Sharknado: The 4th Awakens | |
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Written by | Thunder Levin |
Directed by | Anthony C. Ferrante |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
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Producer(s) | David Michael Latt |
Cinematography | Laura Beth Love |
Editor(s) | Ana Florit |
Running time | 90 minutes |
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Budget | US$ 3 million |
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Original network | Syfy |
Original release | July 31, 2016 |
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Preceded by | Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! |
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Sharknado: The 4th Awakens is a 2016 American disaster comedy sci-fi horror television film and the fourth installment in the Sharknado film series, following Sharknado, Sharknado 2: The Second One, and Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!. The film was directed by Anthony C. Ferrante with Ian Ziering, Tara Reid, David Hasselhoff and Ryan Newman reprising their roles from the previous installments. New people joining the cast in the film include Tommy Davidson, Masiela Lusha, Imani Hakim, Cheryl Tiegs and Gary Busey. The film premiered on Syfy in the United States on July 31, 2016. Though the film title, poster, and intro are a parody of the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens, it is not a mockbuster.
In the five years since the previous film, Fin has moved to a farm in Kansas named "April's Acres," where he lives with his mother Raye and young son Gil. April is believed dead after being crushed by the wreckage of the space shuttle. Tech mogul Aston Reynolds has developed a new type of high-speed space travel with his company Astro-X, which was used to save Fin's father, Colonel Gilbert Shepard, from the moon. Astro-X has also developed a technology that is capable of using radio waves to defuse tornadoes, leading to the end of the sharknado phenomenon.