Jaws 3 would have been absolutely insane until Spielberg outright rejected it.
After the success of Shark and successor Jaws 2Universal wanted to release a third installment as quickly as possible. Richard Dreyfusswho had participated in the first film, should return to his side Bo DerekBut Steven Spielberg He didn’t like at all the crazy turn the project had taken.
The first surprise was the hiring of the producer Matty Simmonsto whom he ended up entrusting the screenplay John Hughes AND Todd Carroll. Everything seemed to be going well, so much so that Universal invested more than $2 million in pre-production work. However, a fateful call received by Simmons turned out to be the cinematic death sentence.
Ned Tannen [chefão da Universal na época] He called me. He said, ‘I have to cancel [Tubarão 3]’. He was furious, he wouldn’t tell me why. I later found out that Steven Spielberg went to the heads of the company and said, ‘If you make this movie, I will resign‘. He thought it humiliated him and belittled Jaws.”
This was the story that worried the director so much. Jurassic Park: The film opens with Jaws author Peter Benchley being eaten by a shark in his swimming pool. The film would have also recreated the beach bonfire party and the first shark attack, but in the script the teenagers are replaced by hard-partying Hollywood executives.
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