Piranha 3-D is an upcoming
3D horror film to be directed by
Alexandre Aja and featuring an
ensemble cast including veteran actors such as
Elisabeth Shue,
Richard Dreyfuss,
Jerry O'Connell and
Christopher Lloyd as well as more recently known actors
Ving Rhames,
Dina Meyer,
Ricardo Chavira and
Eli Roth. It is a remake of the 1978 film
Piranha. The script was written by
Patrick Melton and
Marcus Dunstan of the
Feast and
Saw series, as well as Chuck Russell.
Plot
The fictional Lake Victoria is the
caldera of a prehistoric volcano. Each
4th of July weekend, the population of Lake Victoria, Arizona swells from 5,000 to 50,000 as young people flood the town to celebrate. When tremors tear open a crack in the lake floor, millions of
piranha are released. But Sheriff Julie Forester (
Elizabeth Shue) is seriously outnumbered, and with only one chance to save the lake and her family from being devoured, she must risk everything to destroy the aquatic carnivores herself.
Cast
