WILL #APRILLIVE OR WILL #APRILDIE?

SYFY REVEALS RESULTS OF SHARKNADO: THE 4^TH AWAKENS SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN

Additional Cameos, Including Steve Guttenberg and WWE Superstar Seth Rollins, Unveiled in Latest Update from the Beloved Syfy Franchise

 

NEW YORK – June 22, 2016 – It’s the SHARKNADO news the world has been anticipating! Finally, the answer to the burning question: “does #AprilLive or does #AprilDie?” Syfy is unveiling the results of the first of its kind SHARKNADO social campaign – which invited fans to determine the fate of the beloved character April Wexler (Tara Reid, “American Pie”).  To find out April’s fate, click here.

Additionally, Syfy announces the final wave of cameos for this summer’s fourth installment, SHARKNADO: THE 4^TH AWAKENS, premiering Sunday, July 31 at 8PM ET/PT, including appearances by Carrot Top, the Chippendales Dancers, “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Erika Girardi, Steve Guttenberg (“3 Men and a Baby”) and WWE Superstar Seth Rollins.

 

Fin Shepard (Ian Ziering, “90210”), in his determined fight to protect the world from the sharknado menace, will enlist help from some new friends including:

 

• Andre “Black Nerd” Meadows (YouTube star) as a Train Conductor
• Carrot Top (“Vegas Headliner”) as an Uber Driver
• Chippendales Dancers (“Chippendales”) as themselves
• DeStorm Power (You Tube/Vine Star) as a National Guardsman
• Dolvett Quince (“The Biggest Loser”) as a Trainer
• Erika Girardi (“The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”) as Tech Frances
• Gilbert Gottfried (comedian) as TODAY Show correspondent
• Seth Rollins (WWE Superstar) as AstroTech Lopez
• Steve Guttenberg (“Colton West,” “Lavalantula,” “2 Lava 2”) as Car Owner
• Hayley Hasselhoff as Supervisor Mary Jane and Taylor-Ann Hasselhoff as Pilot Shaylin
• iJustine (You Tube star) as Supervisor Brock
• Roy Nelson (MMA fighter) as Donnie the Paparazzo
• Stassi Schroeder as Koening and Jax Taylor as a Guardsman (“Vanderpump Rules”); and
• Paul Shaffer as himself

 

These new cameos join the already-announced robust roster including (in alphabetical order):

 

• Benjy Bronk (“The Howard Stern Show”) as a morning show host
• Corey Taylor (Slipknot) as a Shark World hotel security guard
• Cynthia Bailey (“The Real Housewives of Atlanta”), Robert Herjavec (“Shark Tank”), Kym Johnson (“Dancing with the Stars”), Carrie Keagan (TV host), T’Keyah Crystal Keymah (“In Living Color”) and “Baywatch” stars Gena Lee Nolin and Alexandra Paul as Astro-X rocket scientists and astrophysicists
• David Faustino (“Married with Children”) as a Las Vegas gambler
• Dr. Drew Pinsky (“Loveline”) as a pastor
• Duane Chapman (“Dog the Bounty Hunter”) as a chainsaw dealer
• Frank Mir (MMA fighter) as head of security for the Shark World hotel
• Jay DeMarcus (Rascal Flatts) as manager of the Shark World hotel
• Jedward (Musicians) as Astro Techs
• Jillian Barberie (TV Host) as a train passenger
• Lori Greiner (“Shark Tank”) as a home shopping guru
• Patti Stanger (“Millionaire Matchmaker”) as a reporter
• Stacey Dash (actress and pundit) as the Mayor of Chicago
• Vince Neil (Motley Crue)
• Wayne Newton (aka Mr. Las Vegas)
• Todd, Savannah and Grayson Chrisley (“Chrisley Knows Best”)

 

SHARKNADO: THE 4^th AWAKENS takes place five years after the East Coast was ravaged in last summer’s SHARKNADO 3: OH HELL NO!. Fin (Ziering), his family and the cosmos have been blissfully sharknado-free in the intervening years, but now sharks – and ‘nados! – are being whipped up in places (and ways) least expected.

Tara Reid returns as April Wexler, and David Hasselhoff (as Gil Shepard) and Ryan Newman (as Claudia Shepard) will also reprise their SHARKNADO 3 roles. New additions to the SHARKNADO: THE 4^THAWAKENS cast include Gary Busey, Tommy Davidson, Imani Hakim, Cody Linley, Masiela Lusha and Cheryl Tiegs.

SHARKNADO: THE 4^TH AWAKENS is a production of The Asylum. Anthony C. Ferrante returns to direct an original screenplay written by Thunder Levin.

 

Web: www.syfy.com/sharknado4
Facebook: facebook.com/sharknadomovies/
Twitter: @sharknadosyfy   #Sharknado4 and #The4thAwakens

 

About The Asylum

The Asylum is one of the world’s leading brand-oriented motion picture and television studios. With a focus on high-concept, market-driven entertainment, like the SHARKNADO franchise and the popular Z NATION television series, The Asylum finances, produces and releases 25 films per year through its direct pipeline to the nation’s top retailers and its network of international partners. Since its founding in 1997, The Asylum has released more than 500 films and has built a library of over 200 original productions, including top-rated movie premieres for Syfy, Lifetime, and Animal Planet networks. In addition, The Asylum has begun production on Season 3 on one of Syfy’s highest-rated shows, Z NATION, a critically-acclaimed action-horror series.

 

About Syfy

Syfy is a media destination for imagination-based entertainment. With year round acclaimed original series, events, blockbuster movies, classic science fiction and fantasy programming, a dynamic Web site (www.Syfy.com), and a portfolio of adjacent business (Syfy Ventures), Syfy is a passport to limitless possibilities. Originally launched in 1992 as SCI FI Channel, and currently in 96 million homes, Syfy is a network of NBCUniversal, one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. (Syfy. Imagine Greater.)

 

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