Sharknado is probably the most genius thing SyFy has ever done. They pretty much marketed it as a crappy movie which got a lot of people to watch it. They also made it fun to watch with all of the live tweeting going on. If you get the chance, go on twitter and see what Damon Lindelof and Patton Oswalt wrote. You will laugh your ass off.
It's from "The Asylum" they make a lot of those rip-off movies of big blockbusters (like "Abraham Lincoln: Zombie Hunter" which was hilarious btw). SyFy has been picking up most of the off-the-wall releases they have, if you go to their website they are accepting pitches for martial arts films. Just FYI to any potential screen writers out there.
By Garth Franklin Friday July 26th 2013 10:15AM
Regal Cinemas will host midnight screenings of Syfy's telemovie and social media sensation "Sharknado" on Friday August 2nd.
The screenings will take place at roughly 200 theaters across the country, including New York City's Regal Union Square Stadium 14 and L.A.'s Regal L.A. Live Stadium 14.
The cinema chain will screen the film in the hopes of replicating the fun of midnight theatrical showings of movies such as "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and in more recent years "The Room".
Source: THR
By THE DEADLINE TEAM
Fandango is reporting that Syfy’s Sharknado sold out midnight showtimes in three cities – New York, Boston, and Seattle – and additional showtimes were added continuously to meet fan demand. The cult phenom is playing on roughly 200 screens in movie theaters across the country. Fandango called the sales pace ”bloody good” for screenings hosted by Regal and NCM Fathon Events. Sharknado premiered on Syfy on July 11th, drawing just 1.4 million total viewers. But social media interest was high and a repeat viewing a week later on Syfy drew about a half-million more viewers. Starring Ian Ziering and Tara Reid, the pic’s nonsensical plot investigates the ecological nightmare of sharks caught in a tornado and falling from the skies into the streets of Los Angeles. The network has already ordered a 2014 version.
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