There was a thread last week that got me to thinking about this (https://texags.com/forums/13/topics/3474590) where the OP thought it was an assault on his childhood that Twisters has been made.
This trend we've seen in recent years of sequels being made to movies from 10, 20, or even more years in the past is not exactly new, though.
The first I remember of this kind of thing was 1983's Psycho II. Psycho came out in 1960, so 23 years later we saw the return of Norman Bates.
A year later, 1968's 2001: A Space Odyssey got a sequel in 1984's 2010 (Arthur C Clark had published the original 2010 novel a couple of years prior) for a 16 year gap.
Typically, sequels are made to cash in on the success of an original movie. So 1974 saw The Godfather Part II only two years after the original. Yet The Godfather III did not arrive until 16 years had passed. Jaws 2 came out 3 years after 1975's Jaws.
Chinatown (1974) got its sequel, The Two Jakes (1990) 16 years later.
Of course, the first two Star Wars trilogies saw their individual releases at 3 year intervals; the Disney sequel trilogy managed to get their releases in 2 year intervals (which probably contributed to their less than stellar quality). But there were long intervals between trilogies - 16 years between Return of the Jedi and The Phantom Menace, 10 years between Revenge of the Sith and The Force Awakens.
Indiana Jones started out on a normal interval between Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. The wait then became progressively longer: 5 years for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, 19 years for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and 15 years for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
The Alien series: Alien 1979, Aliens 1986 (6 years), Alien 3 1992 (6 years), Alien Resurrection 1997 (5 years), Prometheus 2012 (15 years), and Alien Covenant 2017 (5 years). Alien Romulus will come after a 7 year interval.
Tron came out in 1982; the sequel came out in 2010 - 28 years to wait.
Then of course we have Blade Runner (1982) to Blade Runner 2049 (2017) - 35 years.
Top Gun (1986) to Top Gun Maverick (2022) - 36 years.
Twister (1996) to Twisters (2024) - 36 years.
I've probably missed some similar long waits, but Twisters is not a new trend in movie sequels.
This trend we've seen in recent years of sequels being made to movies from 10, 20, or even more years in the past is not exactly new, though.
The first I remember of this kind of thing was 1983's Psycho II. Psycho came out in 1960, so 23 years later we saw the return of Norman Bates.
A year later, 1968's 2001: A Space Odyssey got a sequel in 1984's 2010 (Arthur C Clark had published the original 2010 novel a couple of years prior) for a 16 year gap.
Typically, sequels are made to cash in on the success of an original movie. So 1974 saw The Godfather Part II only two years after the original. Yet The Godfather III did not arrive until 16 years had passed. Jaws 2 came out 3 years after 1975's Jaws.
Chinatown (1974) got its sequel, The Two Jakes (1990) 16 years later.
Of course, the first two Star Wars trilogies saw their individual releases at 3 year intervals; the Disney sequel trilogy managed to get their releases in 2 year intervals (which probably contributed to their less than stellar quality). But there were long intervals between trilogies - 16 years between Return of the Jedi and The Phantom Menace, 10 years between Revenge of the Sith and The Force Awakens.
Indiana Jones started out on a normal interval between Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. The wait then became progressively longer: 5 years for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, 19 years for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and 15 years for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
The Alien series: Alien 1979, Aliens 1986 (6 years), Alien 3 1992 (6 years), Alien Resurrection 1997 (5 years), Prometheus 2012 (15 years), and Alien Covenant 2017 (5 years). Alien Romulus will come after a 7 year interval.
Tron came out in 1982; the sequel came out in 2010 - 28 years to wait.
Then of course we have Blade Runner (1982) to Blade Runner 2049 (2017) - 35 years.
Top Gun (1986) to Top Gun Maverick (2022) - 36 years.
Twister (1996) to Twisters (2024) - 36 years.
I've probably missed some similar long waits, but Twisters is not a new trend in movie sequels.