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Sharknado studio backs end of days SVOD service

US-based OTT TV channels provider TV4 Entertainment and The Asylum, the movie studio behind Sharknado and Z Nation, have teamed up to develop a new streaming service dedicated to apocalypse-themed films and series. The service, named simply Apocaplyse, will initially be available in the North American market. It will showcase content from The Asylum’s library […]

Netflix among those joining Z Nation

Netflix has taken worldwide on-demand rights to zombie drama Z Nation, becoming one of a number of buyers of the Dynamic Television-sold show. Netflix is joined in acquiring the show by Pick in the UK, Universal Networks International in Australia and Germany, RTL2 in Germany, Canal Plus in France, AXN Italy, Leone Film Group, Telenet […]

Syfy forecasts Sharknado 3, Spin

US cable channel Syfy has given the greenlight to a third installment in the Sharknado disaster telemovie franchise and an adaptation of Robert Charles Wilson’s novel Spin. Sharknado 3 will once again come from US producer The Asylum and will again star Ian Ziering and Tara Reid as its leads. Anthony C. Ferrante again directs, […]

Syfy preps global roll out for new Sharknado

The international Syfy channels will show the much-anticipated TV movie Sharknado 2: The Second One within 24 hours of its US TX. The follow-up to hit TV movie Sharknado, the new film will go out on NBCUniversal’s cable net Syfy in 86 international territories across Europe, Asia and Latin America. It will debut in the […]

Sharknado drops into Space in Canada

Buzzy TV movie Sharknado has followed up its success in the US by delivering 300,000 viewers on Canadian cable channel Space. The audience numbers for the film, which went out last Friday, made it the top entertainment show on cable for the day overall and in the key 18-to-49 demo. Space will repeat the film […]