We've faced some pretty dismal weather recently, but the thriller briefly known as Black Sky and now titled Into The Storm is looking to kick things a few notches up the Beaufort Scale. The first images from the film are online courtesy of USA Today.
Into The Storm stars Sarah Wayne Callies as a meteorologist who arrives in the small Oklahoma town of Silverton with a storm chaser (Matt Walsh) in tow to gather new data on tornadoes. She's arrived at a fortuitous but dangerous time, because a massive series of storms is about to hit. Caught up in the chaos is Gary Morris (Richard Armitage), a school assistant principal who goes looking for his son when the twisters strike.
Steven Quayle, who graduated from working with James Cameron to directing with Aliens Of The Deep and Final Destination 5, is the man charged with overseeing the madness from his director's chair, which we assume was firmly bolted to the ground for many scenes. He tells USA Today that the film, which features footage shot by various characters, is rooted in tempestuous reality. "In the past five years the activity has been insane. And the footage really shows the raw power that nature has. With filmmaking we can do justice to show how beautiful, deadly and spectacular these tornadoes can be. My goal was to make it as real as possible. We do an impressive job."
And his effects team's efforts have already gotten the thumbs up from a very important source, one Mr. J. Cameron. "He called them 'flawless,' " says Quale. "What Gravity did to space, this movie will do to natural phenomena and weather."
Into The Storm will sweep into cinemas on August 22.