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About
Sharknado is a 2013 direct-to-TV disaster film about a tornado that lifts sharks out of the ocean and drops them in the city of Los Angeles. Largely due to its bizarre premise and B-movie appeal, the film drew heavy discussions in the social media upon its airing on the SyFy channel in July 2013.
History
In March 2013, film news site DeadCentral reported that American film director Thunder Levin will take on two new projects for The Asylum, a direct-to-video film studio best known for its low-budget mockbusters, AE: Apocalypse Earth and Sharknado_. By April, the cast of the film had been officially announced, with Tara Reid (American Pie_), Ian Ziering (_Beverly Hills 90210) and John Heard, (C.H.U) taking on the lead roles, and in May, several entertainment news sites took note of the film after a promotional poster was revealed at the 2013 Cannes film festival.
On July 10th, The Machinima YouTube channel released an exclusive trailer for the film (shown below), which gained more than 765,000 views within first 48 hours. On July 11th, at 9 pm (ET). Sharknado premiered on the SyFy channel.
Reception
External References
[2]Twitter – #Sharknado
[3]CNN– Oh no, it’s “Sharknado” and it’s ravaging Twitter
[4]Los Angles Times – ‘Sharknado’ and ‘World War Z’
[5]TIME– Perfect Storm: The Genius of Sharknado
[6]MotherJones – Can a ‘Sharknado’ Really Happen?
[7]Entertainment Weekly – ‘Sharknado’ stirs up the perfect storm of online buzz
[8]Variety – ‘Sharknado’ Twitter Tempest Actually Just a Small Squall
[9]Variety – ‘Sharknado’ Takes Social Media By Storm
[10]The Atlantic – Sorry, Twitter: ‘Sharknado’ Was an Enormous Ratings Bust