Here’s the trailer for the long-awaited Syfy original movie Sharktopus, directed by “King of B-Movies” Roger Corman. It’s got everything you could want from a movie called Sharktopus, which is to say that there’s a shark-octopus hybrid. Everything else — the cheesy digital effects, the cheesy dialog, the cheesy surf soundtrack — is just gravy. Cheesy, cheesy gravy.

Oh great, now I’m hungry.

[The Live Feed]

Fresh off the news that Syfy and B-movie king Roger Corman were collaborating on Sharktopus comes word that two have teamed up for another completely preposterous yet undeniably badass monster mash-up movie: Dinoshark. The Live Feed has the hilarious details:

“Global warming causes the glaciers to break apart,” Corman explains. “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.”

“Dinoshark,” which debuts March 13, is a follow-up of sorts to Corman’s “Dinocroc.” Corman originally thought to do “Dinocroc 2,” but Syfy executives discovered that, unlike theatrical audiences, TV movie audiences respond better to new-but-similar ideas more than direct sequels.

The network also came up with the pre-tested title “Sharktopus!” though the concept presented the filmmaker with a challenge. Corman might make creature features, but he wants them to be at least somewhat believable.

I mean, it’s entirely plausible that a shark-dinosaur hybrid egg was preserved in a glacier for several million years, but c’mon, a killer fish/cephalopod hybrid? Can we PLEASE try to respect Mr. Corman’s artistic integrity?

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Syfy has greenlit an original movie called Sharktopus that will be directed by “King of B-Movies” Roger Corman, whose IMDb page includes classics like Dinoshark,Vampirella, Dinocroc, Bloodfist VIII: Trained to Kill, Dinosaur Island, Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfolds, Carnosaur (as well as Carnosaur 2 and Carnosaur 3), Slumber Party Massacre II, and No Dessert, Dad, Till You Mow the Lawn. Syfy’s director of original movie Karen O’Hara tweeted this:

Just got off the phone with the legendary Roger Corman who’s doing a new movie for us this year. Yes, it’s the long-rumored SHARKTOPUS! . . . Spent half an hour discussing what a sharktopus should look like, how many mouths it should have and how it should kill. (via io9)

Wow, a half hour? That’s actually kind of a long time to talk about a sharktopus, isn’t it? “Okay, so, it’s like a shark, but it has tentacles, right?” “Right.” “So, next order of business: number of mouths. Is three going to be enough?” “Let’s be safe and go with four.” “Cool. And what should sharktopus eat?” “Duh! Everything!”

(image via total badass Matt Leach; SEE ALSO: Gamma Squad’s take on Sharktopus)