“Twisters” receives TVOD and disc dates from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment on October 8th

Kirk Sanderson

October 1, 2024

Fresh off a successful PVOD release, the summer megahit Twister will be released for digital rental or purchase on October 8th and on DVD, Blu-ray Disc and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray on October 22nd.

The Universal Pictures Home Entertainment release includes more than an hour of bonus content, including a feature commentary with director Lee Isaac Chung, a gag reel, deleted scenes and a making-of documentary titled “Tracking the Fronts: The Path of Twister“; and several other featurettes including:

“Into the Eye of the Storm” about how Twister combines practical and visual effects to transform nature’s most destructive forces into entertaining thrills;

“Glen Powell: All Access,” in which the film’s star offers a private tour of a day in his life on the island Twister Sentence;

“Front Seat to a Chase,” in which the cast and professional storm chasers brave the elements to track tornadoes in Oklahoma;

“Voice of a Villain,” about how the audio team mixed unexpected sounds to give the storms a new dimension of depth; And

“Tricked-Out Trucks” is about the film’s customized vehicles, which are equipped with unique features ranging from rocket launchers to advanced radar technology.

Twister was originally released on August 13th through digital retailers such as Fandango at Home at a premium price for home audiences.

Twister is a belated sequel to 1996 Twister and has grossed more than $222 million in North American theaters, with a worldwide gross of over $310 million.

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The film follows tornado researcher Kate (Daisy Edgar-Jones) who, after a devastating tornado strike, gives up chasing storms on the Oklahoma prairie to study them safely on screens in New York City. Lured back to the field by her boyfriend Javi (Anthony Ramos) and a once-in-a-lifetime scientific opportunity, Kate meets Tyler (Glen Powell), a charming daredevil and self-proclaimed tornado wrangler whose thirst is for tornado-tracking adventures made him a social media sensation. As storm season intensifies, producing frightening phenomena unlike any other, Kate and Tyler realize they may have to work together if they are to have any chance of taming and surviving an unprecedented outbreak of destructive tornadoes.