If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Twisters has been ripping through the box office, racking up over $300 million so far. Its theatrical run isn’t over yet, but the film is now available to rent or buy through Prime Video, iTunes , or YouTube .
Amateur storm chasers can also pre-order a copy on 4K UHD, Blu-Ray, or DVD, but the release date has not yet been announced. Helmed by Minari director Lee Isaac Chung, Twisters follows the reckless, social media-savvy Tyler Owens, played by Glen Powell , and Daisy Edgar-Jones’ Kate Carter, a meteorologist and former storm chaser with an intuitive sense of the path of tornadoes. They start as rivals, but it’s hardly a spoiler to say sparks soon fly between them.
Twisters is a standalone sequel to the 1996 film Twister , which was itself a huge box-office smash. The 1996 film was propelled by an ensemble cast including Bill Paxton, Helen Hunt, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and veteran character actors like Cary Elwes and Alan Ruck. In addition to Powell and Edgar-Jones, Twister s stars Anthony Ramos, Kiernan Shipka, David Coronswet, and Maura Tierney.
Twisters was filmed primarily in Oklahoma, and its country-heavy soundtrack includes Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, Leon Bridges, and Jelly Roll. The soundtrack was also released on exclusive vinyl pressings . As a Universal release, Twisters will eventually land on Peacock , the stream.