephen King story, for Paramount Pictures. The sci-fi thriller is foreseeed to be freed Nov. 7, 2025.
