Sharknado: The 4th Awakens

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Genre	Disaster Horror Comedy Science Fiction
Written by	Thunder Levin
Directed by	Anthony C. Ferrante
Starring	Ian Ziering Tara Reid Masiela Lusha Ryan Newman Tommy Davidson David Hasselhoff
Theme music composer	Christopher Cano Chris Ridenhour
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	David Michael Latt
Cinematography	Laura Beth Love
Editor(s)	Ana Florit
Running time	90 minutes
Production company(s)	The Asylum Syfy Films
Release
Original channel	Syfy
Original release	July 31, 2016
Chronology
Preceded by	Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!
Followed by	Sharknado 5: Global Swarming
External links

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.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 2.1 Principal cast 2.2 Supporting cast 3 Production 4 Reception 5 Sequel 6 References 7 External Links

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• Ian Ziering as Fin Shepard
• Tara Reid as April Wexler
• Tommy Davidson as Aston Reynolds
• Masiela Lusha as Gemini, Fin's cousin
• Ryan Newman as Claudia Shephard
• Cody Linley as Matt Shepard
• Imani A. Hakim as Gabrielle, Matt's newlywed wife
• Cheryl Tiegs as Raye Shepard, Fin's mother
• Gary Busey as Wilford, April's father
• David Hasselhoff as Colonel Gilbert Shepard

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Credited as background

• The Chippendales

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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.

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Rumors of a fifth film, to be titled Sharknado 5... Earth 0, but on June 1, 2017, the title was unveiled to be Sharknado 5: Global Swarming with the tagline "Make America Bait Again", first surfaced in October 2016. On February 2, 2017, The Asylum confirmed via their official Facebook page that the fifth film had entered production under the working title Sharknado 5, with Ian Ziering, Tara Reid and Cassie Scerbo reprising their roles as Fin, April and Nova, respectively. In Sharknado 5, Fin and his wife April travel around the world to save their young son who's trapped inside a sharknado.

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Sharknado
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)

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