Summary
With critics also proving thrilled by it,Twistershas found a new fan in Tom Cruise. The upcoming disaster thriller serves as a standalone to the Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt-led 1996 movie, revolving around a scientist teaming up with a group of social media-savvy storm chasers to test her new tornado tracking system amidst one of Oklahoma’s worst systems in years.TheTwisterscastis led by Glen Powell, fresh off of hisTop Gun: Mavericksuccess, and Daisy Edgar-Jones, who star alongside Anthony Ramos, Brandon Perea and Sasha Lane.
During a recent interview withPEOPLEat the premiere event for the movie, Ramos reveals that Cruise was in attendance of theTwistersscreening in support of hisTop Gun: Maverickco-star. Ramos goes on to reveal that during the showing, Cruise was “losing his mind” in excitement for the disaster movie sequel, frequently patting Ramos on the back in reacting to the movie’s various set pieces. See what Ramos shared below:
Glen was sitting behind me, my brother was next to me, and Tom was behind my brother. Tom just kept hitting me the whole entire movie. After the third time, I turned back around, like, “Yo, Tom Cruise is bugging out right now!” He keeps hitting me. He keeps hitting me because he’s excited about different moments, and he’s laughing. He’s just laughing out loud the whole entire film. He wasn’t afraid to express himself. I was super grateful about that. We hugged it out [after the movie]. He’s like, “Yo, bro, good man, good stuff.” So shout out to Tom Cruise, man. It was really cool.
Cruise Isn’t The Only One Loving Twisters
The sequel is currently getting far better reviews than its predecessor.
With how busy the actor generally is, Cruise’s opinion on major new releases is rarely heard, with the few major exceptions of late being the viral Barbenheimer release, whichMission: Impossible — Dead Reckoninghad to compete with, and Christopher Nolan’sTenet. Interestingly, though, Powell recently revealed that Cruise had a major influence on his performance inTwisters, with hisTop Gun: Mavericklead explaining that the key to making a global hit is to capture “the human instinct” in the midst of any story, be it one about naval pilot training or storm chasers.
While it remains to be seen whether Powell’s approach proves as effective for viewers as it did for Cruise in the hitTop Gunsequel, it certainly looks to be working for critics. Following its London and Los Angeles premieres,Twisters' early reviewshave secured the movie an early 79% approval rating from critics based on 38 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, including an average rating of 7.1/10. Much likeTop Gun: Maverickbefore it, this establishes the movie as being far better received than its predecessor, which holds a narrowly Fresh 63% from critics, who gave it an average rating of 6.2/10, and Rotten 58% from viewers on the review aggregate.
Though there may have been some initial reservations about the movie’s development and lack of major connections to the original, the early positive reviews combined with Cruise’s enthusiasm are sure to create further anticipation forthe upcomingTwistersrelease. The sequel is already projected to gross $45-50 million domestically in its debut weekend, roughly $10 million above its predecessor’s $41 million opening. Given the 1996Twisterwent on to become the second-highest-grossing movie of its year with over $495 million, this kind of opening could definitely see the sequel soar beyond the original the same wayTop Gun: Maverickdid.
Cruise’s Support Of Powell Is A Promising Sign For His Top Gun 3 Return
With Cruise taking the time to show his support to Powell by attending theTwistersshowing, it proves a promising sign for both oftheir returns inTop Gun 3. After plenty of discussions about a third movie coming along, it was reported in January 2024 that Paramount was officially entering the early stages of development on the action threequel, with the intent to once again have Cruise return as Maverick. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer previously confirmed toScreen Rantthat the story is ready to go, though Cruise’s schedule will determine when it happens:
It will be Tom Cruise. Tom is amazing. We spent time with him. We have a story. Joe Kosinski had a wonderful story idea for it, and he (Tom Cruise) said I really like that, so we’re developing it. But you never know when it’s going to get made because Tom is so busy. He’s doing Mission: Impossible right now, he’s got a picture after it. Hopefully, we’ll get a screenplay that he loves, and we’ll be back in the air again.
While Cruise is confirmed to be back, the threequel’s early development has made it unclear which of the newer pilots oftheTop Gun: Maverickcastwill be back for the next movie beyond Powell and Miles Teller, whose returns were included in the January report. Payback’s Jay Ellis and Fanboy’s Danny Ramirez have eagerly expressed their desires to come back, while Cyclone’s Jon Hamm also previously confirmed toScreen Rantthat while he has not had any “official talks”, he is friends with Bruckheimer and “would certainly love to be back”.
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ShouldTwistersprove to be the box office smash it’s on track to be, bringing Powell back forTop Gun 3would make sensefrom a financial perspective. Having more than just one household name in the movie could go a long way to the action threequel surpassing the record-breaking heights of its predecessor, namely it going on to become Cruise’s highest-grossing movie yet. With Cruise currently busy gettingMission: Impossible 8ready to release, though, only time will tell whenTop Gun 3may finally take off.
Twisters
Cast
A follow-up to the 1996 original film Twister, Twisters is a sequel set years after the original, said to be fast-tracked by Steven Spielberg and Mark L. Smith, with Frank Marshal as producer. Little details exist about the film, but Helen Hunt is expected to reprise her role as Jo, with the film likely to pay homage to the late Bill Paxton.
