Back in February, news dropped that American Pie starlet Tara Reid had scored a dramatically challenging role in a tsunami thriller that Clatto was sure would rival Naomi Watts’ Oscar-nominated performance in The Impossible. Today, it becomes apparent how right we were.

Reid is starring in Sharknado.

Originally titled Dark Skies, the story was said to follow a divorced Venice Beach bar owner as he searches for his estranged family after a flood drowns his city. Making the quest more difficult are the man-eating sharks hunting the flooded streets.

Pretty good, right? Well, good wasn’t enough for director Anthony C. Ferrante and writer Thunder Levin. They’re out for genius. That is why they’ve thrown a tornado into the mix… a tornado that scoops up the sharks and hurls them at flood survivors jaws first.

Sharknado is everything you had hoped The Impossible had been. Here’s hoping Reid is as committed to the role as Watt’s was to hers and shows off a buoy or two. No word yet on when the Asylum-produced epic will release.