Sharknado 5: Film HAPPENING, Stars Returning

Sharknado was the campy D movie (not even good enough to be a B movie) the world needed in 2013.  Completely outrageous ridiculous, and that was just the idea that casting Tara Reid in a leading role was a good idea!  I kid, I kid.  Kind of.

I have a terrible soft spot for godawful sci-fi movies that have no real point and even worse special effects, mostly because you know what you’re getting when you watch it.  You don’t expect to get a  Blade Runner, you’re getting freaking sharks in a freaking sea tornado.  The Asylum announced they are indeed going forward with the 5th fintastic film in the series, and BOTH Ian Ziering and Tara Reid are returning.

SyFy had this to say in their announcement press release:

The original 2013 SHARKNADO film, which introduced a cyclone depositing man-eating sharks on the citizens of Los Angeles, became a worldwide phenomenon and spawned a pop culture franchise. In SHARKNADO 2: THE SECOND ONE, New York City was the target of the disaster, and in SHARKNADO 3: OH HELL NO!, a mega-sharknado made its way down the “Feast Coast” from Washington, D.C. to Florida. In the most recent installment, SHARKNADO: THE 4TH AWAKENS, the shark-infested storms went national. The film ended with the Eiffel Tower ripping away from Paris and crashing down on Niagara Falls – a chilling indication that no one in the world is safe!

Now, in SHARKNADO 5, with much of North America lying in ruins, the rest of the world braces for the inevitable – a global sharknado. Fin Shepard and his family must put a stop to this disaster before Earth is completely obliterated.

SHARKNADO 5, which sees the deadly weather phenomenon of shark-infested storms bombard cities around the world, will film in more than 5 countries, including the UK and Australia. Anthony C. Ferrante, who directed the first four films, is back to helm this latest installment, based on a script by Scotty Mullen. 

Principal photography for the film started today in Bulgaria, SyFy went on to say. No word on a release date yet, but we’ll keep you updated as news becomes available.