Twisters
Summary
In 2020 , Universal Pictures announced a remaking of the 1996 disaster filmTwister . However , the squad behind the upcoming 2024 movie , Twisters , has clarified the project ’s connection to the original film . Written by Michael Crichton ( Jurassic Park),Twistercenters on Jo Harding ( Helen Hunt ) , a woman who becomes obsessed with chasing storms after an F5 tornado kills her father . Several decades after the incident that both urge on and devastate Jo , the tornado - obsessed meteorologist chair a team dedicate to revolutionize their athletic field . Jo is also joined by her alienated husband Bill ( Bill Paxton ) , an x - storm - pursuer - turned - TV - weatherman .
Twisterwent on to become one of the highest - grossing movies of 1996 , lurch in $ 495.7 million at the box business office . For its incredible speech sound design and telling ocular effects , the movie earn two Academy Award nominations . Now , Twistersis the current - day chapterof the 1996 smash hit . ready to be loose in theaters on July 19 , 2024,Twisterswas retard due to the 2023 SAG - AFTRA strike . In the backwash ofTwisters ' first trailer dropping , fans of the original moving picture were left wonder about the unexampled picture show ’s connection to the ' 90s classic .
Twisters Is A Standalone Sequel To The 1996 Original
Despite Universal Pictures ' previous architectural plan , Twistersis not a remake ofHelen Hunt and Bill Paxton’sTwister . In the original moving picture , Jo wants to launch " Dorothy , " a twist containing hundreds of sensors , into a tornado . Theoretically , Dorothy could revolutionize the storm - warning system — something that would ’ve saved Jo ’s dada . Designed by Bill , the equipment requires tempest - pursuer to get incredibly close to a tornado , make water it a liveliness - threatening mission . Twisterswon’t be rework or rebooting that plot . rather , Twistersis a standalone subsequence , which mean seasoned vet and newcomers alike can enjoy the moving picture .
A new movie , Twisters , is come in 2024 and , as its title propose , it will be a natural disaster moving picture connected to the 1996 film , Twister .
star Daisy Edgar - Jones and Glen Powell , Twistersfollows a new propagation of storm chaser . The standalone sequel also vaunt an impressive supporting cast of character , include Kiernan Shipka and Anthony Ramos , among others . Edgar - Jones ' character , Kate Cooper , is a former tempest pursuer who ’s haunt by a tornado she lived through . Although Kate ’s comfortable studying from afar , her friend Javi ( Ramos ) encourages her to return to the field . While test Javi ’s groundbreaking technical school , Kate meets a social media star(Glen Powell ) , who chasesTwisters ' storms for fun , and ends up at the center of multiple converging tempest scheme .
Helen Hunt originally flip an idea for aTwistersequel , but studio apartment execs passed since it would ’ve called for the last of her fictitious character .
Twisters Won’t Rely On Original Movie Connections (But There Will Be Callbacks)
While Lee Isaac Chung ’s ( Minari ) picture wo n’t require TV audience to have seenTwister , theTwisterswill feature muckle of connectionsand callbacks to the ' 90s classic . In fact , many of the 1996 motion picture ’s original consultants returned to lend their expertisetoTwisters . In an interview withEntertainment Weekly , Edgar - Jones promised " freight of nods to the original " both behind and in front of the camera . For example , although technology has improved significantly , Twisters ' premise definitely recalls the Dorothy gadget . at last , despite tradingTwister ’s massive , mi - wide crack for multiple storms , Twisterswill feature plenty for fans to be excited about .
generator : Entertainment Weekly
