NOT MANY FILMS START OUT ON CABLE TV AND
END UP WITH A RE-RELEASE IN MOVIE THEATERS
TEN YEARS LATER – BUT SHARKNADO HAS ALWAYS
DONE ‘FINS’ DIFFERENTLY.
THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SHARK FRANCHISE SINCE JAWS
RECENTLY MARKED ITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY WITH SPECIAL
SCREENINGS AT 400 CINEMAS ACROSS AMERICA.
IT BECAME A CULT HIT AFTER DEBUTING ON THE SYFY
CHANNEL IN 2013, SPAWNED FIVE SEQUELS AND BY POPULAR
DEMAND THE ORIGINAL WAS RE-RELEASED IN A 4K THEATRICAL
CUT IN AUGUST 2023 FEATURING EXTRA FOOTAGE BILLED AS
“MORE SHARK, MORE NADO.”
NO ONE IS MORE SURPRISED BY THE DELIBERATELY CHEESY
FRANCHISE’S ENDURING APPEAL THAN ITS STAR AN ZIERING,
WHO REVEALED AT THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
THAT HE WAS RELUCTANT TO TAKE ON THE ROLE IN THE FIRST
PLACE AND ONLY DID IT FOR THE MONEY.
THE FORMER BEVERLY HILLS 90210 STAR SAID: “MY THEN WIFE
WAS PREGNANT WITH OUR SECOND CHILD, I NEEDED TO MAKE
MONEY FOR US AND IT WAS MY FIRST EXAMPLE OF THE
SACRIFICES DADS MAKE.
“[THOUGHT SHARKNADO WOULD BE A DISASTER, WOULD END
MY CAREER AND I’D NEVER WORK AGAIN – BUT HOW WRONG I
WAS.”