Sharknado 2 Has a New Name

Aubrey Peeples as Claudia in 'Sharknado'
Aubrey Peeples as Claudia in 'Sharknado' (Photo by Syfy © NBC Universal, Inc.)

5,000 tweets have been tallied and Syfy’s Sharknado sequel has a new title. And the winning name is….wait for it…Sharknado 2: The Second One, which is one of the most awesome titles for a sequel in history.

The sequel to the social media sensation will air on the network next July.

“Since Twitter played such a huge role in the success of the original movie, we wanted to use that platform to ask our fans to name Sharknado 2,” said Thomas Vitale, Executive Vice President, Programming and Original Movies, Syfy. “This response is another reminder of how Sharknado has become a pop culture phenomenon. We want to thank all our viewers for their wonderful contributions to keeping up the shark-mentum.”

The Original Sharknado‘s Plot:

In Sharknado, regulars of a beachside bar including owner Fin (Ian Ziering), bartender Nova (Cassie Scerbo) and local drunk George (John Heard) teamed up with Fin’s ex-wife April (Tara Reid) to investigate the ecological nightmare that has sharks swimming through the streets of Los Angeles and falling from the skies.

The sequel will move the high-flying shark action to New York.