Twisters
Summary
Despite initial speculation , Twistersjust confirm that actress Daisy Edgar - Jones is n’t the Helen Hunt successor . Twistersis the highly anticipatedsequel to the hit 1996 filmTwister , star Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton . Twistertells the tale of Dr. Jo Harding and Bill Harding , who decide to test Dorothy , a ground - break technology that accumulate information on tornados . They soon must live a massive , fierce twister . The upcoming movieTwistersfollows Kate Cooper , a former storm chaser who must survive a grievous storm alongside her supporter Javi and a social media sensation named Tyler Owens . thing go awry as storm systems meet .
Shortly after the initial trailer and description forTwistersdropped , analog were drawn between the characters from the former movie and the new one . With Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar - Jones advertised as the two maincast members ofTwisters , the common supposition was that Glen Powell ’s Tyler Owens would fill in for Bill Paxton ’s Bill and Daisy Edgar - Jones ' Kate Cooper would take the shoes of Helen Hunt ’s Dr. Jo Harding . However , CinemaCon 2024 revealed never - before - seen footage ofTwistersthat clears up who is really the alternate for Dr. Jo Harding .
Twisters' New Footage Reveals Glen Powell’s Tyler Is Jo’s Replacement (Not Kate)
Glen Powell’s Tyler Embodies Dr. Jo Harding From Twister
TheTwistersfootage revealed at CinemaCon 2024 points to Daisy Edgar - Jones ' Kate as the replacing for Bill Harding rather than Jo . In the new footage , Javi must convince Kate to join him in hit the books the unexampled storm system . She ’s skeptical because of her traumatic past tense with a tornado scheme . Kate ’s plot line and characterization duplicate Bill fromTwister . Both characters are civilize on the subject field but are brought into the project by someone else .
In a surprising turn of issue , the tangible replacement for Dr. Jo Harding is Glen Powell ’s Tyler . Powell ’s characterhas much more ebullience for storm chasing , disregardless of his lack of qualifications and fancy technology . Like Jo did inTwister , Tyler has an entire squad behind him , quick to put themselves in danger .
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Tyler’s Focus On The “Old Ways” Brilliantly Sets Up How Helen Hunt Can Return
Tyler Could Have A Connection To The Twister Characters
One of the gravid questions that has number up aboutTwistersis whether Helen Hunt will returnto star alongside Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar - Jones . While her return key has n’t been confirmed or even rumored , the CinemaCon footagehinted at a potential connection between Tyler and the characters ofTwister . Tyler emphasise the old ways are better than the new – a clear reference to how storm chasing was done in the original movie .
The most consistent way that Tyler would know about the old ways of storm chasing shown in Twister is if he has a connectedness to Jo , Bill , or both . As a young social media superstar , he has no way of having experienced the storm go after inTwisterhimself . He also would n’t have learned about it in school . If Tyler is somehow connected to the old grapheme , Helen Hunt ’s Jo could appear inTwisters , either as a cameo or a small role . This would provide pellucidity about Tyler ’s motivations and values . It would also gratify lover of the original movie .
