One of the biggest blockbusters coming this summer is Twisters, the standalone sequel to 1996’s Twister. Here is everything you need to know about Twisters.
In May 1996, audiences experienced the wild lives of storm chasers in Jan de Bont’s Twister. The epic disaster film starring Helen Hunt and the late Bill Paxton was a thrilling adventure that became 1996’s second-highest-grossing film. Now, 28 years later, another dangerous storm is brewing in the standalone sequel Twisters.
As a tentpole blockbuster, Twisters is looking to recapture the visceral joys of Twister while depicting a new, original story. Headlined by an emerging cast of budding stars, Twisters could become one of the summer’s biggest movies. Here is everything you need to know about Twisters.Is there a release date for Twisters?
Twisters arrives in theaters on July 19, 2024. Looking at the summer movie calendar, Twisters is the biggest release of that weekend. It comes one week after Fly Me to the Moon (July 12) and one week before Deadpool & Wolverine (July 26).Who is in the Twisters cast?
Daisy Edgar-Jones stars as Kate Cooper, a former storm chaser who now studies tornado patterns from far away. Anthony Ramos plays Javi, Kate’s friend who also researches tornadoes, while Glen Powell stars as Tyler Owens, a hotshot storm chaser who is in the business for social media clout.
The Twisters ensemble includes Brandon Perea, Sasha Lane, Kiernan Shipka, David Corenswet, Nik Dodani, Daryl McCormack, and Maura Tierney.
No characters from Twister, including Helen Hunt’s Jo Harding, have been advertised to return in Twisters.What are the plot details of Twisters?
After surviving a catastrophic storm as a college student, Kate Cooper (Jones) left the frontlines of storm-chasing to examine their patterns behind a desk in New York City. Recruited by her friend, Javi (Ramos), Kate returns to Tornado Alley to experiment with a revolutionary tracking system. Upon arriving in the Great Plains, Kate meets Tyler Owens (Powell), a social media maverick and attention-seeking personality who is reckless while pursuing natural disasters.
“As storm season intensifies, terrifying phenomena never seen before are unleashed, and Kate, Tyler, and their competing teams find themselves squarely in the paths of multiple storm systems converging over central Oklahoma in the fight of their lives,” Universal’s logline reads.Is there a trailer for Twisters?
The first Twisters trailer premiered during the 2024 Super Bowl and featured riveting footage of Kate’s team in the middle of a deadly storm.
