Rob G. was kind enough to pass along this press release, which tells us that the first trailer for PIRANHA 3D will play before showings of AVATAR this weekend. 

Attaching a trailer for a horror film to what seems a surefire blockbuster is a savvy move, and should bring lots of attention to Alexandre Aja's new project, a remake of Joe Dante's PIRANHA.

 Read the full press release below.

--Phil Fasso

 

**PIRANHA 3D SINKS ITS TEETH INTO AVATAR AUDIENCES THIS
 WEEKEND**

 

 First Trailer for Dimension Films' Highly Anticipated Movie
 PIRANHA 3D Debuts Exclusively In Theatres This Weekend with
 Avatar

 

 "What do they really eat?"
 "You mean besides flesh and blood?"

 

 New York, NY--December 17, 2009-- Dimension Films will
 unveil the first trailer for the highly anticipated movie
 PIRANHA 3D in state-of-the-art 3D EXCLUSIVELY in theatres
 this weekend in front of Avatar. The brand new PIRANHA 3D
 trailer will be shown in 3D on selected prints of Avatar,
 and also in selected 2D locations.

 

 Starring Elisabeth Shue, Jerry O'Connell, Gossip Girl's
 Jessica Szohr, Adam Scott and more; and featuring a special
 appearance by the silver screen's most famous foe of
 underwater predators, Richard Dreyfuss, PIRANHA 3D will hit
 theatres on April 16, 2010.

 

 From acclaimed director Alexandre Aja ("The Hills Have
 Eyes") comes the new action thriller PIRANHA 3D, in the
 latest eye-popping 3D technology.  A new type of terror
 is about to be cut loose on beautiful Lake Victoria.
 After a sudden underwater tremor sets free scores of the
 prehistoric man-eating fish, an unlikely group of strangers
 must band together  to stop themselves from becoming
 fish food for the area’s new razor-toothed
 residents.  But our heroine (Elisabeth Shue) is
 seriously outnumbered, and with only one chance to save the
 lake and her family from totally being devoured, she must
 risk everything to destroy the aquatic carnivores herself.

 

 PIRANHA 3D is produced by Alexandre Aja, Gregory Levasseur,
 Mark Canton and Marc Toberoff. Executive Producers are Alix
 Taylor, J. Todd Harris, Bob Weinstein and Harvey Weinstein,
 Chako Van Leeuwen.  Associate Producer is David

 Hopwood.