Richard Dreyfuss plays his JAWS character in Piranha 3D

[mego73]

Or so I heard.

IMDB has him down as playing "Matt" in the movie. Matt Hooper is what he played in JAWS for the uninitiated.

[jds1911a1]

Say it aint so... Richard was wise enough not to appear in the Jaws sequels but this is true shlock

I know his career has tapered off but surely he saved enough money from all the successful film he did over the years

[spamn]

Say it aint so... Richard was wise enough not to appear in the Jaws sequels but this is true shlock

I know his career has tapered off but surely he saved enough money from all the successful film he did over the years

From what I understand, this remake is tongue-in-cheek schlock as opposed to made-for-syfy channel by-talentless-hacks schlock. Should be fun.

[TEXASFETT]

Looks cool but wait til it comes out on dvd or bootleg dvd.

[generic]

It has a hell of a cast. Plus, isn't it a Coen brothers film? It seems like those guys can get things done.

[jds1911a1]

From what I understand, this remake is tongue-in-cheek schlock as opposed to made-for-syfy channel by-talentless-hacks schlock. Should be fun.

I must not have caught those trailers the ones I saw looked like a "serious" monster fish horror film like Anaconda but if done as a send up the way that the Evil Dead series was then it could actually be watchable

[generic]

Piranha 3D may have a better cast, but the award for best NAME for a modern bad monster movie goes to "Sharktopus":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK2bBfuepKk

[spamn]

I must not have caught those trailers the ones I saw looked like a "serious" monster fish horror film like Anaconda but if done as a send up the way that the Evil Dead series was then it could actually be watchable

Depends on what you mean by 'serious'. I'm thinking this is going to be more like a bloody 'Eight Legged Freaks' or closer in tone to something over-the-top like 'Slither' or 'Feast' than something to be taken pseudo-seriously like, say, 'Saw' or 'Hostel'.

Anaconda was trying to be serious (and has some stuff in it that does get under my skin, horror-wise), but really can't be taken too seriously.

[jds1911a1]

Depends on what you mean by 'serious'. I'm thinking this is going to be more like a bloody 'Eight Legged Freaks' or closer in tone to something over-the-top like 'Slither' or 'Feast' than something to be taken pseudo-seriously like, say, 'Saw' or 'Hostel'.

Anaconda was trying to be serious (and has some stuff in it that does get under my skin, horror-wise), but really can't be taken too seriously.

never saw slither or feast and gave up on Saw but my 20 year olds likes it.
I know Anaconds took itself seriously (hence my quotes on the word) but no one else could it was rediculously laughable.

[pmwasson]

He appeared to be the same character in the trailer I saw for it.

[mazinz]

From what I understand, this remake is tongue-in-cheek schlock as opposed to made-for-syfy channel by-talentless-hacks schlock. Should be fun.

Umm not sure if you saw the trailer or not but I would not call it tongue in cheek. I would however call it another **** pile looking mess that had the complete caliber of something that would air on the syfy channel

I mean the film looked, really, really, really bad and not in a good way at all

[Gorn Captain]

They're playing that character for laughs.
Which is more or less a reflection on Dreyfuss' career at this moment.....

[AAAAA]

Heres the trailer , a lot of salutes to other horror movies!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkF5VMRJGek

[spamn]

Umm not sure if you saw the trailer or not but I would not call it tongue in cheek. I would however call it another **** pile looking mess that had the complete caliber of something that would air on the syfy channel

I mean the film looked, really, really, really bad and not in a good way at all

I've seen the trailer, and have been reading about this for a while. I don't think it's aiming to be the next Inception, and I think it knows what it is and is having fun with it.

It's several notches above an SF channel production, at least in budget, cast, and crew.

[Timothy2251]

Heres the trailer , a lot of salutes to other horror movies!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkF5VMRJGek

Didn't think much of the news... until I saw the trailer. This looks like a hoot!