According to The Hollywood Reporter, Corman and SyFy are teaming up for the release of another prehistoric / aquatic hybrid of a movie…. DINOSHARK! I could explain to you what DINOSHARK is all about, but I think hearing it from Corman himself is the only way to go:
Global warming causes the glaciers to break apart,. We start the picture with real beautiful shots of the glaciers falling into the ocean. The unborn egg of the Dinoshark that has been frozen for millions of years is released.
Talk about the perfect set up to the perfect movie! Just look at how badass this DINOSHARK is! The film was originally conceived as an unofficial sequel to 2004’s DINOCROC, but wound up strong enough to stand on its own, and may even pose as a prequel to SHARKTOPUS. Corman also had a chance to talk SHARKTOPUS, and who are we not to listen:
Sharktopus! is more difficult because you can imagine a prehistorical crocodile like the Dinocroc, but there’s no such thing as prehistoric half-shark, half-octopus. I tried to figure out how to do this. The U.S. Navy has commissioned a group called Blue Water to genetically engineer a half-shark, half-octopus to help combat Somali pirate ships. Then things go wrong. It’s fairly difficult to believe, but we only ask the audience to accept this one thing. After that, we take great care that everything else is logical from then on and is something that could happen.
The government is always f*cking shite up, so why the hell not? I believe it, yo! And even if I didn’t, what does it matter? We’re taling about a movie called SHARKTOPUS for crying out loud!
But first, we get treated to DINOSHARK, and lucky for us, we won’t have to wait for very long, as it premiers on the SyFy network on March 13th. And then hopefully shortly thereafter, on DVD for those of us who don’t get SyFy.