‘Twisters’: Watch First Trailer For Universal Sequel Starring Glen Powell & Daisy Edgar-Jones

Andreas Wiseman
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A first trailer for Universal’s anticipated Twisters update has dropped during the Super Bowl. You can check it out above.

Glen Powell, Daisy Edgar-Jones and Anthony Ramos star in the new chapter to the 1996 box office hit. Lee Isaac Chung is on board to direct from a script by Mark L. Smith. The film is co-financed by Warner Bros.

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Supporting cast includes Kiernan Shipka, David Corenswet, Daryl McCormack, Sasha Lane, Maura Tierney and Katy O’Brian.

Starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton, the original Twister was a massive hit in 1996, scoring almost $500M at the worldwide box office, thanks in no small part to the film’s groundbreaking special effects. The movie followed a pair of storm chasers who risk their lives in an attempt to test an experimental weather alert system. Pic was helmed by Speed director Jan De Bont and executive-produced by Steven Spielberg, with a screenplay by author Michael Crichton.

Plot details have been kept under wraps on the big-budget sequel, which began filming around Oklahoma City in May 2023. Filming was suspended in July due to the SAG-AFTRA strike but production resumed in November 2023, wrapping the following month,

Pic is scheduled to be released in the U.S. by Universal and internationally by Warner Bros in July 2024.

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