4:27 pm, July 12th, 2013
(SyFy)
Sharknado has captured America’s heart — and now there’s big buzz online about a potential sequel.
The Syfy original TV movie about a tornado of sharks raining mayhem and death from above became a social media sensation on Thursday, because it was about a tornado of sharks!
Tara Reid and Ian Ziering starred in the over-the-top event, with the broadcast generating a staggering 5,000 tweets per minute at its peak, even before Ziering’s character got swallowed by an airborne shark and cut his way out with a chainsaw.
(Seriously.)
With Twitter users sending #Sharknado into the stratosphere, a giddy Syfy announced on Friday that “given the enormous popular demand,” the channel will air a special encore presentation on Thursday, July 18 at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
Set those DVRs.
But will there be a sequel?
As of now, a second installment has NOT been formally greenlit, although multiple reports have Syfy considering the possibility.
Meanwhile, the producers behind Sharknado tell The Hollywood Reporter, “It’s really Syfy’s call but we certainly would do it.”
For what it’s worth, the production company is also behind such hits as 2-Headed Shark and Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus.
Stay tuned.
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