Piranha: noch ein Horror Remake

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Als nächstes Horror Remake steht nun Fisch-Schocker Piranha an, der bereits einmal inklusive Sequel (sehr schlecht) neu verfilmt wurde. Der neue Film soll mit prähistorischen Piranhas zu tun haben, die Jagd auf jugendliche Urlauber machen.

Das Budget liegt bei 20 Millionen Dollar.

Quelle : DarkHorizons

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According to Variety, Gallic film company Wild Bunch is jumping into the deep end with a Piranha remake. The company has a script for the project, penned by Eraser and The Scorpion King helmer Chuck Russell, that it will market for the first time at AFM.
Wild Bunch handled international sales on George Romero's Land of the Dead, flogging worldwide rights to Universal, and it distributed the film theatrically in France.
Budgeted at E16 million-E20 million ($19.3 million-$24.1 million) and produced by Chiller Films, Piranha will shoot in the U.S. in March or April, Wild Bunch said Wednesday. Cast is not yet in place. [...]

movieweb.com

Edit: Oli, ich habe mal in deinen Threadtitel noch "Piranha" eingefügt.

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Storyline, Director Announced for 'Piranha' Remake!

There are some remakes you can't help but gag at, but then there are the ones you can't wait for... Piranha being one of them. Announced a few months back was a remake of the 1978 film "Piranha," in which a particularly nasty prehistoric strain of the flesh-eating fish is unleashed in Arizona's Lake Havasu just as college kids come to party there. Chuck Russell was attached to the script, and that's all we knew at the time- today the film was officially announced as a Dimension Films picture, which can mean only one thing- theatrical Piranhas!! Read on for the full details on the director and new storyline...

Dimension Films will distribute "Piranha," the remake of the 1978 horror hit being produced by Mark Canton from Atmosphere MM and Marc Toberoff from Intellectual Properties Worldwide, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

The company picked up rights to U.S. and all English-speaking territories from IPW, Atmosphere/Relativity Media and Wild Bunch.

Chuck Russell ("The Mask"/"Scorpion King"/"Nightmare 3") is in negotiations to direct from a script he wrote adapting the original movie. In the remake, the story is set in Lake Havasu, Ariz., which sits on a crater formed by a prehistoric volcanic eruption. When a tremor cracks the lake floor open, prehistoric piranhas are set loose and people begin to disappear. Russell's screenplay uses elements from drafts by Josh Stolberg and Peter Goldfinger and the original screenplay by John Sayles from a story by Richard Robinson.

Source: Hollywood Reporter

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Alex Aja Returns To Horror With 'Piranha' Remake?!
Gigantic news this evening as IESB has reported that Alexandre Aja (High Tension, The Hills Have Eyes) will helm Dimension's remake of Piranha. Chuck Russell, who wrote the screenplay, was originally attached to direct. More news as it comes in, watch for an official announcement soon! Piranha was a Jaws spoof directed by Joe Dante and produced by Roger Corman in 1978. Universal Studios tried to stop the film from being released (because of its satirizing of Universal's Jaws films), but Steven Spielberg saw the film in advance and liked it. There was a sequel - Piranha II: The Spawning, which was the directorial debut of one James Cameron.

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Alexandre Aja's next horror film, a remake of Joe Dante's PIRANHA , is going to be presented in 3-D! Dimension Films has set a release date of July 24, 2009. Directed by Aja and co-penned by Josh Stolberg, the plot crunch floating around now goes like this: A tremor causes Arizona's Lake Havasu floor to open, setting free scores of prehistoric piranhas. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)

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Toll, 3D. 

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Interview (engl.) mit Aja zum Thema:
http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=5728

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Alexandre Aja talks PIRANHA- 3-D:
“I think I picked the worst project for me,” says director Alexandre Aja about his latest project, PIRANHA 3-D, which begins shooting this summer for Dimension release next July. Oddly, he sounds extremely happy about this. “You cannot do worse than water, underwater kids, spring break, shooting during summer, a lot of CGI, a lot of prosthetics. I have the worst elements for a movie, but the project was so exciting that I cannot not do it. It’s going to be a huge challenge; we’re going to sweat lots, work our asses off.”

Aja says that this film, which he scripted with his usual partner Grégory Levasseur from an original draft by Peter Goldfinger and Josh Stolberg, is not a remake per se of Joe Dante’s 1978 PIRANHA. “It’s a new story,” he says, providing a clue as to the nature of his killer fish. “We are working with Neville Page [who did creature design on CLOVERFIELD, AVATAR and J.J. Abrams’ upcoming STAR TREK remake]. When we went to meet Neville for the first time, he told me, ‘My two passions are prehistoric times and fish. So you cannot find a better person than me.’ So it’s going to be based on real prehistoric fish, but it’s going to be an original creation.” “I want this movie to be the new reference in gore—a bloody, scary, fun time. I want to be able to put it next to [Peter Jackson’s] DEAD ALIVE. I want this to be the first experience in 3-D with a real R-rated horror film.” (thanks to Fangoria.com)

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Concept Art:

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Alex Aja's 'Piranha 3D' Gets Pushed to 2010
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It comes as no surprise this morning that Dimension Films has pushed Alex Aja's Piranha 3D release back from its planned July 24th release all the way back to March 19th, 2010. It was revealed that filming was pushed back and that the trailer is expected to debut with FINAL DESTINATION: DEATH TRIP 3D on August 21st. In Lake Havasu, Arizona, a tremor causes the lake's floor to open, setting free scores of prehistoric piranhas...

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Shue Dives into Alex Aja's Piranha 3D
Source: Moviehole, ShockTillYouDrop.com, April 13, 2009

Rumors have been swimming about pinning actress Elisabeth Shue to Alexandre Aja's Piranha 3D. Turns out, they're correct.

Moviehole confirmed her involvement, citing two sources on board this redo of Joe Dante's film, and says Shue will play "Sheriff Julie Forester, a take-charge authority figure in the community of Lake Victoria." Forester is also the mother of one of the lead characters.

Piranha 3D begins rolling soon in Arizona. Dimension Films releases it in theaters on March 19, 2010.

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Dreyfuss and Rhames Joining Piranha 3D
Source: ShockTillYouDrop.com, April 23, 2009

ShockTillYouDrop.com reports that Richard Dreyfuss will be making a cameo appearance in Dimension Films' Piranha 3D. The New York Post's "Page Six" is also reporting that Ving Rhames is set to join Elisabeth Shue and Adam Scott in the film.

Director Alexandre Aja starts shooting the horror-thriller next month in Arizona for a March 19, 2010 release.

In the update, a tremor causes Arizona's Lake Havasu floor to open, setting free scores of prehistoric piranhas.

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Bilder vom Set:

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Bloody-Disgusting learned that writer-director Eli Roth cameos as the host of the wet t-shirt contest.

16 hotties and 32 pairs of soaking wet tits, what more can you want from a Piranha movie in 3-D?

Oh yeahhhhh, BLOOD! Read on for a bit on that.

A B-D reader sent me the following excerpt from one of the KNB FX guru's blog:

"Between us and the physical FX crew this movie has the potential to out blood the 400 gallons we went through on Kill Bill. Remember Lake Havasu, the jewel in the Arizona desert, well Its red now. LOL. We are currently shooting the Lake massacre scene 100 boats, 500 extras, 400 gallons of blood, lots of screaming, lots of bikins, lots of torn flesh and its all in 3D. Come on!!! Tell me you're not interested in seeing this movie and I'll call you a liar."

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Yes, there will be blood... 

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Some interesting news came out of the TIFF screening of THE HOLE 3D when a fan asked Joe Dante why he didn't direct Dimension's PIRANHA 3-D remake. Dancing off of the idiotic question, Dante somehow flipped the conversation onto the way Alexandre Aja filmed it, revealing that it's not actually shot in 3D. The iconic director, whose film THE HOLE was shot on set in 3D, explained that Aja filmed the remake with one camera and will be digitally making it 3D in post, while adding CGI piranha that will be "Pixar-like 3D." (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)

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Hört sich irgendwie strange an.

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Aus Angst vor "Kick-Ass" wurde der Film in den USA auf (voraussichtlich) August verschoben...

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Einen besseren Blick auf den Trailer gibbet hier:
http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/18748