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“Sharknado 5: Global Swarming” Premieres On August 6; Celebrity Cameos Revealed

“Sharknado 5” aims to “Make America Bait Again!”

Thursday was a big day in the world of “Sharknado.”

Syfy confirmed the subtitle, tagline, premiere date and celebrity cameo list for the upcoming fifth installment.

Entitled “Sharknado 5: Global Swarming,” the film will premiere at 8PM ET/PT on August 6. Its promotional tagline, selected in a fan-sourced campaign, will be “Make America Bait Again!”

Ian Ziering and Tara Reid return as stars, while Cassie Scerbo, Masiela Lusha and Cody Linley will reprise their roles from previous installments.

Names confirmed for cameos include Tony Hawk, Clay Aiken, Bret Michaels, Porsha Williams, Cat Greenleaf, and Greg Louganis.

The official synopsis and cameo roster follow:

In SHARKNADO 5: GLOBAL SWARMING, the mission gets personal for Fin Shepard (Ian Ziering) and his bionic wife, April (Tara Reid) when their young son gets trapped in a traveling ‘nado and transported all over the world. From London to Rio, Tokyo, Rome, Amsterdam and beyond, our globetrotting heroes will seek assistance from a highly-skilled squad of royals, scholars and Olympians, enlisting famous faces from news, entertainment, and sports in their most epic battle yet.

Fabio (Model) as the Pope
Tony Hawk (Professional skateboarder) as a masterful weapons operative strategist
Clay Aiken (Musician) as Llewelyn, a cutting edge technology genius
Olivia Newton-John (Musician) and daughter Chloe Lattanzi as Orion and Electra, two brilliant scientists who help defend Australia from a looming Sharknado
Bret Michaels (Musician) as a visiting artist that gets trapped in the storm
Margaret Cho (Comedian) as a fussy bride whose honeymoon is interrupted by sharks
Charo (Musician, Comedian) as The Queen of England
Gilbert Gottfried (Comedian) as storm chaser Ron McDonald
“Today” hosts Al Roker, Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb as themselves
Olympic diving medalists Greg Louganis as Zico, a high-end art thief, and Tom Daley as himself
Olympic freeskiing medalist Gus Kenworthy and NBC News investigative correspondent Jeff Rossen as themselves
Porsha Williams (“The Real Housewives of Atlanta”) as Andromeda, an archeologist and member of the elite “Sharknado Sisterhood”
Tiffany “New York” Pollard (“Flavor of Love”) as Vega, a Brazilian black market artifacts dealer
Chris Kattan (“Saturday Night Live”) as The Prime Minister of England
Cat Greenleaf (“Talk Stoop”) and Dan Fogler (“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”) as themselves
Ross Mullan (“Game of Thrones” White Walker) as Dr. Wobbegon, a scientist who has made breakthroughs in meteorological studies to track Sharknado storms

Brian Cantor

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