Found-Footage Tornado Pic ‘Into The Storm’ Sets August Release Date
Just as next year’s real-life tornado season winds down, Warner Bros. will unleash a twister of its own The studio has just set an August release forInto the Storm, formerly titledBlack SkyorCategory Six.
Steven Quale(Final Destination 5) directs the found-footage tornado thriller, which centers around a group of storm chasers and starsRichard Armitage(The Hobbit),Sarah Wayne Callies(The Walking Dead), andMatt Walsh(Veep). Hit the jump for plot details and more.THRreports thatInto the Stormwill now hitAugust 8, 2014. Also opening on that date areThe Hundred-Foot Journey, a Lasse Halstrom-directed drama about rival restaurants in France, and Jonathan Liebesman and Michael Bay’sTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesreboot. The three films will also go up against the second weeks ofFifty Shades of GreyandGuardians of the Galaxy.
TheCloverfield-esque project follows a group of teenage storm chasers who get the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to capture one of the most destructive storms in American history. As tornado after tornado slams a small town, sending its residents into hiding, the kids come out and attempt to document the goings-on.
Armitage plays a widowed father who teams with the storm chasers to rescue his son from the destruction.Jon Reep(Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay),Nathan Kress(iCarly),Arlen Escarpeta(Final Destination 5), andJeremy Sumpter(Peter Pan) also star.John Swetnam(Step Up 5) wrote the script.
Into the Stormis the second picture from Quale, who made his feature directing debut on 2011’sFinal Destination 5. The horror sequel was a success for both Quale and Warner Bros./New Line, attracting the second highest box office grossesandthe strongest reviews of the series. Prior to that, Quale served as the second unit director on James Cameron’sAvatarandTitanic,The Haunted Mansion, andThe Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle.
