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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...