‘Twister 2’: Everything We Know About The Sequel To The Tornado Movie Hit

Twister was dissimilar thing movie theatre goers had seen earlier erstwhile it came retired successful 1996. The epic catastrophe movie, astir a radical of amateur tempest chasers trying to deploy tornado probe successful Oklahoma, featured ground-breaking ocular effects that wowed audiences. The movie was a smash hit, grossing astir $500 cardinal worldwide, and scoring 2 Academy Award nominations for Best Visual Effects and Best Sound. It took implicit 25 years until it was yet announced that a long-awaited sequel film, titled Twisters, is coming out.

Twister was a movie mode up of its time, and the sequel is bound to stroke audiences distant erstwhile it arrives successful theaters. Here’s everything you request to cognize about Twisters, including the merchandise date, the cast, and more.

Twister (Photo: Everett Collection)

Twister 2 Confirmed

Initial plans for a Twister reboot from Universal Pictures began backmost successful June 2020. At the time, Variety reported that Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski was successful talks to nonstop the film. Over 2 years later, successful October 2022, Deadline reported that Universal Pictures and Steven Spielberg‘s accumulation company, Amblin Entertainment, were gathering with directors to get a commencement connected the sequel, which was confirmed to beryllium titled Twisters at that point. Spielberg, who was a shaper connected the archetypal film, reportedly work the publication for the sequel and helped get the task green-lit.

The Twister sequel was confirmed to beryllium happening successful December 2022, on with the merchandise day announced. Lee Isaac Chung was besides announced arsenic the director, per Variety.

Release Date

Twisters is scheduled to deed movie theaters connected July 19, 2024. That’s astir 30 years since the archetypal movie came retired connected May 10, 1996. Filming connected the sequel is slated to statesman successful aboriginal 2023 successful Los Angeles, according to a study from MovieWeb.

Twister (Photo: Everett Collection)

Cast & Crew

Cast

No formed members person been confirmed yet for Twisters. There volition astir apt beryllium updates connected the formed erstwhile filming gets going. The archetypal movie starred Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes, Jami Gertz, Lois Smith, Alan Ruck, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Jeremy Davies, and Todd Field. Fans are hoping we get immoderate of the archetypal formed backmost for the sequel. Sadly, 2 of those actors — Bill Paxton and Phillip Seymour Hoffman — person died. Deadline previously reported that the Twisters team privation Helen Hunt backmost arsenic Dr. Jo Harding, but her instrumentality has yet to beryllium confirmed.

Crew

While Twister was directed by Jan de Bont, the sequel volition beryllium helmed by Lee Isaac Chang. Lee is the recipient of 2 Academy Award nominations for directing and penning the 2020 movie Minari. The screenplay for Twisters was written by The Revenant co-writer Mark L. Smith, according to Variety. Steven Spielberg’s collaborated Frank Marshall is producing the sequel.

What Will ‘Twisters’ Be About?

An authoritative crippled for Twisters has yet to beryllium revealed. Deadline previously reported that the sequel is going to absorption connected Jo (Helen Hunt) and Bill’s (Bill Paxton) daughter, who besides has a passionateness for tempest chasing similar her parents. This sounds similar the cleanable mode to grant the precocious Bill Paxton, which is thing that fans are hoping to spot successful the sequel. HollywoodLife will proceed to springiness updates on Twisters when they travel in!

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