Twisters is set to storm into cinemas imminently, but how is it connected to the 1996 disaster movie, Twister? That film was the second highest-grossing film of the year when it was released, and was an early showcase for the potential of digital VFX. Considering Twister’s success, it’s surprising it’s taken almost three decades for another film set in that world to be released.
But is Twisters – which stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell and Anthony Ramos – a sequel? A reboot? On the Inside Total Film podcast and speaking with GamesRadar+, director Lee Isaac Chung explains how he sees the connection between the two films. "I studied science in university, so this is probably a nerdy answer," he says. "I see it as a new science experiment. [It’s the] same world. We don’t have the same characters but it’s a new experiment. There are a lot of nods to the original.
