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While we will still need a few more months of patience, we can at the very least say with certainty where some of this summer's biggest blockbuster will be filmed.
Sharknado 3 is heading to Universal Orlando.
We will take a few moments to let you catch your breath, have a seat or light a cigarette. Whatever you need to do to calm down go ahead and do that thing.
Now news of this variety is usually heralded by some hero on a horse spreading the word from town to town. However, it's Garrett Cowan writing for Universal Orlando's blog who drops the bombshell.
Cowan writes, "This week the eagerly anticipated Sharknado 3 will be filming key scenes here at Universal Orlando Resort, and my 8-year-old, shark-loving self is shaking with excitement just thinking about it."
Fans of the franchise and theme park can now enjoy that moment when two pop culture icons come together on the television screen this July on Syfy.
For those out of the loop, the trailer below for Sharknado 2 should give you some semblance of the cultural watershed moment we will experience this summer:
Unfortunately, details are scant outside of the filming locations. The movie's IMDB page promises two key cities: "The sharks take bite out of the East Coast when the sharknado hits Washington, D.C. and Orlando, Florida."
Cowan did go on to promise the resort would update fans with behind-the-scenes images across all of its social media outlets.
Although there has been some fantastic tidbits that have hit Twitter already. Here are a couple spotted by Orlando Weekly:
Now for the hard part, which is practicing some level of patience for the third installment to hit our DVR devices.
At that time, we will get one of the most frightening things in all of cinema: watching Tara Reid act.
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