A churning maelstrom that has the potential to upset the balance of global affairs. Sound familiar?
Actually, that would be the Sharknado.
Yes, the details of “Sharknado 5” were confirmed Thursday by Syfy, the day the film started production in Bulgaria. So just picture New Jersey-bred actors Ian Ziering (West Orange) and Tara Reid (Wyckoff) in weather about 10 degrees colder than here. Because this time, “Sharknado” is a truly global affair. The movie will film in at least five countries, including stops in Australia (timely!) and the United Kingdom (also timely!).
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Ziering returns as Fin Shepard and Reid as April Wexler in the campy romp of a TV movie franchise. Also coming back: Cassie Scerbo, from the original ‘nado.
Last year’s “Sharknado: The 4th Awakens,” which featured a string of cameos and an appearance from onetime Jerseyan Stacey Dash, barreled through Niagara Falls, San Francisco, the Grand Canyon and Las Vegas, becoming an “oilnado,” “cownado,” “lavanado,” “hailnado” and even a “nuclearnado.”
Director Anthony C. Ferrante returns to helm the latest toothy installment, while original screenwriter Thunder Levin is out in favor a script from Scotty Mullen.
“Sharknado 5” sees “much of North America lying in ruins,” Syfy says. A slice of the script released by the network is set at London’s Buckingham Palace, where Fin and Nova, played by Scerbo, stare at the London Eye then look at each other and say “deja vu.” Eerie!
“Sharknado” debuted in the summer of 2013 in the vein of any number of Syfy monster movies but somehow hit the right fantastical notes to become a surprise social media sensation.
On Twitter, some happily embraced the escapist potential of yet another ‘nado, while others just wanted the five-year storm to come to an end.
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