Sharknado 3 production halted, may miss July debut

Last Updated on July 22, 2021

The last two summers, Syfy has given their SHARKNADO films late July debuts, but that may change for SHARKNADO 3 if conditions on the production remain as they are. And said conditions aren’t good: the crew has gone on strike.

Today marks the second day in a row work on the spoofy sequel has not proceeded; as Deadline tells it, approximately 40 crew members walked off the job Monday in search of a union contract. The production and post crew are seeking a health and pension agreement, and their terms have evidently not been met by producers The Asylum or Syfy.

The project has just moved into the post-production phase, and while the visual effects in these films have thus far been less than stellar, they’re still present in practically every scene. A delay in getting those sharks swarming in the sky could mean Syfy will be forced to postpone the film’s debut. As an insider told Deadline, “CGI takes time and Sharknado 3 will have to be pushed back by Syfy… If this thing goes on for more than a week, there is no way all the effects will get done in time.”

No word on whether the sharks are seeking new contracts of their own.