on August 24th, 2010 | NEWS

I’m down….are you?!

“Piranha 3D” may have only bit off a small portion of box office receipts this weekend, but the cash-strapped Weinstein Co. is already ready to take another dive into risky waters.

On Monday — after an opening weekend during which “Piranha 3D” lured in a moderate $10 million in ticket sales — Dimension Films said a sequel to the movie about flesh-eating fish is already “in the works.” (News, undoubtedly, not being received well by Lake Havasu locals.)

A press release about the sequel touted the film’s “80%-82% favorable reviews” on Rotten Tomatoes, along with “rave reviews from top critics” as evidence of the film’s success.

Still, with news coming so quickly after the film’s release, the announcement seems somewhat — well, fishy.

Just a year ago, immediately after the opening of the Weinstein Co’s “Halloween II,” (which also fared modestly at the box office) the independent studio’s co-chairman Bob Weinstein said a 3-D sequel was being developed. The release date for the potential “Halloween 3D?” Summer 2010.

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