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The Writer of Sharknado 1,2,3 and 4 Thunder Levin Dives Deep Into The Blockbuster Franchise
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The story behind the story of the creative process of developing the blockbuster franchise: Sharknado. Writer of Sharknado 1,2,3 and 4, Thunder Levin gives us a glimpse behind the scenes of creating a phenomenon.
My guest, Thunder Levin and I discuss:
- Thunder's path to becoming a writer/director
- The art of pop-culture references in movies
- Working for Roger Corman
- Mutant Vampires from the Hood
- AE: Apocalypse Earth
- American Warships
- Stories behind writing the original Sharknado, Sharknado 2: The Second One, Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! and Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens
- Almost killing and saving the Syfy Original Film Department
- a 411 on Mockbusters
- That time Sharknado went super viral on Twitter and social media's role in Sharknado's success story
- Celebrity tweet support for the original Sharknado
- Creating those amazing "Sharknado Moments"
- Being rejected by William Shatner
- The story behind Wil Wheaton's impact on the franchise and his cameo
- The almost casting of Donald Trump
- The brilliance of David Hasselhoff
- The amazing Sharknado 4 promo that never happened
- Scrapped plot lines
- Stepping away from the franchise
- Thunder's review of Sharknado 5 and 6
- and much more!
You're going to love my conversation with Thunder Levin
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