Phew! Find Out Who's Starring in Sharknado 3

Will Ian Ziering and Tara Reid return for a third outing in the Syfy franchise?

By Chris Harnick Jan 15, 2015 6:48 PMTags
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Those sharks just won't quit! Thankfully, Tara Reid and Ian Ziering will return to battle the airborne sharks in Sharknado 3.

Syfy also announced Anthony C. Ferrante will return to helm the TV movie with a script from Thunder Levin. Sharknado 3, which doesn't have a subtitle yet, will premiere in July. The network previously announced this installment will take place on the Eastern Seaboard, starting in Washington, D.C. and moving on down.

Sharknado 2: The Second One was Syfy's most-watched original movie with 3.9 million viewers.

When viewers last saw Ziering's Fin and Reid's April, they were battling sharks in New York. Reid's character got a saw hand. Yes, a saw hand.

Sharknado 2: The Second One also included Vivica A. Fox, Judd Hirsch, Kari Wuhrer and Mark McGrath. Matt Lauer, Al Roker, Kelly Ripa, Michael Strahan, Biz Markie, Billy Ray Cyrus and Kelly Osbourne all had cameos in the summer TV movie.

The third Sharknado was announced before the second movie even premiered. Ziering had different ideas about a location. "I think it should be a European city. We have so many foreign fans, I think we should take the movie to them," Ziering said. "I thought wouldn't it be great instead of demolishing a city, if we, through a Sharknado, could rebuild it? Wouldn't it be fantastic if we went to Italy and a Sharknado straightened the Tower of Pisa."

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