While we’re still awaiting details, we told you back in February that original Piranha rights holder Hisako Tsukaba was in pre-production on a brand new installment, Summer of the Piranha (alternatively titled Piranha JPN).
Roger Corman, who produced the original Piranha and is on board to executive produce the next film, took to Facebook with news of a new title that I think we ca all sink our teeth into.
Last week, I announced a new addition to the PIRANHA franchise, but something still seemed off to me. I called my producing partner and told her I didn’t think the title had enough BITE.
I believe a title should encapsulate an entire film: Humanoids From The Deep, Attack Of The Crab Monsters, The Slumber Party Massacre, Sharktopus. I said we needed a title that immediately captured the horror of our story, and I suggested, PIRANHA JPN: TEETH OF THE PIRANHA. She laughed and said she loved it, so that’s what we’re going to call it. -RC
Straight from the horse’s mouth, the new title of the Japanese sequel is Piranha JPN: Teeth of the Piranha.
As John Squires previously explained, this will be the sixth installment in the franchise. The original Piranha, released in 1978, was directed by Joe Dante, and it was followed up with James Cameron’s Piranha 2: The Spawning in 1981 and a made-for-TV remake in 1995. The original was then remade in the form of Piranha 3D in 2010, which itself spawned sequel Piranha 3DD in 2012. Another installment of the remake series was planned at one point, but it seems that project has been dead in the water for quite some time.
