Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell in new looks at 'Twisters'

We are two months away from the premiere of Twistersfrom the director Lee Isaac Chung (to the pain), and the studies Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. Picturesy Amblin Entertainmentwhich is described as “a current chapter” of the blockbuster Twister (1996).

The film stars Daisy Edgar-Jones (Where the Cradwdads Sing, Normal People) y Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick, Anyone But You) as opposing forces coming together to try to predict, and possibly control, the immense power of tornadoes.

She's a former storm chaser who, after surviving a disastrous encounter with a tornado, works behind a desk, though she'll soon be forced into the breach once again.

The original film was the second biggest hit of 1996 in the United States and a pioneering visual effects spectacle. The new installment will build on that legacy by combining cutting-edge digital wizardry with ambitious practical effects work.

The titled Tornados In our market, it is not promoted as a reboot or sequel to the original blockbuster hit, Twister, but as an update of it. Studies describe it as a new chapter that he doesn't plan to bring back old characters.

The latest in the marketing campaign are three new official images shared by Total Film Magazine (via GamesRadar), focusing on Edgar-Jones, Powell, and Anthony Ramos (Hamilton, A Star is Born, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts), which you find at the end of this note.

The rest of the cast is made up Brandon Perea (Nope), Maura Tierney (The Iron Claw), Kiernan Shipka (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), David Corenswet (Superman: Legacy), y Katy O’Brian (Star Wars: The Mandalorian).

Chung directs the script Mark L. Smith (The Revenant), con Frank Marshall (Indiana Jones, Jurassic World, Bourne) as the producer.

OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS:

From the producers of the Jurassic, Bourne and Indiana Jones sagas comes Twisters, a current episode of the 1996 blockbuster, Tornado. Directed by Lee Isaac Chung, the Oscar-nominated writer-director of Minari, Twisters stars Golden Globe nominee Daisy Edgar-Jones (Where the Crawdads Sing, Normal People) and Glen Powell (Anyone But You, Top Gun: Maverick) as opposing forces coming together to try to predict, and possibly control, the immense power of tornadoes.

Edgar-Jones plays Kate Cooper, a former storm chaser dogged by a devastating encounter with a tornado during her college years, who now studies storm patterns on screens safely in New York City. Her friend Javi lures her back to the open plains to test an innovative new tracking system. There, she crosses paths with Tyler Owens (Powell), the charming and reckless social media superstar who enjoys posting her adventures, chasing storms with her raucous gear, the more dangerous the better.

As storm season intensifies, terrifying phenomena never seen before will be unleashed, and Kate, Tyler and their competing teams find themselves squarely in the path of multiple storm systems converging over central Oklahoma in the fight of their lives.

Warner Bros. will release it in Mexico and the rest of Latin America on July 18, 2024.

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