Twisters and Wicked’s whirlwind first trailers make debuts at Super Bowl 2024

Wicked looks wicked, while Twisters promises to blow you away

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.

We’re barely into the year and already, 2024 is shaping up to be a big year for blockbuster movie releases. Trailers for two of our most anticipatednew movies–WickedandTwisters– were shown at last night’s Super Bowl, and both look spectacular.

Wickedis the screen adaptation of the much-loved musical, and it stars Emmy, Grammy and Tony winning powerhouse Cynthia Erivo (Harriet, Broadway’s The Color Purple) as Elphaba. A young woman whose green skin makes her stand out a little bit, she forms an unlikely friendship with the extremely popular Glinda, played by Arianna Grande. When their lives diverge it sets the women on two different paths that will ultimately make them become Glinda The Good and The Wicked Witch of the West.

Wickedis a two-parter: the first movie will come out in late November year and the second is currently scheduled for a November 2025 release. Depending on the length of its theatrical run, it’s likely that the first part won’t make its streaming debut onPeacockorPrime Videountil 2025.

Twist(ers) and shout

As forTwisters, the sequel to the singular tornado thrillerTwister, it is due to premiere much earlier. That’s hitting theaters in July, so you should expect its streaming debut on one of thebest streaming serviceswithin a couple of months of that date.

Twisterscomes from the same producers as theJurassic, BourneandIndiana Jonesfranchises. It stars Daisy Edgar-Jones (Where the Crawdads Sing, Normal People) and Glen Powell (Anyone But You,Top Gun: Maverick) as two very different characters with a shared interest in devastating storms. Edgar Jones is former storm-chaser Kate Cooper, who is not a fan of the reckless social media superstar Tyler Owens – but as unprecedented storms converge over central Oklahoma the two have to park their differences and fight for their lives. According to Universal it’s an “adrenaline-pumping, seat-gripping, big-screen thrill ride that puts you in direct contact with one of nature’s most wondrous – and destructive – forces.”

Twisterswill premiere in theaters on July 19, 2024.Wickedwill do the same on November 27, 2024.

You might also like

Get the best Black Friday deals direct to your inbox, plus news, reviews, and more.

Sign up to be the first to know about unmissable Black Friday deals on top tech, plus get all your favorite TechRadar content.

Writer, broadcaster, musician and kitchen gadget obsessive Carrie Marshall has been writing about tech since 1998, contributing sage advice and odd opinions to all kinds of magazines and websites as well as writing more than a dozen books. Her memoir,Carrie Kills A Man, is on sale now and her next book, about pop music, is out in 2025. She is the singer in Glaswegian rock bandUnquiet Mind.

Lego will let you build Sir Ernest Shackleton’s iconic lost ship, the Endurance, in its next Icons set

Singapore Criterium live stream 2024: How to watch FREE UCI cycling online

Logitech Brio 105 for Business review