Film adaptations are often perceived as easier to work with. After all, the book is already written so all a screenwriter has to do is follow what the original author laid out, right? Wrong. In ...

Back int he 70s, Gilpin had to climb to the top of the throng of teen actor who wanted a role in the Spielberg sequel. It feels like Jaws was the true beginning of the summer event movie as we knew it ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It's no secret that "Jaws" is an enduring classic. The 1975 film from director Steven Spielberg still sits atop lists of the best shark movies ...

Steven Spielberg’s movie “Jaws” hit theaters 50 years ago this month, in June 1975, and became a phenomenon almost instantly. In some ways that was no surprise: The Peter Benchley novel it was based ...

The novel became the beach read of the summer, with the shark at its center embodying the unease of an era of political and social upheaval. Publishing savvy, Hollywood hype and a killer cover helped ...

Jaws 2 would have been a much different movie, had the sequel's original plan been followed. Universal was indeed hungry for a follow-up to Jaws after the 1975 film's legendary box office run saw it ...