The Weinstein Company’s Piranha 3-D franchise reboot continues to rack up its body count of name-brand talent. Jerry O’Connell has joined an eclectic ensemble that includes Elisabeth Shue, Richard Dreyfuss, Adam Scott (Tell Me You Love Me), and Gossip Girl’s Jessica Szohr. One reason this nature-run-amok shriekfest has attracted such a high caliber of talent is French director Alexandre Aja, whose stylish remake of The Hills Have Eyes made him a potential heir to the current lineup of arty blockbuster filmmakers like Christopher Nolan. Shooting on the Jaws-like project, which follows a group of tourists who try to fend off an attack of the carnivorous fish, starts next Monday, May 12, in Lake Havasu, Arizona.
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Elisabeth Shue!?!? Awesome! I miss her.
Oscar nominee Elisabeth Shue starring in Piranha 3-D. I guess the morgtage payment is due.
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Referring this list of actors as name-brand and high caliber seems like a bit of a stretch. Sounds pretty B-List to me.
OConnell is funny guy. They must have needed some levity. Looking forward to it…
Did you just copy the studio press release? Directing The Hills Have Eyes brings up comparisons to Christopher ‘Memento’ and ‘The Dark Knight’ Nolan?? Please tell me you wrote that with your tongue very firmly in your cheek.