{"id":163688,"date":"2022-12-21T00:07:02","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T00:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/twister-sequel-sets-summer-2024-release-date\/"},"modified":"2022-12-21T00:07:02","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T00:07:02","slug":"twister-sequel-sets-summer-2024-release-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/twister-sequel-sets-summer-2024-release-date\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Twister’ Sequel Sets Summer 2024 Release Date"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\t\u201cTwisters,\u201d a sequel to the 1996 disaster epic \u201cTwister,\u201d will wreak havoc on movie theaters in the summer of 2024.<\/p>\n

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\tUniversal, which is backing the film, set \u201cTwisters\u201d to release theatrically on July 19, 2024. <\/p>\n

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\tOn its current release date, \u201cTwisters\u201d will open on the big screen alongside Paramount’s \u201cTransformers: A New Generation\u201d and one week ahead of Marvel’s \u201cThunderbolts.\u201d <\/p>\n

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\tLee Isaac Chung, who steered \u201cMinari\u201d to several Oscar nominations, is directing \u201cTwisters.\u201d The screenplay will be written by Mark L. Smith, who co-wrote filmmaker Alejandro G. I\u00f1\u00e1rritu’s Academy Award-winning \u201cThe Revenant,\u201d starring Leonardo DiCaprio. <\/p>\n

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\tThe original \u201cTwister\u201d became a massive hit, earning nearly $500 million at the global box office, thanks mostly to its ground-breaking special effects. In addition to its commercial glory, \u201cTwister\u201d received Oscar nominations for best visual effects and sound.<\/p>\n

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\tHelen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes and Philip Seymour Hoffman starred in the film as storm-chasing scientists trying to conquer the most powerful tornado in decades. Plot details for the sequel, which has been in the works since 2020, remain vague. It’s similarly unclear how the films will be related, though Universal describes the revision as \u201ca new chapter from the 1996 movie.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\u201cTwisters\u201d will be co-financed by Warner Bros. pictures. Frank Marshall, whose films include major franchises like \u201cJurassic World,\u201d \u201cIndiana Jones\u201d and \u201cBourne,\u201d as well as \u201cThe Sixth Sense\u201d and \u201cThe Color Purple,\u201d is producing through his company Kennedy\/Marshall.<\/p>\n

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\tUniversal’s executive VP of production Sara Scott and creative executive Jacqueline Garell will oversee the production for the studio, and Ashley Jay Sandberg will oversee for Kennedy\/Marshall.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n