It's A Hollywood Feeding Frenzy

Not many people would've looked at Piranha 3D as the movie to usher in a revolution. But it looks like it's doing just that. The Hollywood Reporter announced yesterday that a movie is being put together by the director of Snakes on a Plane, cleverly called Shark Night 3D.

One guess as to what the movie is about.

So if you're keeping score at home we have killer piranhas, mega sharks and giant octopuses, mega pythons, and of course, the dreaded sharktopus.

I may never swim again.

You're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat

I was reading this article about the discovery of the original Jaws shark when I learned two things:

1. The shark in Jaws was named "Bruce." Which made me understand why the shark in Finding Nemo was named "Bruce."
   
   
2. They're looking at doing a Real 3-D remake of the original Jaws film. With TRACY MORGAN in the Richard Dreyfuss role.

Now, full disclaimer, I've never seen Jaws all the way thru - I've seen bits and pieces. Travesty, I know. I've been seriously considering a Jaws movie-thon for a while now. It's a July 4th film so maybe, just maybe that's what we'll do on the 4th. Anyway, I did see Jaws 3 years ago when I was a kid. It was on TV and the scene when they're trapped in the aquarium glass tube thing scared the crap out of me - I even had nightmares which had never happened to me before. So it doesn't surprise me that, with the current 3-D fad that Jaws is under consideration for a 3-D version. I think stupid monster movies are really the only reason to see a film in 3-D.

But to remake the original, with Tracy Morgan? Really? I think Tracy is freaking GENIUS on 30 Rock. And he's coming out here with a stand up show that I hope to catch. But replacing Richard Dreyfuss? Really? I just don't see Tracy doing serious or scary.

Here's the original 1975 trailer. I love the old timey voiceover work.



Anyone excited to see Jaws redone in Cameron's Real 3-D? Anyone else out there think that they should have just released Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus in 3-D as originally planned and been done with it? If you some how missed it, here's the trailer for that flick. It's pretty much the best thing about the movie. Trust me, I Netflixed it. And yes, that's THE Deborah ("Electric Youth") Gibson in it.