Spielberg teases a Jaws Sequel of his own

[Guydowood]

In recent days we've all heard about the eventual blu release of the first movie to be known as a blockbuster "Jaws". For those who may not have read the entire interview http://www.aintitcool.com/node/49921 towards the end the bearded one teased about his own idea for a sequel:

Quint: Do you have any idea what you would have done with a sequel?

Steven Spielberg: No, no idea at all, but I have a very, very good scene which I thought would have been good for a sequel someday, which I will tell you someday because I don’t want it in print.

Quint: Okay.

Steven Spielberg: But I’ll tell you my scene some day. Every time I think of this scene I think, “Hmmm, could this be another Jaws movie?” and I have to immediately stop myself and immediately pull myself back down to Earth.

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So the speculation could begin. This is actually an interesting idea. If Ridley Scott is going back to his sci-fi roots with the on again off again Alien prequel Prometheus, why not Spielberg for a proper sequel to his original Jaws. Not that Jaws 2 wasn't a worthy follow-up and we won't get into 3 & 4, but hell this could be great. Richard Dreyfuss could easily return. for a gag get Michael Caine for a cameo or Mario Van Peebles is a free agent. I bet Spielberg could convince Lorraine Gary to come out of retirement if in fact the story would still involve the Brody family in some way or another. Nontheless this could scare a whole new generation from going back into the water. Let the speculation begin.........

[Monolithium]

If the shark doesn't have fricken laser beams on its head, count me out of another sequel.

[s2mikey]

Originally Posted by Monolithium

If the shark doesn't have fricken laser beams on its head, count me out of another sequel.

Yeah - I dunno about that. Honestly, the 2nd jaws isnt all that bad as far as sequels go. Other than some of the obnoxious teens, it has the same solid cast for the most part and does an OK job with whats there.

The rest of the franhcise, if you can even call it that is super-bleh.

[BluRayTim]

Originally Posted by s2mikey

The rest of the franhcise, if you can even call it that is super-bleh.

+ A ton.

All three of the Terminator sequels are far superior to Jaws III and Jaws: The Revenge.

[ZoetMB]

Obviously I don't know what Spielberg's scene idea is, but I think a sequel to Jaws is a very bad idea. The first one was a spectacular hit because it was one of the first films of its ilk to have both a relatively large production budget and to take the content seriously. Also, at that time Spielberg still had a non-Hollywood take on the material and the casting of the supporting players was brilliant: most of them seemed like real locals, not actors. That, combined with shooting on location, gave the film a sense of reality that other Hollywood thrillers did not have. And of course all the problems with the mechanical shark actually made for a better film because the shark was of necessity revealed slowly.

And IMO, all of the sequels were terrible. The only interesting aspect of the 2nd film was that Brody thought he was seeing sharks everywhere. And I liked his line about "and you'd better get somebody else because I'm not going out there again!" Other than that, it was a tired retread.

Jeanot Szwarc is a great TV director, but not much of a movie director having given us such masterpieces as Somewhere In Time, Supergirl and Santa Claus in addition to Jaws 2. Once we get to Jaws 3, it was just a sad absurdity (or great camp, if you want to interpret it that way.)

While Spielberg is a far better director, I think he's lost the magic of his early films, probably because back then he lived in the real world and today he lives the life of a mogul. And even if he could do a great job, I'd rather see him tackle something totally new.

[miller_time22]

Spielberg's obviously an extremely creative guy, so I'm sure he has a lot of great ideas swimming around in his head (no pun intended), including an awesome scene for a Jaws sequel.
He's also obviously an extremely smart guy, and I don't think he'll ever do a Jaws sequel.
When I read the entire interview, I certainly didn't take it as something he was in any way seriously considering. Interesting to think about though.

[SpaceDog]

I think likely its an idea he never plans to run with - but doesn't want to talk about it so that nobody else does either.

[Wingman1977]

I'd like to see a real Jaws 3D (BTTF 2 version perhaps, lol).

[TylerDurden]

The only way this will work is to tell an ancient American story when the midwest plains were a flooded sea and a large megaladon predator stalked the shores and killed the indigenous inhabitants. They band together to defeat the large goliath with spears, fire, nets, and other ancient weapons.

[AKORIS]

from his comments, I don't really see this as a "door open" for him to make a sequel....

if it's just a scare scene then maybe he'll put that scene is some other type of movie down the road

[PrivatePixel]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

from his comments, I don't really see this as a "door open" for him to make a sequel....

if it's just a scare scene then maybe he'll put that scene is some other type of movie down the road

I don't see it either. This described scene that he envisioned could be translated with sketches or CGI and make a nice addition to the supplemental material for JAWS on Blu-ray, but I don't see him pursuing a sequel anytime soon.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

from his comments, I don't really see this as a "door open" for him to make a sequel....

And unlike some studio execs, he confessed he's able to talk himself out of it.

(Now, if it ever happened that Universal Studios Tour had to update their Jaws ride, which Spielberg has vocally disliked...)

[Aerodude73]

Originally Posted by miller_time22

Spielberg's obviously an extremely creative guy, so I'm sure he has a lot of great ideas swimming around in his head (no pun intended), including an awesome scene for a Jaws sequel. He's also obviously an extremely smart guy, and I don't think he'll ever do a Jaws sequel.

When I read the entire interview, I certainly didn't take it as something he was in any way seriously considering. Interesting to think about though.

Exactly. So all this "speculation" is Just that, nothing more. It's something he CONSIDERED (years ago), but as noted, is smart enough to let it be.

Originally Posted by SpaceDog

I think likely its an idea he never plans to run with - but doesn't want to talk about it so that nobody else does either.

He won't, which is great. He was just talking about a time a long time ago that has (thankfully) passed. It's not like he doesn't have New/Future endeavors on his plate, plus, releasing his catalog on BD like is being down with "JAWS."

[TLeeTx2012]

I'd be down...now the thought of what the hell the scene is will haunt me the rest of the day.

[octagon]

I wonder if you could train sharks to rob a bank.

Now that would be a freaking movie.

[Al_The_Strange]

They get a bigger boat after all...and the shark eats it.

[bboisvert]

Great White Sharks + Boxing Ring = sequel gold

[GORT]

I would like to see him direct MEG.

[rickah88]

I see it now: Jaws: The Prequel!

Basically about a baby shark that swims around and eats small fish, until it grows bigger then decides to eat humans!
It would cover the early, impressionable years of the Jaws shark
Sorry I'm waaaaaaaay bored right now!

[thedarkangel1975]

Originally Posted by Guydowood

In recent days we've all heard about the eventual blu release of the first movie to be known as a blockbuster "Jaws". For those who may not have read the entire interview http://www.aintitcool.com/node/49921 towards the end the bearded one teased about his own idea for a sequel:

Quint: Do you have any idea what you would have done with a sequel?

Steven Spielberg: No, no idea at all, but I have a very, very good scene which I thought would have been good for a sequel someday, which I will tell you someday because I don’t want it in print.

Quint: Okay.

Steven Spielberg: But I’ll tell you my scene some day. Every time I think of this scene I think, “Hmmm, could this be another Jaws movie?” and I have to immediately stop myself and immediately pull myself back down to Earth.

-------

So the speculation could begin. This is actually an interesting idea. If Ridley Scott is going back to his sci-fi roots with the on again off again Alien prequel Prometheus, why not Spielberg for a proper sequel to his original Jaws. Not that Jaws 2 wasn't a worthy follow-up and we won't get into 3 & 4, but hell this could be great. Richard Dreyfuss could easily return. for a gag get Michael Caine for a cameo or Mario Van Peebles is a free agent. I bet Spielberg could convince Lorraine Gary to come out of retirement if in fact the story would still involve the Brody family in some way or another. Nontheless this could scare a whole new generation from going back into the water. Let the speculation begin.........

What if he was talking about The Color Purple