‘Sharknado 4’ Is Coming: You Decide If Tara Reid Survives
Last night brought the premiere ofSharknado 3: Oh Hell No!, the third installment in the intentionally stupid disaster comedy about sharks terrorizing and killing people as they’re blown around by tornadoes.
While fans were expecting the usual terrible special effects, “celebrity” cameos and brutal deaths, they probably weren’t expecting a cliffhanger ending. But last night, the final shot ofTara Reid’s character April Wexler was interrupted by a cut to black and directions that fans would be in control of her fate, which would be revealed inSharknado 4. It’s like the late-’80s “Death in the Family” story stunt DC Comics pulled forBatman, where readers could call in to vote on whether Robin lived or died at the hands of the Joker.
Find out 4after the jump!
If you may’t be bothered to watchSharknado 3(we don’t blame you), the TV movie ended with a large piece of a space shuttle falling towards a bloody April Wexler (Reid) before the film cut to the message “You decide if#AprilLivesor#AprilDies,” leading into the news thatSharknado 4was definitely happening because, as the message said, “We’re not done yet.” If for some reason this all seems too hard to fathom, here’s the official reveal of the cliffhanger that’s now in the hands of fans:
Will April make it to ‘Nado number 4? YOU DECIDE! VOTE now using#AprilLivesOR#AprilDies!#Sharknado3pic.twitter.com/4vU8sIrCxR
— Sharknado (@SharknadoSYFY)July 09, 2025
If you don’t use Twitter, you’re able to alsovote on SyFy.com right here. I wouldn’t be surprised if more people vote for this than vote in our national elections, because this is America after all. So what can we expect fromSharknado 4? Well, more of the same for sure, but directorAnthony C. Ferrantealready teased some details toVariety:
“I want to do international. There are still U.S. cities that I want to destroy. But it’s less about the cities, and it’s more about, what are we going to do with Ian and Tara, and what genres do we want to play with?”
But what happens to that plan if fans decide to kill off Tara Reid? Some viewers will want to see the star ofAmerican Pieget destroyed by space shuttle debris. Well, Ferrante hopes fans keep her around, since he considers her and co-starIan Zeligintegral to the franchise, “I think they’re your leads. You wouldn’t doDie Hardwithout Bruce Willis”
I’m not quite sure I would equate anything in theDie Hardfranchise toSharknado, thoughA Good Day to Die Hardwas pretty awful. Maybe John McClane needs to face a Sharknado next? That’s not likely to happen, but Ferrante will undoubtedly get plenty more cameos lined up for the fourth installment, though his dream of landingBill Murrayprobably isn’t in the cards:
“We wanted Bill Murray in this one and I knew the reality of it. Remember when Lorne Michaels begged the Beatles to come on ‘SNL’ in the 1970s and he offered like $10,000? If Bill Murray came to the set, I’d give him a Fig Newton bar because that’s all we have – and maybe a beer – and we’ll have fun.”
Honestly, I could see Bill Murray doingSharknado 4for a Fig Newton bar just for the fun of it. But thankfully, he’s notoriously more picky when it comes to choosing what projects he becomes a part of at this stage in his career.
Anyway, do your job as an American and vote to decide if Tara Reid lives or dies in Sharknado 4, which doesn’t have a title yet, but we can only assume will be called something likeSharknado 4: Yes, This is Still a Thing.
Do you want Tara Reid to live or die inSharknado 4? Do you even care?
