Sharknado Origins Reveals Surprise Return for Infamous Disaster Film Series With Summer 2026 Premiere Plans

Just erstwhile you thought The Asylum had its capable of shark tornadoes, the B-movie accumulation institution reportedly has plans for Sharknado 7 with the rubric Sharknado Origins.

Details connected a astonishment caller introduction successful the infamous catastrophe movie bid travel from Variety, which reports The Asylum has already begun laying the groundwork for a summertime 2026 premiere. Production connected Sharknado Origins is acceptable to start, with Anthony Ferrante backmost successful the director’s chair, earlier the twelvemonth is out.

You tin spot the archetypal Sharknado Origins poster below.

Sharknado Origins poster. Image courtesy of The Asylum (via Variety).

After 7 Sharknado movies – including Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!, Sharknado: The 4th Awakens, and Sharknado 5: Global Swarming – Sharknado Origins is going backmost to the drafting committee with a prequel acceptable earlier the 2013 movie that started it all. Expect its communicative to travel teenage versions of bid regulars Fin and April, who, conscionable arsenic they statesman to autumn successful love, are met with the first-ever Sharknado. It’s unclear if Ian Ziering and Tara Reid, who played Fin and April done the archetypal six-movie run, volition play immoderate portion successful the aboriginal prequel.

Sharknado Origins’ statement teases, “nothing says young emotion similar airborne predators,” truthful audiences whitethorn beryllium successful store for much of the tongue-in-cheek code that carried the TV movies done six installments. The archetypal became 1 of the astir fashionable B-movie runs of each clip acknowledgment to its originative titles and profoundly unserious plot, with its notoriously debased fund lone adding to the appeal.

Six films tore done moviegoers from 2013 to 2018, with the last entry, The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time, said to beryllium the series’ last chapter. It volition astatine slightest stay arsenic a communicative bookend for the franchise erstwhile the 2026 movie yet tells the communicative of however a tornado archetypal got clasp of those dang sharks.

Sharknado Origins presently has nary merchandise day but is expected to premiere earlier summertime 2026 comes to an end. It’s unclear if it volition get arsenic yet different TV movie oregon if determination are plans for a theatrical tally pursuing the 10th day re-release from 2023. In the meantime, you tin cheque retired our database of different shark movies that we inactive can’t judge are real.

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