There’s by no means been a greater time to be a Twister fan. The 1996 catastrophe basic hits 4K Extremely HD July 9, which means these growling tornados will look and sound higher than ever—and its long-awaited follow-up, Twisters, touches down July 19. Surprisingly, whereas he knew about his personal film’s glowing new model, the unique Tornado director says he didn’t know Twisters even existed till he noticed the trailer.
It sounds inconceivable to be so unaware of an enormous Hollywood summer season blockbuster, a lot much less one which’s tagging onto one’s personal Hollywood summer season blockbuster (albeit 28 years later), however that’s what Jan de Bont informed the Hollywood Reporter. “I didn’t know that there was [another] film till I truly noticed the primary trailer, which was not that way back,” de Bont stated. (The primary trailer dropped in February, tied into the Tremendous Bowl.)
The director, who additionally directed Velocity and Velocity 2: Cruise Management, shared some opinions about sequels too. “If you wish to make a sequel, it ought to actually be a sequel,” he stated. “It needs to be about the identical individuals. It needs to be the identical persevering with story and saga of the identical group of individuals, ideally in several circumstances which are much more fascinating and extra thrilling. However to make an entire totally different story [like Twisters], then you definitely shouldn’t actually name it a sequel in my view.”
Head to THR to learn the total interview, which additionally contains some good remembrances of late Tornado stars Invoice Paxton and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
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