Sharknado became an overnight phenomenon on twitter after it aired on the Syfy channel, and many of us wondered why. I came to the conclusion that it was the bad car accident effect, where people were tuning in to see the terrible, campy, cheese of a movie, just see the disaster first hand. This has since spawned the idea for a sequel, but how about incorporating sharks in a different style of Mother Nature’s fury?
SHARCANO is thankfully not going to be a movie, but a novel written by Jose Prendes. The novel explores what would happen if 3 volcanos started erupting, spewing sharks made of magma to the world. This would then lead to an apocalypse, or dare they say, “sharkpocalypse”, and mankind would have to figure out how to stop these magma filled predators. Here is what Prendes had to say about his book:
The idea was to write a big, epic Syfy channel-style story, but not worry about budget and silly script notes and pull out all the stops,” says Prendes. “Imagine the best possible version of a sharks-run-amok story and that is what I tried to deliver. While the concept is admittedly cheesy, I made sure the consequences were real and the characters felt like human beings and not cookie cutter cliches. I wanted to write THE STAND meets JAWS, and damn did I have a hell of a lot of fun a long the way!
The book is due out January 27th, and I would not be surprised if this would soon become another Syfy movie. Let me know what you guys think.
Source: Shocktillyoudrop.com