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The beloved 80s film adaptation of the board game Clue turns 40 this year. And Paramount will be celebrating this occasion with a new physical media release of the film in glorious 4K picture. Blu-ray.com has shared information on the release, but no details yet on special features. The film stars Eileen Brennan, Colleen Camp, Tim Curry, Bill Henderson, Howard Hesseman, Madeline Kahn, Jeffrey Kramer, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean, Martin Mull, Kellye Nakahara, Lee Ving, Lesley Ann Warren, and Jane Wiedlin. The new ultra-high-def disc is due to hit retailers on October 7.

The description reads,

“Here is the murderously funny movie based on the world-famous Clue board game. Was it Colonel Mustard in the study with a gun? Miss Scarlet in the billiard room with the rope? Or was it Wadsworth the butler? Meet all the notorious suspects and discover all their foul play things. You’ll love their dastardly...

Universal Pictures is proud to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Jaws (1975), director Steven Spielberg’s Academy Award®–winning thriller that redefined the theatrical experience and remains one of the most influential films in cinema history. On August 29, the film returns to theaters nationwide in stunning 4K, with select screenings in IMAX®, RealD 3D, 4Dx and D-box, offering audiences the chance to experience the original summer blockbuster as never before.

Released on June 20, 1975, Jaws became a box-office sensation and a cultural tidal wave. It was the first film in history to surpass $100 million at the domestic box office and helped usher in the era of the wide-release blockbuster. Its success redefined the studio release model and established the summer season as Hollywood’s premiere showcase for event films.

For Spielberg — who had made his feature debut the year prior with The Sugarland Express — Jaws marked a pivotal ascent. The film cemented...

Universal Pictures will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Jaws, Steven Spielberg’s Academy Award–winning thriller that redefined the theatrical experience and remains one of the most influential films in cinema history.

On August 29, the film returns to theaters nationwide in stunning 4K, with select screenings in IMAX, RealD 3D, 4Dx, and D-box, offering audiences the chance to experience the original summer blockbuster as never before.

Released on June 20, 1975, Jaws became a box office sensation and a cultural tidal wave. It was the first film in history to surpass $100 million at the domestic box office, helping usher in the era of the wide-release blockbuster. Its success redefined the studio release model and established the summer season as Hollywood’s premiere showcase for event films.

For Steven Spielberg—who had made his feature debut the year prior with The Sugarland Express—Jaws marked a pivotal ascent. The film cemented his place...

About 50 years ago, there wasn’t the concept of summer blockbuster, and that changed with the unprecedented success of Steven Spielberg’s iconic creature feature Jaws. The film starring Roy Scheiderasthe water-fearing police chief was a mega success and is making waves even today. The movie is celebrating its 50th anniversary in style and creating more records on the way.

Jaws recently made onto broadcast television with a special one-night-only screening featuring an introduction by the director himself and has garnered views that other movies and prestige TV shows only dream of. The NBC special garnered over 3 million eyeballs, cementing the fact that it’s a movie event everyone will tune in to watch.

‘Jaws’ is a Classic Over 3 million people watched Jaws on NBC this past Friday night. 50 years later. We've all seen it countless times. We can watch it whenever we want. But it's still an event that...

June 20 marks the 50th anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s iconic creature feature, Jaws, the first contemporary Hollywood summer blockbuster. One actor, who appeared in 1975’s Jaws as well as Jaws 2, is opening up about what it was like filming a pivotal early scene in Jaws.

Actor Jeffrey Kramer played Deputy Leonard “Jeff” Hendricks in Jaws. His character was the first person on the scene the morning after the first shark attack (not a boat accident) happened. Hendricks recalls his reaction to discovering the remains of a swimmer named Chrissie on the beach that next morning.

The Ocean Hasn’t Been the Same in Half a Century

Kramer talked to Gold Derby about the scene during which Chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) walks toward his deputy, who is looking at the body (parts) in terror. Kramer said that Deputy Hendricks’ reaction sets the tone for the movie and that he is basically like the audience.

“The shark’s not working.”

For weeks, the cast and crew of “Jaws” kept hearing the same four words over their walkie-talkies while shooting the film’s climactic ocean battle. That familiar message terrified Steven Spielberg, 27 years old at the time, with only one theatrical feature to his name. If one of the production’s three animatronic great whites broke down, it could mean another wasted day. All the setbacks put the film more than 100 days behind schedule and doubled its budget to $8 million.

“We didn’t know how they were ever going to finish this movie,” remembers Jeffrey Kramer, who played a sheriff’s deputy in the film. “There were rumors all around the set that the studio was going to shut us down.”

Spielberg, who had been entrusted with turning Peter Benchley’s bestselling novel about a rampaging shark into a cinematic event, feared he’d be fired.

Move over Helen of Troy. Fifty years ago, Jeffrey Kramer became the face that launched a trio of shark hunters on that famously not-big-enough boat, the Orca.

Released on June 20, 1975, Steven Spielberg’s Jaws holds bragging rights as Hollywood’s first contemporary summer blockbuster, generating massive box-office returns and waves of movie-based merchandise. And Kramer can boast to being the first actor in the four film Jaws-verse to react to the gruesome remains of a shark attack victim.

As Amity Island’s Deputy Leonard "Jeff" Hendricks (more on those two names later), the actor is first on the scene the morning after the titular great white sinks its jaws into its first piece of human prey, a nude night swimmer named Chrissie.

While Hendricks’ boss — water-avoidant police chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) — approaches, Kramer’s horrified face dominates the foreground, his hand at his mouth in shock and his eyes wide with terror.

Celebrating 50 years of the blockbuster classic Jaws, a documentary titled The Farmer & The Shark is on the way from director John Campopiano, first announced by Deadline today.

This particular Jaws-related documentary is taking a very interesting approach, putting the spotlight on a late Martha’s Vineyard resident by the name of Craig Kingsbury.

Campopiano tells us, “The “farmer” piece of our film is the late Craig Kingsbury, who lived a truly remarkable life. We’re telling his story within the context of the making of Jaws on Martha’s Vineyard in 1974. Craig was Robert Shaw’s inspiration for his iconic portrayal of Quint. Craig was originally hired by the production to train Shaw but because his impact was so greatly felt, Spielberg gave him the on-camera role as doomed fisherman, Ben Gardner.”

The documentary focuses on the unique influence Kingsbury had on the film, from both behind and in front of the camera.

Kim Kardashian Robbery Spotlighted In BBC Three Doc

The BBC is to tell the story of Kim Kardashian’s robbery and reveal new details. A BBC Three documentary, The Kim Kardashian Diamond Heist, will drop later this month, with new insight into what happened nearly a decade ago and following the story up to the reality superstar facing her robbers in court last month, where eight people were found guilty. Featuring interviews with friends of the family, police officers and journalists who have followed the case, the doc takes viewers back to that fateful night when she was robbed of millions of dollars’ worth of jewellery in Paris at gunpoint. Nasfim Haque, Head of Content at BBC Three, said: “This documentary offers an insight into one of the most publicised celebrity crimes of our time committed on one of the most famous women on the planet which will delve into...

2025 marks the 50th anniversary of one of the greatest movies ever made, director Steven Spielberg’s classic Jaws – and about a year ago, we heard that National Geographic, Amblin Documentaries, and Nedland Media were teaming up to celebrate the anniversary with the documentary Jaws @ 50. Now, a trailer has been released for Jaws @ 50, which is set to begin streaming on Disney+ and Hulu as of July 11th. Check it out in the embed above!

The documentary focuses on the tumultuous production of the film as well as the writing of the original novel by Peter Benchley. Laurent Bouzereau, who directed Faye (a documentary about Faye Dunaway) and wrote the book Spielberg: The First Ten Years, directed Jaws @ 50. Bouzereau is also working on a documentary about composer John Williams.

Jaws @ 50 will include footage and photography from the Benchley and Spielberg archives, and will also...

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, “Jaws” is circling the boat yet again. In honor of the legendary blockbuster’s 50th anniversary, National Geographic is premiering “Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story” in July. From “Faye” and “Music by John Williams” filmmaker Laurent Bouzereau, the documentary will explore the notoriously troubled shoot, its groundbreaking release, and the ripple effects the movie had on the industry and beach culture.

“Jaws @ 50” will air at 9 p.m. Et on July 10 on National Geographic and then stream the next day on Disney+ and Hulu. Spielberg, along with production designer Joe Alves, actors Jonathan Filley, Lorriane Gary, Carl Gottieb, Jeffrey Kramer, Jeffrey Voorhees, and composer John Williams are all interviewed. The documentary will also feature insight from high-profile fans and filmmakers, including Jordan Peele, Steven Soderbergh, James Cameron, Cameron Crowe, Emily Blunt, Greg Nicotero, J.J. Abrams, George Lucas,...

Photo Credit: National Geographic Before National Geographic’s Sharkfest became an annual event, there was one film that redefined our understanding of sharks and cinematic storytelling: Jaws. This summer, as we celebrate the enduring legacy of the movie that ignited our fascination with the ocean’s most iconic predator, National Geographic is taking us on an unprecedented journey behind the scenes with Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story. Directed by the acclaimed Laurent Bouzereau (known for Faye and Music by John Williams), this 90-minute documentary promises the ultimate deep dive. From Peter Benchley’s smash novel to the revolutionary film phenomenon, Jaws @ 50 explores how the movie still influences pop culture, affects cinema, and even impacts shark preservation initiatives to this day. While you might believe you know all there is to know about Jaws, be ready to learn a totally fresh perspective. This definitive account, a collaboration between Steven Spielberg...

National Geographic goes behind the scenes of Steven Spielberg’s Jaws for the film’s 50th anniversary with the documentary Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story. Nat Geo credits the iconic film with launching its annual sharkfest, and with the celebratory documentary, fans of sharks and all things Jaws will be privy to brand-new details.

Shot on a $9-12 million-ish budget and released in June 1975, the PG-rated horror thriller is credited with being the first summer blockbuster. The 90-minute documentary, directed by Laurent Bouzereau, premieres on July 10, 2025 at 9pm Et/Pt on National Geographic and streams the next day on Disney+ and Hulu.

The 50th anniversary documentary features interviews with Steven Spielberg, Joe Alves (production designer), Jonathan Filley (Cassidy), Lorraine Gary (Ellen Brody), Carl Gottlieb, Jeffrey Kramer (Hendricks), Ian Shaw, Jeffrey Voorhees (Alex Kintner), and composer John Williams. Jaws fans J.J. Abrams, Emily Blunt, James Cameron, Cameron Crowe, George Lucas,...

Steven Spielberg's iconic creature feature Jaws premiered on June 20, 1975. Ahead of its 50th anniversary next month, National Geographic has announced a documentary on the behind-the-scenes production of the iconic films.

Since its release in 1975, Jaws has completely changed cinema and creature features. Ahead of its golden anniversary, the feature will be covered in the Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story documentary, which has been created with the critically acclaimed director's participation and blessing. Produced by Spielberg's own Amblin Documentaries and Nedland Films, ScreenRant officially unveiled the first trailer and revealed the 90-minute documentary Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story premieres on July 10 on National Geographic, and is set to stream on Disney+ and Hulu the next day, on July 11.

The documentary Jaws @ 50 is directed by Laurent Bouzereau and also includes interviews with Steven Spielberg himself, who says in the trailer, "To me, making Jaws was a life-altering experience.

National Geographic’s Sharkfest wouldn’t exist without the film that changed cinema—and our relationship with sharks—forever: “Jaws.” This summer, in tribute to the movie that sparked a lasting fascination with the ocean’s most misunderstood predator, National Geographic goes behind the scenes of the legendary blockbuster with Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Laurent Bouzereau, the 90-minute documentary takes viewers on the ultimate deep dive, from Peter Benchley’s bestselling novel to the cinematic phenomenon that is “Jaws” and how the film continues to ripple through pop culture, cinema and shark conservation to this day. You may think you know the full story of “Jaws”—but not until now.

Jaws @ 50 hails from Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Documentaries and Nedland Films, in partnership with Wendy Benchley and Laura Bowling, and is this summer’s only authorized documentary on the making of “Jaws,” with...

This summer, in tribute to the movie that sparked a lasting fascination with the ocean’s most misunderstood predator, National Geographic goes behind the scenes of the legendary blockbuster with Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story.

Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Laurent Bouzereau, the 90-minute documentary takes viewers on an in-depth exploration, from Peter Benchley’s bestselling novel to the cinematic phenomenon that is Jaws, and how the film continues to resonate through pop culture, cinema, and shark conservation to this day. You may think you know the full story of Jaws—but not until now.

Jaws @ 50 hails from Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Documentaries and Nedland Films, in partnership with Wendy Benchley and Laura Bowling, and is this summer’s only authorized documentary on the making of Jaws, with the award-winning director himself diving back into the story that launched his career and earned him final cut on the film, a...

Just in time for the film’s golden anniversary, National Geographic has announced Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story, a 90-minute documentary offering the most comprehensive behind-the-scenes account of Jaws ever produced. ScreenRant is proud to exclusively debut the trailer, poster, and official release date. The film premieres July 10 on National Geographic and streams July 11 on Disney+ and Hulu.

Directed by Laurent Bouzereau, Jaws @ 50 is the only authorized documentary tied to the film’s 50th anniversary. With Steven Spielberg’s full participation and blessing, the film is produced by Spielberg's own Amblin Documentaries and Nedland Films, alongside Wendy Benchley (wife of Jaws author Peter Benchley) and Laura Bowling.

Nat Geo's Jaws documentary includes newly recorded reflections from Spielberg who opens up about the infamously difficult shoot that nearly derailed his career - from battling malfunctioning mechanical sharks and harsh weather to suffering post-production Ptsd. The film includes never-before-seen...

Jeannot Szwarc, the French filmmaker best known as the director of the science fiction romantic drama “Somewhere in Time” (1980), “Jaws 2” (1978) and “Supergirl” (1984), died Thursday. He was 85.

His death was announced by actress Jane Seymour, who co-starred with Christopher Reeve in “Somewhere in Time.” On Instagram, Seymour wrote, “Today, we say goodbye to a true visionary. Jeannot Szwarc was not just a brilliant director but a kind and generous soul. He gifted us many timeless stories, including ‘Somewhere in Time,’ a film that changed my life forever. May his memory be a blessing, and may his artistry live on in our hearts.”

Among Szwarc’s other feature films are the Michael Crichton thriller “Extreme Close-Up” (1973), “Santa Claus: The Movie” (1985) and the 1996 family film “Hercule et Sherlock.”

He also had a long and prolific career directing for American television, beginning in the 1960s with episodes of “Ironside” and “It Takes a Thief.

Jeannot Szwarc, the French director known for Jaws 2, Supergirl and The Rockford Files, has died. He was 85.

Jane Seymour, who starred alongside the late Christopher Reeve in Szwarc’s 1980 film Somewhere in Time, announced the director’s death Wednesday with a heartfelt statement on social media.

“Today, we say goodbye to a true visionary,” she wrote on Instagram. “Jeannot Szwarc was not just a brilliant director but a kind and generous soul. He gifted us many timeless stories, including Somewhere in Time, a film that changed my life forever. May his memory be a blessing, and may his artistry live on in our hearts.”

Producer Jeffrey Kramer, who worked with Szwarc on several titles over the years, wrote on Instagram, “Rip my dear Jeannot Szwarc One of the finest most talented souls I was privileged to know!”

Born Nov. 21, 1939 in Paris, Szwarc graduated from Harvard University before he began...

Jeannot Szwarc, the French filmmaker known for directing “Jaws 2,” “Somewhere in Time” and “Supergirl,” died Wednesday. He was 85.

Jane Seymour, who played Elise McKenna in Szwarc’s 1980 film, “Somewhere in Time,” confirmed the news.

“Today, we say goodbye to a true visionary. Jeannot Szwarc was not just a brilliant director but a kind and generous soul. He gifted us many timeless stories, including Somewhere in Time, a film that changed my life forever. May his memory be a blessing, and may his artistry live on in our hearts,” Seymour wrote in a Facebook post.

Szwarc was born November 21, 1939, in Paris and grew up in Argentina. He graduated from Harvard University with a master’s degree in political science. Szwarc worked in both film and televison, including directing shows like “Rockford Files,” “Columbo,” “The New Perry Mason” and “Kojak” in the 1970s.

He directed the 1973 feature film, “Extreme Close-Up,” 1984’s “Supergirl” and the 1975 film “Bug.

Sequels are often the source of major excitement because of the prospect of getting more of an amazing set of characters or an immersive world. However, the same prospect can lead to skepticism, because sequels often have the potential to disappoint viewers by trying to recreate the magic of the original to no avail. The most disappointing movie sequels of the 2010s all have this issue of lacking the depth of the original film, blatantly trying to ride the success of the first movie without being creative or original.

Even trying to be different can have its drawbacks, as demonstrated by the bad movie sequels that missed the point of the original film. The potential of more entertaining stories in a beloved world with an equally beloved group of characters often puts a lot of pressure on a sequel. This is why so many sequels have failed to live up to the hype surrounding them.

After taking a look back at House II: The Second Story (a favorite of mine since childhood), House of 1000 Corpses (which celebrated its 20th anniversary last year), the awesomeness of Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight, the leg smashing in the Stephen King adaptation Misery, three separate moments from John Carpenter’s Big Trouble in Little China, the “Jason vs. Tina” battle in Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, the “all hell breaks loose” sequence from the start of Zack Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead remake, the opening sequence of Pitch Black, the “Burn” scene from The Crow (which not only turns 30 this year, but is also getting a new adaptation), the farmhouse raid and ending chase sequences in High Tension, and the climactic moments in the 1989 creature feature comedy Little Monsters, JoBlo’s own Lance Vlcek is continuing his The Best Scene video series...

While it can be difficult for horror sequels to live up to the legacy of the original, many were better than expected in hindsight. Jaws 2 was the perfect example of a great horror movie whose reputation was tarnished by the iconic nature of the original. Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice captured the eerie essence of it's source material and deserved to be reappraised by modern audiences.

Horror sequels have always been notoriously difficult to get right, but looking back on some sequels years later, Im often shocked by how well some of them hold up. Despite certain franchises being criticized for continuing indefinitely, when I took the time to truly look at individual entries and considered them on their own merits alone, I was consistently surprised by how many hidden gems were way better than I remembered. Certain sequels get a bad reputation that, in hindsight,...

Susan Backlinie, best known for her role in the widely celebrated movie Jaws, has passed away. She was 77 years old.

Per The Daily Jaws, Backlinie's death was confirmed by her convention agent, Matthew Templeton. Reportedly, Backlinie died at her Ventura, California home early on Saturday morning; she'd been living on a houseboat with her husband, Harvey. A statement from Templeton noted, "It is with heartfelt regret to confirm our beloved Susan passed away this morning. We would like to thank everyone for their condolences at this time. Please respect the familys privacy during this difficult time.

Sad News: We are deeply saddened to share the news that #Jaws star Susan Backlinie aka Chrissie Watkins passed away earlier today, aged 77.R.I.P. Susan. We'll miss you #SheWasTheFirst pic.twitter.com/P67Dg16dLd The Daily Jaws (@thedailyjaws) May 11, 2024

Jaws actor Jeffrey Kramer added, "Susan was a kind, soul and loving...

Some movies from our childhood fail to live up to the size of their memory, but rarely, we rediscover an old movie we always knew was ugly and find it still ugly but also shocking or revelatory. Santa Claus: The Movie is one such secretly subtextual movie. The first act is sort of incredible, with ‘80s movie magic, including matte paintings of the North Pole, massive sets for the castle-like home of the elves, and reindeer puppets that still hold up to today’s effects. Acts two and three turn into a story about one of the elves who runs away, and it becomes Dudley Moore: The Movie.

Santa Claus Release Date October 29, 1985 Director Jeannot Szwarc Cast Dudley Moore , John Lithgow , David Huddleston , Burgess Meredith , Judy Cornwell , Jeffrey Kramer Rating PG Runtime 107 Main Genre Adventure See More-->

Watching Santa Claus: The Movie as an adult, you see a different movie.

"This year he Really Is coming to town!" Studiocanal UK has revealed a new trailer for Santa Claus: The Movie, to promote their 4K re-release. "We're delighted to announce that a magical new 4k restoration of the perennial Christmas Classic, Santa Claus: The Movie, from director Jeannot Szwarc will return to cinemas this festive period" starting in late November. The film originally opened in 1985 for the holidays and became a favorite worldwide, though more commonly in the UK than the US. It's not the same as The Santa Clause with Tim Allen, or many of the other animated classics. Santa Claus: The Movie stars David Huddleston as Santa, Dudley Moore, John Lithgow, Judy Cornwell, Jeffrey Kramer, and many others. The legend of Santa Claus is put in jeopardy when an unscrupulous toy manufacturer attempts to take over Christmas. This is definitely a good one to catch up with and show...

A new episode of the Real Slashers video series has just been released, and with this one we’re looking back at one of the more popular installments in the franchise that shares its name with our favorite holiday, Halloween. The movie is 1981’s Halloween II (watch it Here), and to hear all about it, check out the video embedded above!

Directed by Rick Rosenthal from a screenplay by John Carpenter and Debra Hill, Halloween II has the following synopsis: John Carpenter’s Halloween scared the living daylights out of 25 million people and set a precedent in smashing box-office records for a horror film. And now, prepare yourself to go one step further as the nightmare continues in Halloween II. Picking up precisely where its predecessor left off, Halloween II follows the same ill-fated characters as they encounter the knife-wielding terror they left for dead in the first Halloween. But...

"When police raid a house in El Paso, they find it full of dead Latinos, and only one survivor. He’s known as The Traveler, and when they take him to the station for questioning he tells them those lands are full of magic and talks about the horrors he’s encountered in his long time on this earth, about portals to other worlds, mythical creatures, demons and the undead. Stories about Latin American legends."

Directed by: Mike Mendez, Demián Rugna, Eduardo Sánchez, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Alejandro Brugués Written by: Alejandro Mendez, Demián Rugna, Pete Barnstrom, Lino K. Villa, Shadan Saul, Raynor Shima Produced by: Patrick Ewald, Mike Mendez, Alejandro Brugués Starring: Efren Ramirez, Greg Grunberg, Hemky Madera, Jonah Ray Rodrigues, Patricia Velásquez, Jacob Vargas, Ari Gallegos, Demian Salomon, Christian Rodrigo, Michael C. Williams Distributor: Dread Tickets: satanichispanicsfilm.com

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Screambox August Streaming Line-Up Includes Robodoc, Who Done It,...

Screambox has revealed the new films that are joining the horror streaming service in August, including the epic must-see series RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop, Tobe Hooper’s iconic slasher The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a look back at the classic 1985 Clue in Who Done It: The Clue Documentary, sci-fi horror at its best with Subject, the crazy fun sci-fi horror comedy The Ghastly Brothers, and much more!

Speaking o Ghastly Brothers, it is streaming exclusively on Screambox today! The Dutch supernatural comedy harkens back to such gateway horrors as Ghostbusters, Beetlejuice, and Goosebumps.

Screambox Exclusive Who Done It: The Clue Documentary is a movie about the movie about the board game! Clue cast and crew members including Colleen Camp, Michael McKean, Lesley Ann Warren, Lee Ving, Jeffrey Kramer, and Jonathan Lynn discuss the making and legacy of the 1985 cult classic. Joining Screambox on August 8.

A prisoner is ensnared in...

2023 marks the 45th anniversary of the release of Jaws 2 (watch it Here), the most well-regarded of the Jaws sequels – and Universal is celebrating the occasion by giving the film a 4K Uhd release! The Jaws 2 4K Uhd will be available on July 4th, which seems like a fitting date since the first Jaws is a Fourth of July classic. Copies can be pre-ordered at This Link.

Directed by Jeannot Szwarc from a screenplay written by Carl Gottlieb and Howard Sackler, Jaws 2 has the following synopsis: It’s been four years since that marauding great white shark terrorized the small summer resort of Amity; but the shark that Police Chief Brody destroyed wasn’t the only one in the ocean! The same heart-stopping suspense and gripping adventure that enthralled movie audiences throughout the world in Jaws returns in this worthy sequel to that film classic.

The film stars Roy Scheider,...

2023 marks the 45th anniversary of the release of Jaws 2 (watch it Here), the most well-regarded of the Jaws sequels. So it seems quite appropriate that a cool Jaws 2 discovery had been made this year: The Daily Jaws has found a long-lost scene from the film, and the only known footage of this scene comes from a Brazilian VHS! This leads me to believe that the scene was probably always included in the Brazilian home video release of Jaws 2, but that’s not completely clear from the report on The Daily Jaws.

What we do know is that Jaws 2 begins with a pair of divers being attacked by a shark while checking out the sunken wreckage of the Orca boat from the first movie. Later in the film, Deputy Hendricks (Jeffrey Kramer) is shown to have retrieved the underwater camera that was dropped by the divers. In this lost footage,...

Last year, Fright Rags got their “Stop the Killer” series of board games started with a board game inspired by the 1984 killer Santa classic Silent Night, Deadly Night (watch it Here). That was followed by a board game inspired by another classic slasher, the 1981 film My Bloody Valentine (watch it Here). And now Fright Rags has announced that they’ll be staying in 1981 for their third “film to board game” Stop the Killer project, which will be based on Halloween II (watch that Here)!

Details on the Halloween II board game are being kept under wraps for now. All Fright Rags has revealed is the cover art, which can be seen at the bottom of this article. But it’s probably safe to assume that the Halloween II game will be along the same lines as the other two games in the Stop the Killer series, which were created with...

We had a video series here at JoBlo and Arrow in the Head called Where It Was Made a while back. Hosted and directed by Ryan Cultrera, the show was all about “revisiting the actual filming locations for some of the most popular films ever made and seeing how they’re holding up today, all while examining just how these locations were used in the finished film.” The premiere episode, released in 2015, gave a tour of the locations used for filming the 1978 classic Halloween. This Halloween, Where It Was Made is making its triumphant return in the most appropriate way possible: with an episode that gives a tour of the locations that were used for filming the 1981 sequel Halloween II (watch it Here)! You can watch this new episode of Where It Was Made in the embed above.

Directed by Rick Rosenthal from a screenplay by John Carpenter and Debra Hill,...

Jaws Review — Jaws (1975) Film Review, a movie directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Carl Gottlieb and Peter Benchley and starring Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Carl Gottlieb, Jeffrey Kramer, Susan Backlinie, Chris Rebello, Lee Fierro, Robert Nevin and Peter Benchley. Steven Spielberg’s classic 1975 killer shark movie, Jaws, [...]

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Exclusive: Sweet Magnolias showrunner Sheryl J. Anderson and writer Caron Tschampion have teamed up with author Kristy Woodson Harvey to adapt the latter’s Peachtree Bluff novel series for NBC.

The network has put the TV adaptation into development with Ally McBeal co-exec producer Jeffrey Kramer and Jenna Nicholson exec producing.

The one-hour drama is centered around Ansley Murphy, who when her three adult daughters run to her in their charming seaside hometown of Peachtree Bluff, Ga., trying to escape problems that are shattering their personal lives, she’s delighted to help, until their presence exposes a secret that has the potential to tear them apart and reshape their very definition of what it means to be a family.

Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, is producing.

Woodson Harvey and Tschampion will write and co-exec produce with Anderson as writer and exec producer. Kramer will exec produce via...

The CW has put in development American Fighter, a drama from writer Tory Walker (I Am Elizabeth Smart), Jeffrey Kramer’s Juniper Place Productions and CBS Television Studios, where Juniper Place is under a deal.

Written by Walker, American Fighter revolves around JoJo Raines, who has a dead end life in a dead end town, hanging out with her friends because there’s nothing else to do and venting her frustrations with her fists in stupid fights of her own making. Until she gets into it with the wrong people and is assigned community service at the veteran’s rehabilitation hospital. There she meets a wounded warrior who teaches her how to hone her aggression in the form of Mma fighting. Through her training, she begins to find a sense of purpose and even a possible future, as long as the rest of the problems in her life, and her own self-destructive behavior,...

The CW is getting into the mixed martial arts ring.

Variety has learned that the broadcaster is developing a one-hour drama about a young woman who begins training in Mma. Titled “American Fighter,” the series follows JoJo Raines, who has a dead end life in a dead end town, hanging out with her friends because there’s nothing else to do and venting her frustrations with her fists in fights of her own making.

That is until she gets into it with the wrong people and is assigned community service at the veteran’s rehabilitation hospital. There she meets a wounded vet who teaches her how to hone her aggression in the form of Mma fighting. Through her training, she begins to find a sense of purpose and even a possible future, as long as the rest of the problems in her life, and her own self-destructive behavior, don’t take her down first.

Exclusive: CBS Television Studios has acquired the rights to I’m Dying Up Here author William Knoedelseder’s bestselling Bitter Brew about the dynastic but dysfunctional Busch brewing family, to develop as an epic American family drama series. It’s being eyed for cable/streaming services.

CBS TV Studios has secured the property for Emmy-winning producer Jeffrey Kramer under his overall deal with the studio. Kramer will serve as executive producer and Jenna Nicholson as producer for his Juniper Place Productions.

Bitter Brew: The Rise and Fall of Anheuser-Busch and America’s Kings of Beer, is a New York Times bestseller that chronicles the true story of one of the most colorful family dynasties in the history of American commerce. Over the course of five generations, the Busch family of St. Louis took a tiny, bankrupt neighborhood brewery and built it into a corporate colossus on...

CBS has put in development H-Town, a drama series from writer Samantha Corbin-Miller, Jeffrey Kramer’s Juniper Place Productions and CBS TV Studios.

Written by Corbin-Miller, H-Town is based on the Echo Media/Sphere Media Plus Canadian cop drama series 19-2. In the U.S. version, when two Houston detectives from opposing sides of a multi-generational family feud are paired as partners, they find themselves surprisingly drawn to each other even as they investigate a case that may have far-reaching ramifications for both their families.

An English-language 19-2 series aired on Canada’s Bravo and CTV for four seasons, from 2014-2017. It was nominated for 37 Canadian Screen Awards, winning 5, including Best Dramatic Series, and also was nominated for Best Drama Series International Emmy Award. (You can watch a trailer below). That series was based on a French-language Canadian police drama of the same name. Both versions...

Overall and first-look deals still drive the television business.

Although some mega-producers have moved to the streaming world, including Ryan Murphy and Shonda Rhimes at Netflix, the overwhelming majority of pacts are still at the studio and linear network level. These deals help lock in show services, as well as keep the development pipeline flowing.

Here is a snapshot at most of the deals currently in place across Hollywood, as of mid-May.

A+E Studios

Appletree Pictures

Ross Fineman

Sarah Gertrude Shapiro

Thruline (Ron West/Chris Henze/Jb Roberts)

ABC Studios

Eli Attie

Alec Baldwin/Mallory Schwartz El Dorado Pictures

Kenya Barris Khalabo Ink Society

Julie Bean

Kevin Biegel

Sherry Bilsing-Graham/Ellen Kreamer

Bluegrass Fanfare

Chris Brancato Churchill Road Prods.

Jeremy Bronson

Danny Chun

Adam Ciralsky

Eliza Coupe

Liz Craft/Sarah Fain

Carlton Cuse

Paul Davies

Viola Davis/Kaylon Hunt JuVee Prods.

Tim Doyle

Dan Dworkin/Jay Beattie

Randall Einhorn...

A Colorado mail carrier recently delivered something super special to a struggling dog on his route: quality of life.

Jeff Kramer from Boulder, Colorado, built Tashi the 14-year-old black Lab a ramp so he can easily get in and out of his house.

The pair met a few years ago, according to the Daily Camera, though things were a bit different then.

“As fast as he could — which was not very fast — he ran up to me tail wagging, first day I met him,” Kramer recalled. “He’s just a really friendly dog. And I am a dog person, and they can tell.

By Todd Garbarini

Directors Joe Dante (1984’s Gremlins) and Allan Arkush (1979’s Rock ‘n’ Roll High School) cut their teeth in Hollywood putting together trailers for Roger Corman films in the early 1970s and got the idea to make their own film by piecing together stock footage from other Corman pics and shooting a story around the clips. Armed with $55,000 from Mr. Corman, Hollywood Boulevard is the result. Released in 1976 on a smattering of screens, Hollywood Boulevard is a charming and entertaining send-up of Hollywood filmmaking which stars the incomparable (and sadly, the late) Candice Rialson as Candy Wednesday, a fresh-off-the-bus naïve blonde who, at the ripe old age of twenty-four, wants to be an actress and walks straight into the office of agent Walter Paisley (Dick Miller). His advice to just go out and walk the streets and be seen is taken quite literally, and she finds herself suckered...

11 Drive-in Movie Movies (in alphabetical order):

Blue Thunder (1983) One key sequence in this thriller about a high-tech urban surveillance helicopter is staged (during the daylight hours) at the Pickwick Drive-in in Burbank, California, which was razed in 1990. The Pickwick, due to its proximity to the local movie studios, hosted many movie premieres, most famously that of Blazing Saddles in 1974, for which everyone in attendance was on horseback.

Brokeback Mountain (2005) In one scene after his return from Brokeback Mountain, Ennis (Heath Ledger) takes his wife Alma (Michelle Williams) on a date to a drive-in movie theater, which is lovingly (if briefly) recreated in the film. And it’s a very effective moment of movie magic too—the scene wasn’t filmed at a drive-in at all, but instead a converted softball field in Alberta, Canada.

Cars (2006) During the end credits, the cars are shown at the drive-in cinema enjoying parodies...

With his new film Tusk currently playing in theaters, director Kevin Smith recently spoke with the Wall Street Journal, where he laid out a pitch for Steven Spielberg to direct another Jaws movie.

Kevin Smith is actually directing an homage to Jaws, of sorts, currently titled Moose Jaws, which replaces a man-eating shark with a moose, which he wants to make as close as he can to the original Jaws, "without getting sued by Universal." That topic got the director thinking of the original Jaws, one of his favorite movies, and how much he would like to see Steven Spielberg direct another sequel. Here's what the filmmaker had to say, when asked if he thinks the original will ever be rebooted.

"Yeah ... just probably not while Mr. Spielberg's around. But sooner or later, someone will be like, yeah, people are still afraid of sharks, right? And probably get to it.

CBS has put in development Doc Ford, a drama project based on Randy Wayne White’s book series. Chris Gerolmo (Mississippi Burning, The Bridge) is writing the adaptation, about a retired Nsa agent-turned-marine biologist who gets justice for those in need on the Gulf Coast of southern Florida. Gerolmo and Jeffrey Kramer are executive producing for CBS TV Studios, and Rick Rosenthal is supervising producer. Gerolmo, who also created the FX Iraq war series Over There, is repped by ICM Partners, as is White. The Doc Ford book series consists of 20 novels, starting with 1990′s Sanibel Flats. The most recent, Night Moves, was published last year.

Comedy writers Andy Bobrow, co-exec producer on NBC’s Community, and Kristin Holloway have sold a pitch to ABC through Sony Pictures TV and Will Gluck’s studio-based Olive Bridge banner. The single-camera Permanent Vacation is about a group of middle-of-the-road misfits in a mediocre bar on an average resort in the middle of a lake in the middle of America. Bobrow, who has an overall deal with Sony TV, executive produces alongside Olive Bridge’s Gluck and Richie Schwartz. Holloway co-exec produces. Bobrow is repped by UTA and Hansen Jacobson; Gluck is with UTA and Sloane Offer. Michael Saltzman, who spent the past two seasons on AMC’s Mad Men, is returning to his comedy roots with a half-hour sale at Fox through CBS TV Studios and Jeffrey Kramer’s Juniper Place Prods. Kramer and Saltzman will exec produce the project, about a successful executive who returns home to...

Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Charles Cyphers, Lance Guest, Jeffrey Kramer, Pamela Susan Shoop, Dick Warlock, Leo Rossi | Written by John Carpenter, Debra Hill | Directed by Rick Rosenthal

I wonder what John Carpenter was initially thinking when he ended his career making an undeniably genre defining film, Halloween. When he was writing his screenplay (a brilliant one, at that) with Debra Hill, did he stop and think that A) He was a huge fan of nihilistic endings and what a terrifying feeling it would be for audiences to go home, no doubt the sprawling suburbs featured in his film, or B) He knew deep down that it was sequel bait and by making the film he would go on to make the single, highest grossing independent film of all time. If I was a betting man, and I’m not, I’d still choose A. It was a stamp,...

On Tuesday afternoon, Lin Furlong of Denver, Colo., received a troubling call from her stepdaughter, Raven, 17, who'd been missing since Feb. 5. "Raven said she was safe, but that she was calling from someone else's phone and couldn't stay on the line and had to go," Lin Furlong tells People. "I was relieved to hear her voice, but I'm terrified for her. She sounded scared and not like herself at all." Raven had been using the modeling website Model Mayhem - a networking site for models and photographers - and her family believes her disappearance may have been linked to a...

Colorado police said a recent online escort ad, featuring a photo of Kara Nichols, was not placed by the 19-year-old aspiring model who disappeared nearly seven weeks ago.

"Our investigators became aware of that posting and followed up on that lead. They were able to determine that someone else had used the photos of Kara for their own ads. Kara was not involved in posting the ads or with those folks. Someone simply grabbed those photos online and used them for their own purposes," El Paso County Sheriff's Office Lt. Jeff Kramer told The Huffington Post.

The picture was recently discovered by police on a Las Vegas-based escort website. Other sites ran stories suggesting Nichols could be working as a prostitute.

"Is missing teen Kara Nichols a prostitute in Las Vegas?" asked Gather. While Examiner reported: "Missing Colorado teen Kara Nichols has resurfaced in Las Vegas, apparently, as a prostitute.

Prolific producer Carol Mendelsohn has made her third sale of development season. The CSI: Crime Scene Investigation showrunner is adapting Kate Braestrup's novel Here If You Need Me, which has received a script commitment from CBS. Here is described as a drama about a female state trooper whose husband is killed. As a way to cope, she takes over his life and finds spirituality in the process. Jury Duty and Richie Rich scribe Neil Tolkin is on board to adapt the 2008 novel with Mendelsohn and her Mendelsohn Productions' exec Julie Weitz and The Practice producer Jeffrey Kramer. Jody Hotchkiss

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