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Jaws Franchise

The Jaws film franchise, which began with Steven Spielberg's 1975 thriller, centers around terrifying encounters with a monstrous great white shark. Set in the fictional Amity Island, the series captures the escalating shark attacks and their impact on the community. It blends suspense, action, and horror as locals and experts struggle to stop the shark.

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Jaws
Movie(s)
Jaws, Jaws 2 (1978), Jaws 3-D (1983), Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
First Film
Jaws
Cast
Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Joseph Mascolo, Jeffrey Kramer, Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Simon MacCorkindale, Louis Gossett Jr., John Putch, Lance Guest, Mario Van Peebles, Michael Caine, Karen Young
Character(s)
Martin Brody, Quint, Matt Hooper, Ellen Brody, Larry Vaughn, Len Peterson, Jeff Hendricks, Mike Brody, Dr. Kathryn Morgan, Philip FitzRoyce, Calvin Bouchard, Sean Brody, Michael Brody, Hoagie Newcombe, Carla Brody
Comic Release Date
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Roy Scheider as Brody waving his arm in Jaws
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Movies

Stephen Spielberg’s 1975 classic, Jaws, gets a creative new alternative poster, imagining Quint’s boat, the Orca, in an epic scenario at sea.

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Official Jaws Game Is On The Way (But There's A Major Catch)
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Developer Orange Comet announces Jaws: Infested Water, a multiplayer survival game that pits the iconic shark against a group of unlucky hunters.

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Richard Dreyfuss addresses long-standing rumors about his reported Robert Shaw feud on Jaws, not mincing words about Steven Spielberg’s involvement.

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Steven Spielberg's 1975 movie Jaws features two shooting stars in quick succession, leading to debate over whether or not they are real.

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Meg 2: The Trench features many easter egg references to the Jaws franchise, with Jaws 2, in particular, getting a surprising amount of love.

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Steven Spielberg recalls a very serious boating incident that occurred while filming Jaws at sea that almost drowned the cast and crew.

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Steven Spielberg had a surprising request for the Jaws production designer Joe Alves, wanting him to limit the use of the color red.

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Movies

Director Steven Spielberg recalls producers' initial concerns over one Jaws actor and how the casting almost led to a fistfight breaking out on set.

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One Iconic Jaws Death Scene Was Nearly Much Longer, Says Steven Spielberg: "It Was Too Gory"
Movies

Steven Spielberg had to cut one moment out of an iconic Jaws death scene, and it's because the memorable sequence was overwhelmingly gory.

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The sharks in Jaws rack up a pretty impressive kill count across the four movies, and here's how many victims they have and which movie has the most.

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Jaws was filmed mostly in the northeast of the United States, down under, and in a very surprising location for a final, unexpected scene.

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Steven Spielberg Thought The Shark In Jaws Looked Dumb
Movies

Looking back on Jaws, director Steven Spielberg reveals that, at the time, he recalls thinking that the shark looked more dumb than scary.

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A Jaws Quint Prequel Would Never Have Worked (With Or Without Spielberg)
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Steven Spielberg considered a Jaws prequel following Quint after the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, but here's why this never would have worked.

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