Twisters is an 2024 American disaster film directed by Lee Isaac Chung from a screenplay by Mark L. Smith. It is a standalone sequel to the 1996 film Twister. The film stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, Maura Tierney, Brandon Perea, Daryl McCormack, Sasha Lane, Kiernan Shipka, and Nik Dodani.
Twisters is scheduled to be released worldwide by Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures on July 19, 2024.
Premise[]
A group of young storm chasers track down tornados across the country, while facing the effects of climate change and their own personal conflicts.
Cast[]
- Daisy Edgar-Jones as Kate Cooper, a scientist and storm chaser
- Glen Powell as Tyler Owens, a storm chaser and social media influencer
- Anthony Ramos as Javi Rivera, Kate's friend and owner of Storm PAR
- Maura Tierney as Cathy Carter, Kate's mother
- Brandon Perea
- Daryl McCormack
- Sasha Lane
- Kiernan Shipka
- Nik Dodani
- Harry Hadden-Paton
- David Corenswet
- Tunde Adebimpe
- Katy O'Brian
Production[]
In June 2020, a remake of Twister (1996) was announced to be in development from the original film's international distributor Universal Pictures, with Joseph Kosinski in early negotiations to serve as director. Frank Marshall and Sara Scott were set to serve as producers on the project. In June 2021, Helen Hunt expressed interest in developing a sequel to the original film.The studio rejected Hunt's plans for writing and directing it, due to her character being killed off for the sequel. In October 2022, Twisters was announced to be in the works with a script written by Mark L. Smith, and produced by Marshall, while directors Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Dan Trachtenberg, and Travis Knight were in talks to helm the project; there was hope that Hunt would reprise her role, and it was reported that it would focus on the daughter of her and Bill Paxton's characters. The film incorporates climate change into the plot. Smith explained: "That's one of the things that we kind of tapped, and it's true. I talked to so many storm experts, tornado experts, storm chasers, and rode around with some. Even the tornado season itself, because of climate change, what used to be tornado alley going through a certain stretch. It now extends so further east, and it's moving across, and the dates are wider, and the numbers are higher, and the storms themselves are more violent. So we did use elements of that just to shine a light on it, as well, the causes and effects of climate change". ⁵ In December 2022, Lee Isaac Chung was hired to direct. The standalone sequel is a joint-venture production between Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, and the Kennedy/Marshall Company, with Universal and Warner Bros. switching distribution positions with the former taking North America and the latter to foreign continents.
In January 2023, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, and Anthony Ramos were cast as the lead roles. In February, Maura Tierney joined the cast as Dr. Jo Harding, the character played by Hunt in the original film. In March, Brandon Perea, Daryl McCormack, Sasha Lane, Kiernan Shipka, and Nik Dodani were added to the cast. In April, Harry Hadden-Paton, David Corenswet, Tunde Adebimpe, and Katy O'Brian were also cast.
Principal photography began on May 1, 2023, in Atlanta, Georgia. The film also shot in Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa, using practical effects and real storm footage. Hans Zimmer composed the film's score, while Dan Mindel served as the cinematographer and Terilyn A. Shropshire as the editor. Filming wrapped on September 30, 2023.
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Trivia[]
- The film is a sequel to Twister (1996), but it does not feature any of the original cast members, except for Maura Tierney, who plays a different character.
- The film is the first collaboration between Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures since Central Intelligence (2016).
- The film's teaser trailer was released during the Super Bowl LVIII on February 4, 2024.
- The film's title is a reference to the nickname given to the storm chasers in the original film.