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‘They Call Me Jeeg’ Writing Team Talks New Project ‘Piranhas in Rome’ and Why It Isn’t Another ‘Under Paris’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Continuing its push into the genre space, Italy’s Indiana Production has announced it is set to produce action chiller “Piranhas in Rome – The Great Horror Beauty,” from a screenplay by ace Rome-based writing duo Nicola Guaglianone and Menotti, who penned hit superhero movie “They Call Me Jeeg.” While its director is still being decided, the “Piranhas in Rome” scribes are promoting the project that is set in an “apocalyptic and aquatic” Eternal City “as it has never seen before,” according to a synopsis. Menotti (which is the pen name of comic book artist and screenwriter Roberto Marchionni) provided Variety with exclusive concept art – see image above – for the live-action project in which predatory freshwater fish invade Rome by entering the city’s water supply system through the Tiber river.
