Piranha 3DD

Today certainly is a day for brand-new pics.  Dimension Films has forwarded along some new photos from its June 1st release, Piranha 3DD.

Directed by John Gulager (Feast) and written by the Saw franchise's Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton, the film stars Danielle Panabaker, Matt Bush, Chris Zylka, David Koechner, Meagan Tandy, Paul James Jordan, Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Hector Jimenez, Adrian Martinez, Clu Gulager, Gary Busey, Katrina Bowden, Ving Rhames, Christopher Lloyd and Paul Scheer.

Having awoken from their spring break extravaganza at Lake Victoria, the swarm heads upstream where they look to make a meal out of Big Wet, a local water park where when it comes to fun, nobody does it wetter! Thought they came to get wet, get loaded and get some, the staff and patrons get more than they bargained for when they must face the fiercest, most bloodthirsty piranhas yet. Lead by the strong-willed, studious Maddy and her friends, Barry and Kyle, the trio must dive in and take on these man-eating creatures using every ounce of their being...but can they be stopped? 

A brand-new, red band trailer for Dimension Film's Piranha 3DD is now online, courtesy of IGN. You can check it out in the player below!

Directed by John Gulager, the follow-up stars Danielle Panabaker, Matt Bush, Chris Zylka, David Koechner, Meagan Tandy, Paul James Jordan, Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Hector Jimenez, Adrian Martinez, Clu Gulager, Gary Busey, Katrina Bowden, Christopher Lloyd, Ving Rhames, Paul Scheer and David Hasselhoff.

Reps at Dimension Films have confirmed to Shock Till You Drop that Piranha 3DD is going to be dropped into the summer madness.  The official release date is now June 1st.  This will put the film up against Snow White and the Huntsman; Prometheus opens a week later.

A good window for a release?  Perhaps, it will fill a certain void that weekend - it's a summer movie about hot kids wearing next to nothing and doing crazy stuff during the summer until the killer fish crash their party.

The sequel to Alex Aja's Piranha 3D is directed by John Gulager this time.  He's re-teaming with his Feast posse, writers Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton.  If you missed the trailer, check it out inside!

Are you ready for it?  Here is the official trailer for Piranha 3DD, the follow-up to Alex Aja's Piranha 3D directed by John Gulager and written by Marcus Dunstan, Patrick Melton and Joel Soisson.

There is no shortage of boobs, butts, sexual innuendo and voracious fish in this preview, which you'll find after the break.  It looks like the fish in this one can go just about anywhere they want...including a bathtub.  And it certainly appears Gulager, Dunstan and Melton tapped into their insane Feast sensibility where anything can happen. 

The sequel - which does not have a release date yet - stars Danielle Panabaker, Matt Bush, Chris Zylka, David Koechner, Meagan Tandy, Paul James Jordan, Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Hector Jimenez, Adrian Martinez, Clu Gulager, Gary Busey, Katrina Bowden, Ving Rhames, Christopher Lloyd and Paul Scheer.

While we await a release date for John Gulager's follow-up to Piranha 3D, Piranha 3DD, it looks like two posters have reared their ugly heads.  Mind you, we've seen fan art hit the web, but Shock Till You Drop has confirmed that what you see after the jump are international posters.

Written by Marcus Dustan and Patrick Melton (Feast, the Saw series), the film stars Danielle Panabaker, Matt Bush, Chris Zylka, David Koechner, Meagan Tandy, Paul James Jordan, Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Hector Jimenez, Adrian Martinez, Clu Gulager, Gary Busey, Katrina Bowden, Ving Rhames, Christopher Lloyd and Paul Scheer

Having awoken from their spring break extravaganza at Lake Victoria, the swarm heads upstream where they look to make a meal out of Big Wet, a local water park where when it comes to fun, nobody does it wetter! Thought they came to get wet, get loaded and get some, the staff and patrons get more than they bargained for when they must face the fiercest, most bloodthirsty piranhas yet. Lead by the strong-willed, studious Maddy and her friends, Barry and Kyle, the trio must dive in and take on these man-eating creatures using every ounce of their being...but can they be stopped? 

Okay, now that we've cleared up that Piranha 3DD is indeed coming to theaters this year, can we move on and look at the pretty people starring in the film?

Dimension Films passed along a sneak peek at the cover of February's MAXIM featuring Katrina Bowden.  We're fans.  And maybe when you see the photo inside, you'll become a fan, too.

Over the holiday period, word spread - thanks to attention drawn to an outdated British home video site - Piranha 3DD was getting a direct-to-DVD release overseas.  Of course, concern followed: Would the sequel get similar treatment here on U.S. soil?  The answer is "No" and director John Gulager dropped by Shock with a message for the fans.  Head inside for a production update from the man behind the Feast films, he's got some good news to share...

Piranha 3DD isn't having very much luck in its journey to the screen.

The John Gulager-directed follow-up to 2010's Piranha 3D was originally scheduled to open in November until Dimension Films yanked it from the 2011 release line-up.  In the UK, it appears it is going to bypass theaters completely and head direct-to-DVD.

According to the British Video Association website, Piranha 3DD will debut on DVD March 19.  If you look at the site's listing, you'll see under the heading "Theatrical Release (3D)" it was "pulled from schedule." BVA also hosts the following synopsis for the film...