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Piranha 3DD has been given an MPAA R-rating for sequences of strong bloody horror violence and gore, graphic nudity, sexual content, language and some drug use.

Now we know when the killer fish are coming back. Dimension Films has set June 1, 2012 for the release of Piranha 3DD.

Watch the first trailer for Piranha 3DD below and see if there's enough going on for you to sink your teeth into.

The Piranha sequel has gotten an appropriate self-referential title: Piranha 3DD. If you have to ask why, then you haven't seen anything from the first film, have you?

Dimension has also hired a director and writers to make the film, reuniting the Feast guys, namely director John Gulager and screenwriters Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan. The three worked on the first Feast film, which had a similar comedic horror vibe to it. Melton and Dunstan have written the past four Saw movies including this month's upcoming Saw 3D.

The studio hopes to have Piranha 3DD in theaters by August 2011. No casting deals are in place yet.

Even with a modest opening weekend gross of just $10 million dollars, Dimension Films and Piranha 3D producer Mark Canton are moving ahead with plans to create a sequel. "We are thrilled that audiences are not just loving Piranha 3D, but cheering for it," Canton said in a company issued press release. "And it's fantastic that so many critics are really getting the movie and recommending it. We can't wait to get to work on the sequel."

No talent or creative team members have been hired at this early stage of the project's existence, and it hasn't been said whether the Piranha 3D sequel will film using true 3D cameras or rely on a post-production 3D conversion process like the first film did. [Full story]