I Regret To Inform You The ‘Sharknado’ Franchise Is Coming To An End

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“People Battling Unrealistic Natural Disasters” has been one of my favorite film genres since I saw a cow fly across the screen in Twister, and I’m a sucker for any movie where humans are cocky enough to think they can take on nature— whether it’s Dwayne Johnson fighting an earthquake or Dennis Quaid simultaneously battling a tsunami, deadly temperatures, and a mediocre plot.

Thankfully, the folks at SyFy share my appreciation for the genre (as well as basically every other genre you can think of that involves humans fighting something). As a result, it was hard to hold back my excitement when they announced the release of a movie with the best (and most self-explanatory) name since Snake on a Plane: the made-for-TV masterpiece known as Sharknado.

A tornado! Made of sharks! What else could you possibly want? As if SyFy knew that question was coming, they also announced Tara Reid would have a leading role, which was more than enough to get close to 2 million people to watch it when it first aired. The network followed the original up with a number of sequels that never really managed to capture the magic of the first, and as of August, the franchise will officially come to a finish.

According to TVLine, SyFy has decided to go down a different path, and the series will end when its final installment— which will involve time travel in a plot I’m sure won’t have any logical flaws.

Remember: don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.

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Connor Toole is the Deputy Editor at BroBible. He is a New England native who went to Boston College and currently resides in Brooklyn, NY. Frequently described as "freakishly tall," he once used his 6'10" frame to sneak in the NBA Draft and convince people he was a member of the Utah Jazz.