By: SpookyDan

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Today SpookyDan had the opportunity to hit the editing bay with director Alex Aja to check out some footage from his latest horror film, Mirrors, which will be arriving this summer from 20th Century Fox. While chatting with the French phenom, Spooky had the change to talk a bit about Aja's next pic, Piranha 3-D, which he really talks highly about. Read on for the skinny.

Shooting this fall is the big budget adaptation of PIRANHA for the Weinstein Company. Set to be lensed in Lake Havasu, Aja talked with us about how bloody- and fun - the remake will be. “PIRANHA is going to be SUPER GORY," Aja tells Bloody-Disgusting. "I think we can do something really scary and fun at the same time."

Aja also elaborated a bit on the plot for the film, which is a remake of the classic '70s Roger Corman movie. "The subject and plot is very simple, an earthquake releases prehistoric piranha into a lake at spring break time. It’s really about fish killing stupid drunk college kids. Yes it’s fun, it’s like revenge of the piranha, and they mess with nature and nature fights back. While staying within a tense, scary and horrific situation. It’s the opposite of MIRRORS.”

The script had gone through a few iterations before Aja agreed to move forward on it, mainly because it would be shot in 3-D! Aja explains where the inspiration came from. “We were on the set of P2 talking about how excited we all were for AVATAR, when we started talking about how a true R-rated horror film in 3-D would be the ultimate experience, and immersion into a nightmare. We are hoping to use the same company that AVATAR is using to get the best possible 3-D around, and then using a combination of CGI practical and live effects to make it not look like a cartoon and fake. We are doing this on a big budget, the biggest we have ever had, and it’s going to be a fun ride."

In the end Aja was a little disappointed that he couldn't be the first to do it. "We were hoping to be the first full blown 3-D horror film, but FINAL DESTINATION 4 is coming first. I sincerely hope that they make the mistake of releasing it as PG-13.”

MIRRORS hits theaters August 15.

Source: Bloody-Disgusting.com

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	j.c 4:01am, April 18, 2008 Im afan of the original and I like Aja's work thus far. This could be good!
	drmodem 7:41am, April 18, 2008 Cool. It's good to know that if Final Destination 4 does decide to go tame that there's something really nasty coming out in 3D.
	horrorchick81 8:37am, April 18, 2008 sweet
	appleOFdiscord 8:59am, April 18, 2008 awesome! There is nothing i would love more than a good remake of Piranha with this director and with new HD 3-D technology and big budget!!! Actually come to think of it PLEASE do the same with the next Freddy Kruger film, i would die to see that
	BloodyCape 9:56am, April 18, 2008 nice. hopefully it'll have all the gratuitous bikini butt bite shots in 3-d too.
	Mikie 12:09pm, April 18, 2008 I CANNOT WAIT
	coldblood 4:20pm, April 18, 2008 This should be some good shit.
	Droogie13 8:18pm, April 18, 2008 Love the original, love Aja. This is gonna be fun as hell.
	italiandemon_7 10:24pm, April 19, 2008 shut the fuck up. Final Destination 4 is gonna be better then piranha
	cpanthers 10:39pm, April 19, 2008 I highly doubt final destination 4 will be pg-13.I think also my bloody valentine also will be out way before piranha Alex Aja does kick ass though.
	FrankiePR88 9:53am, April 20, 2008 Just don't have that annoying sound the piranhas make when they're chomping away in the water and we're in the money.
	rushnmutt 2:11pm, April 21, 2008 oh no my friend, that sound rocks!
	mossy 8:53pm, April 22, 2008 This movie is going to rule.
	Halloween_Night 6:08pm, May 1, 2008 Oh please, final destination will never go pg-13, they might as well as forget that,lol.
	Halloween_Night 6:08pm, May 1, 2008 Oh please, final destination will never go pg-13, they might as well as forget that,lol.
	Halloween_Night 6:08pm, May 1, 2008 Oh please, final destination will never go pg-13, they might as well as forget that,lol.

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