Richard Dreyfuss Says ‘Jaws’ Re-Release With CG Shark Upgrade Would Be “Huge” (1 Viewer)

[Tino]

“I think they should do it, it would be huge and it would open up the film to younger people,” Dreyfuss said when Deadline floated the idea. “Is that blasphemy? No, no, I don’t think so. The technology now could make the shark look as good as the rest of the movie.”

https://deadline.com/2018/10/richard-dreyfuss-jaws-re-release-cg-shark-1202475160/

 

[Tino]

 

[TravisR]

For me, the worst part of any modern day shark movie that I've seen is the CG.

 

[Radioman970]

what an idea! it would take 10 minutes to cut&paste on stuff from Deep BLue Sea!

 

[DVBRD]

This will never happen in a million years, or at least in Spielberg's lifetime.

You see, although Universal owns this movie outright and therefore can do anything they want with it, the studio would probably find it unwise to not do a Lucas-type revision of Jaws without Spielberg's approval. Spielberg would say no.

For you see, Spielberg did something similar with E.T. back in 2002. (You know, the version with walkie-talkies instead of guns?) Spielberg later regretted this revised version and has vowed never to do something similar again.

We can breathe easy...for now.

 

[Tino]

For me, the worst part of any modern day shark movie that I've seen is the CG.

I thought the shark in The Shallows was pretty convincing but otherwise I agree with you.

 

[Malcolm R]

I'd rather see a straight up remake, than simply updating the FX. Fixing the shark still leaves the rest of the film looking like a relic of the 70's. If they want to open it up to a wide audience of young people, they'd need to remake the film.

Either way, the original film would still exist for those that don't want the remake or improved FX.

But as Tino says, everyone in Hollywood seems to live in fear of pissing off Spielberg, so there's no chance of this until he's kicked it.

 

[MatthewA]

Let them finish Jaws 5-19 first. They're way behind.

 

[Jeff Adkins]

For me, the worst part of any modern day shark movie that I've seen is the CG.

The awful screenplay for The Meg was far worse than it's CG.

 

[Jonathan Perregaux]

...or recast the shark with a Shi Tzu who got grampa’s false teeth. The horror!

 

[Jake Lipson]

Fortunately, Spielberg already realized this is a bad idea after doing it to E.T. and is on record as regretting that, so he won't do it again.

 

[Malcolm R]

I thought the shark in The Shallows was pretty convincing but otherwise I agree with you.

 

[MatthewA]

I'd rather see a straight up remake, than simply updating the FX. Fixing the shark still leaves the rest of the film looking like a relic of the 70's. If they want to open it up to a wide audience of young people, they'd need to remake the film.

Either way, the original film would still exist for those that don't want the remake or improved FX.

But as Tino says, everyone in Hollywood seems to live in fear of pissing off Spielberg, so there's no chance of this until he's kicked it.

Even after he dies, Spielberg's estate, much like Stanley Kubrick's, will probably put all sorts of controls on how his works can and can't be used.

 

[Tino]

So are you agreeing or disagreeing?

 

[Malcolm R]

I liked your post, so it seems I agree, except for some actions during the finale when the shark is

Spoiler

chomping through steel like it's wet tissue paper, and swimming backward at times.

But I thought the shark looked very good.

 

[Malcolm R]

Even after he dies, Spielberg's estate, much like Stanley Kubrick's, will probably put all sorts of controls on how his works can and can't be used.

I don't believe Spielberg has any ownership of most of his films, including Jaws, so I don't think he can stipulate how they may be used/modified/remade.

The fact that Universal has not exploited this property is just a courtesy while they're still occasionally working with Spielberg to keep him happy. Once he's dead or retired, they'll do what they want.

 

[JimmyO]

Maybe they could convince Senor Spielbergo to do it.

 

[Colin Jacobson]

...or recast the shark with a Shitzu who got grampa’s false teeth. The horror!

When I was a kid in the 70s, I made Super 8 parodies of movies, and I made one called "Chomps" that cast our Shih Tzu as the shark!

 

[Traveling Matt]

Fixing the shark still leaves the rest of the film looking like a relic of the 70's.