Sharknado: The 4th Awakens
From Iwe
| Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! | ||
| Theatrical release poster | ||
| Genre | Disaster Horror Science Fiction | |
| Starring | Ian Ziering Tara Reid Ryan Newman Cassie Scerbo Tommy Davidson David Hasselhoff | |
| Release | ||
| Original channel | Syfy | |
| Original release | July 31, 2016 | |
| Chronology | ||
| Preceded by | Sharknado 2: The Second One | |
| External links | ||
Sharknado: The 4th Awakens is an American disaster science fiction 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 will premiere on Syfy in the United States on July 31, 2016.
The film title and poster are a pun/based on the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
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Premise
After going to space to destroy the sharkicane in Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!, Fin and April enjoy several years of peace as they raise their newborn son. Due to the years without a Sharknado, a "Shark World" theme park is opened. However, the phenomenon returns when sharknadoes strike Las Vegas, forcing Fin to take up the chainsaw once again.
Cast
Shepard-Wexler family
- Ian Ziering as Finley Allan "Fin" Shepard
- Tara Reid as April Dawn Wexler-Shepard
- Ryan Newman as Claudia Shepard
- David Hasselhoff as Gilbert Grayson Shepard
- Cody Linley as Matthew "Matt" Shepard
- Cheryl Tiegs as Raye Shepard – Fin's mother
- Masiela Lusha as Gemini – Fin's cousin
- Christopher Shone & Nicholas Shone as Little Gil Shepard
- Anthony Rogers as Gil Shepard
- Gary Busey as Wilford "Willie" Wexler – April's father
Astro-X team
- Robert Herjavec as Astro-X astrophysicist
- Alexandra Paul as Stephanie Holden – Astro-X Rocket Scientist
- Gena Lee Nolin as Neely Capshaw – Astro-X Rocket Scientist
- Carrie Keagan as Supervisor Martindale at Astro-X
- T'Keyah Crystal Keymah as Tech Terry @ Astro-X
- Seth Rollins as Astro-X Lopez
- Kym Johnson as Supervisor Gwen - Astro-X astrophysicist
Actors portraying themselves
- Todd Chrisley as himself
- Jillian Barberie as herself
- Vince Neil as himself
- Wayne Newton as himself
- Savannah Chrisley as herself
- Grayson Chrisley as himself
- Al Roker as himself
- Natalie Morales as herself
Other cast with identified roles
- Lori Greiner as Home Shopping Network Guru
- Cassie Scerbo as Jenny Lynn "Nova" Clarke
- Imani Hakim as Gabrielle "Gabby" – Matt's girlfriend
- Tommy Davidson as Aston Reynolds
- Benjy Bronk as Howard Beale
- Kenya Moore as Monique
- Cynthia Bailey as Addison
- Maya Stojan as Romy
- Stacey Dash as Chicago Mayor
- Duane ("Dog") Chapman as Chop-Top – chainsaw dealer
- Mindy Robinson as Annie
- Scott "Carrot Top" Thompson as Uber Driver
- Caroline Williams as Stretch
- Patti Stanger as Reporter
- Steffanie Busey as Craven
- Dan Yeager as Gunner
- Elisa Jordana as Sam Bronk
- Dr. Drew Pinsky as Pastor
- David Faustino as Las Vegas Gambler
- Frank Mir as Jamie - Head of Security of Shark World Hotel
- Jay DeMarcus as Zimmerman - Shark World Hotel Manager
- Jedward as Astro Techs
- Corey Taylor as Security Guard @ Shark World Hotel
- Nicole Chauvet as Cocktail Waitress
- Mindy Robinson as Annie
- Andre Meadows as Casey, train contructor
Other cast with unidentified roles
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- Gilbert Gottfried as Today Correspondent
- Justine Ezarik as ?
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- Taylor-Ann Hasselhoff as ?
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- Dolvett Quince as trainer
- Roy Nelson as ?
- DeStorm Power as National Guardman
- Erika Girardi as ?
- Chippendales Dancers as themselves
- Susan Anton as ?
- Daniel Logan as ?
Production
The film was confirmed to follow upon Sharknado 3's premiere. Sharknado 3 concludes with a cliffhanger regarding whether or not April is killed by falling wreckage. An ad after the film promotes a Twitter campaign offering fans the chance to decide her fate with the hashtags "#AprilLives" or "#AprilDies", with the results to be revealed in the forthcoming Sharknado 4 which will air July 2016. Ian Ziering, Tara Reid, Ryan Newman, Cassie Scerbo and David Hasselhoff will reprise their roles from previous films. New castmembers include Cody Linley replacing Chuck Hittinger as Matt Shepard, Imani Hakim as Gabrielle, a soldier and Matt's girlfriend, Gary Busey as Wilford Wexler, April's rich father, Cheryl Tiegs as Raye Shepard, Fin's mother, Masiela Lusha as Gemini, Fin's cousin, Tommy Davidson as Aston Reynolds, playboy tech billionaire and Astro-X, Kenya Moore as Monique, a hotel manager working for Reynolds, Cynthia Bailey as Addison, a tech analyst, and Maya Stojan as Romy, Wilford's assistant and Anthony Rogers as Gil Shepard.
The title and poster of the film is an homage to Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Sharknado: The 4th Awakens takes place in Chicago and Las Vegas.
Sequel
Sharknado 5 was confirmed to follow after The 4th Awakens, and this is shown at the end of the film where the Eiffel Tower from Paris crashes next to the group with Nova.
References
External Links
| Sharknado | |||||
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| Core films | Main series | Sharknado (2013) • Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014) • Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015) • Sharknado: The 4th Awakens (2016) • Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (2017) | |||
| Spin-off films | Lavalantula (2015) • 2 Lava 2 Lantula (2016) | ||||
| Other media | Sharknado: The Video Game (2014) • Archie vs. Sharknado (2015) • Z Nation (2014-2016) | ||||
