are dragged to safety as the propane tanks explode, killing most of the piranhas. A terrified Mr. Goodman calls Julie, who tells him that they seem to have killed the majority of the piranhas. Goodman tells her that the reproductive glands on the piranha they obtained were not mature, which means the fish they have killed were only the babies. As Novak wonders aloud where the mature ones are, an adult human-sized piranha leaps out of the water and eats him. Cast Elisabeth Shue as Sheriff Julie Forester Steven R. McQueen as Jake Forester Adam Scott as Novak Jerry O'Connell as Derrick Jones Jessica Szohr as Kelly Kelly Brook as Danni Riley Steele as Crystal Ving Rhames as Deputy Fallon Dina Meyer as Paula Christopher Lloyd as Carl Goodman Richard Dreyfuss as Matt Boyd Ricardo Chavira as Sam Paul Scheer as Andrew Cunningham Cody Longo as Todd Dupree Sage Ryan as Zane Forester Brooklynn Proulx as Laura Forester Devra Korwin as Mrs. Goodman Richard Dreyfuss said that he accepted the role after Bob Weinstein persuaded him by offering him a larger salary, which Dreyfuss later donated to charity. Dreyfuss also stated that the ill-fated character he plays is a parody and a near-reincarnation of Matt Hooper, the character he portrayed in the film Jaws (1975), with whom his character shares the same first name. Jaws was the inspiration for the first movie in the "Piranha" film series, 1978's Piranha. The song the character in Piranha 3D listens to on the radio on his boat is "Show Me the Way to Go Home", which Richard Dreyfuss, Roy Scheider and Robert Shaw sing together aboard Quint's boat the Orca in Jaws. Eli Roth, Ashlynn Brooke, Bonnie Morgan, Genevieve Alexandra and Gianna Michaels appear as spring breakers who meet gruesome demises, while Franck Khalfoun and Jason Spisak portray deputies. Joe Dante (director of the original Piranha) and James Cameron (director of Piranha II: The Spawning) were chosen to be roles of boat captains who give safety lessons to the teens. But this role was turn down because Cameron was too busy. Production Development Then-up-and-coming screenwriters Josh Stolberg and Pete Goldfinger wrote a spec script entitled Killer Fish for producer J. Todd Harris, the rights owner hired for Piranha due to their limited credentials at the time. Harris was impressed with the script and the duo were officially hired. In 2004, hot off the