HOLLYWOOD – SpielBlog is a soup to nuts film by film rundown of Steven Spielberg’s film career by a world famous film critic. Jaws was shown on ITV 8 October 1981, its UK television premier. A Saturday. I was 9 years old. 23 million others watched it the same night. Almost half of the UK … Continue reading “SPIELBLOG: 3. JAWS”
AMITY – Jaws! That’s it. We’re going to need a bigger fact! Jaws. This was NO BOATING ACCIDENT! Get your facts together for one of the best films ever to be made about a shark eating a man who delivered the atom bomb they dropped on Hiroshima. FA—–ACT, FA——-ACT, FACT FACT FACT FACT (didder-derrr!) 1. … Continue reading “5 FACTS ABOUT JAWS”
HOLLYWOOD – Following his success rejuvenating one 70s blockbuster, JJ Abrams is turning his attention to Steven Spielberg’s Jaws. Hardly a day goes by without someone yelling: ‘where oh where is the Jaws prequel we’ve all wanted?’ Well, those souls can rest assured: JJ Abrams is on the case with his new film Amity. JJ … Continue reading “JJ ABRAMS WORKING ON JAWS PREQUEL”
HOLLYWOOD – Paramount have confirmed the long-awaited Jaws remake will hit cinemas in summer 2019. “We’ve got a killer script and we’re eager to start shooting,” said a studio spokesman. We’re taking a lot of inspiration from the original and the main characters are all essentially the same. We’re just going to set it in … Continue reading “JAWS REMAKE CONFIRMED FOR 2019”
HOLLYWOOD – Rumours are swirling on social media that Steven Spielberg is currently filming Jaws 19: Jaws in Space. An anonymous source at London’s Pinewood Studios called our office and gave us an exclusive insight into this mysterious movie. Below is an edited transcript of that conversation. Can you tell us who you are? Er, … Continue reading “IS SPIELBERG SECRETLY FILMING JAWS 19?”
Hidden Gems brings to light little known film gems which have somehow slipped through the collective cinematic consciousness. You’re welcome. This week Jaws. In Jaws, a sleepy seaside community is terrorized by kids karate chopping fences. Fortunately, a shark turns up. This little known revenge of nature drama sunk without trace when it was first released in … Continue reading “HIDDEN GEMS: 8. JAWS”
HOLLYWOOD – Following its recent 40 year anniversary, Steven Spielberg’s Jaws is to be remade with an interesting twist: telling the same story but entirely from the shark’s point of view. I, Jaws will be directed by Alfonso Cuarón and will be an exact retelling of the original film, set in the waters surrounding Amity … Continue reading “NEW JAWS MOVIE TO BE FROM SHARK’S POINT OF VIEW”
HOLLYWOOD – A school of great white sharks have been released into the oceans in a badly thought out attempt to mark the 40th anniversary of the release of Steven Spielberg’s Jaws. Forty years ago today, the most ominous four bar intro in cinema history broke the surface of the collective subconscious and Jaws has … Continue reading “GREAT WHITE SHARK ATTACKS TO MARK JAWS 40TH ANNIVERSARY”
HOLLYWOOD – I remember when Stevie Spielberg first came into my office with his script. It was called Amity then. I read it as he played pin ball, whooping and hollering and full of energy and vim. ‘Well?’ he asks. ‘I like it,’ I tell him. ‘The peaceful seaside community, the cop from New York, … Continue reading “ON SET: MAKING JAWS”
HOLLYWOOD – George Lucas came out today in a scathing attack on his ex-friend Steven Spielberg on the occasion of the release of Jaws on blu-ray. ‘I gave Steven notes on this and he ignored them all,’ said the genius behind The Phantom Menace and Howard the Duck. ‘This was an opportunity to improve a film with all sorts of CGI … Continue reading “JAWS BLU-RAY HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT, SAYS LUCAS”
HOLLYWOOD – Auteur extraordinaire Paul Thomas Anderson has signed on to direct Sharknado 7. Paul Thomas Anderson to direct the latest in the Sharknado series, provisionally entitled Sharknado 7. The news comes the day after Ben Wheatley announced he would direct The Meg 2. However, The Master director insisted this had nothing to do with … Continue reading “PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON TO DIRECT SHARKNADO 7”
HOLLYWOOD – Movie industrialist, Steven Spielberg has announced he is making a prequel to Hook. Spielberg will be making the Hook prequel right after shooting the fifth Indiana Jones film. The Studio Exec sat down to talk with the director. Steven, can you tell us about your next project? I’ve been looking at the numbers for … Continue reading “STEVEN SPIELBERG TO MAKE HOOK PREQUEL”
HOLLYWOOD – Dean Cain is to be cast again as Superman in the DCEU (DC Extended Universe) series of films. Former Lois and Clark star, Dean Cain will reprise his Superman role in the DCEU, according to a statement released jointly by DC Comics and Warner Bros. “Warner Bros and DC Comics are proud to … Continue reading “DEAN CAIN IS THE NEW SUPERMAN FOR THE DCEU”
HOLLYWOOD – Zara Young was the best thing in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and now she has her own film. You remember Zara Young from Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, right? She was the personal assistant to Claire, looking after the two kids, the Mitchell Brothers. She said, ‘Don’t just stand there!’ to the kids as … Continue reading “JURASSIC WORLD’S ZARA YOUNG TO GET SPIN OFF MOVIE”
