Twister film tearer

Twisters is a 2024 American disaster film directed by Lee Isaac Chung with a screenplay by Mark L. Smith from a story by Joseph Kosinski. Produced by Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley, it is a standalone sequel to the 1996 film Twister and stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, Brandon Perea, Maura Tierney, and Sasha Lane. Twisters premiered in London on July 8, 2024, and was released internationally by Warner Bros. Pictures on July 10, 2024, and will be released in the United States by Universal Pictures on July 19, 2024. The film received positive reviews from critics.

Premise

Haunted by a devastating encounter with a tornado, Kate Cooper gets lured back to the open plains by her friend, Javi, to test a groundbreaking new tracking system. She soon crosses paths with Tyler Owens, a charming but reckless social-media superstar who thrives on posting his storm-chasing adventures. As storm season intensifies, Kate, Tyler and their competing teams find themselves in a fight for their lives as multiple systems converge over central Oklahoma.

Production and Development

In June 2020, a remake of Twister (1996) was announced to be in development by the original film’s international distributor, Universal Pictures, with Joseph Kosinski in early negotiations as both writer and director and Frank Marshall and Sara Scott as producers.[5] In June 2021, Helen Hunt expressed interest in developing a sequel to the original film.[6] The studio rejected Hunt’s plans to write and direct a sequel.[7] In October 2022, Twisters was announced to be in the works with a script 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.[8] 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”. In December, 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 from the previous film, with the former distributing in North America and the latter internationally.

Casting

In March 2023, Daisy Edgar-Jones joined the cast in a lead role. Glen Powell and Anthony Ramos were cast the following month in the other lead roles. In May 2023, Brandon Perea, Daryl McCormack, Maura Tierney, Sasha Lane, Kiernan Shipka, and David Corens wet were among those announced as new additions to the cast.

Filming

On an estimated budget of $200 million, principal photography commenced around Oklahoma City in May 2023. Filming was to take place at Prairie Surf Studios for 40 days and in metro Oklahoma City for 50 days. Other locations included Chickasha, Okarche, El Reno, Spencer, and Cashion. Filming was suspended in July due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Production resumed with the conclusion of the strike in November 2023 and wrapped up the following month

cast

• Daisy Edgar-Jones as Kate Cooper, a meteorologist and former storm chaser
• Glen Powell as Tyler Owens, a famous storm chaser on the internet
• Anthony Ramos as Javi, Kate’s former storm chaser colleague
• Brandon Perea as Boone, a videographer and member of Tyler’s crew
• Maura Tierney as Cathy Cooper, Kate’s mother
• Harry Hadden-Paton as Ben, a London journalist profiling Tyler
• Sasha Lane as Lilly, a drone operator and member of Tyler’s crew
• Daryl McCormack as Jeb, Kate’s boyfriend and member of her former storm

casting team

• Kiernan Shipka as Addy, a member of Kate’s former storm chasing team
• Nik Dodani as Praveen, a member of Kate’s former storm chasing team
• David Corenswet as Scott, Javi’s business partner
• Tunde Adebimpe as Dexter, a scientist and a member of Tyler’s crew
• Katy O’Brian as Dani, a mechanic and member of Tyler’s crew
• Paul Scheer as airport traffic police
• James Paxton as Cody