The Twisters Trailer Previews The Asylum’s Latest Mockbuster Movie

The first trailer for The Twisters, a new mockbuster movie from The Asylum, has been released.

Playing off the upcoming Twisters sequel, The Twisters is a new mockbuster from The Asylum, a production company known for making low-budget movies that are released around the same time as a major motion picture with similar themes, titles, or subjects.

Check out The Twisters trailer and poster below (watch more trailers and clips):

What is The Twisters about?

“Dozens of deadly tornados converge in the Midwest, merging into a mega twister set to obliterate everything for hundreds of miles,” the synopsis for the movie reads.

The Twisters stars pop icon Tiffany Renee Darwish, Kayla Fields, Paul Logan, and Mark Justice.

The film is written by Jeffrey Anderson, while Michael Su directs the film. Su previously directed 2022’s Night of the Tommyknockers, 2022’s 2025 Armageddon, 2023’s Transmorphers: Mech Beasts, 2023’s Bloodthirst, and 2024’s Snow White and the Seven Samurai.

The Twisters is now playing in theaters in Glendale, California (Laemmle); Brunswick, Ohio (Hickory Ridge Cinemas); Minneapolis, Minnesota (Trylon Cinema); South Beach, Miami, Florida (O Cinema); and Roswell, Georgia (Aurora Cineplex).

It is also available on digital outlets.

Twisters releases in theaters later this month

Twisters, meanwhile, is a sequel to 1996’s Twister that releases in theaters on July 19, 2024. Directed by Lee Isaac Chung and written by Mark L. Smith, the film stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, Brandon Perea, Maura Tierney, Sasha Lane, and David Corenswet.

“Edgar-Jones stars as Kate Carter, a former storm chaser haunted by a devastating encounter with a tornado during her college years who now studies storm patterns on screens safely in New York City,” the synopsis of Twisters reads. “She is lured back to the open plains by her friend, Javi (Ramos) to test a groundbreaking new tracking system. There, she crosses paths with Tyler Owens (Powell), the charming and reckless social-media superstar who thrives on posting his storm-chasing adventures with his raucous crew, the more dangerous the better. As storm season intensifies, terrifying phenomena never seen before are unleashed, and Kate, Tyler, Javi and their crews find themselves squarely in the paths of multiple storm systems converging over central Oklahoma in the fight of their lives.”

Brandon Schreur

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