The summer of 1916 was a terrifying season for the coastal communities of New Jersey. Over the course of twelve days, a series of brutal shark attacks left four people dead and one seriously injured.
The Conversation: America’s obsession with sharks started long before Shark Week
American servicemen became so squeamish about the specter of being eaten during long oceanic campaigns that U.S. Army and Navy intelligence operations engaged in a publicity campaign to combat fear of sharks.
New documentary explores life and work of shark pioneer Valerie Taylor
Stephanie Gardner, UNSW Review: Playing with Sharks: The Valerie Taylor Story, directed by Sally Aitken A new documentary Playing with Sharks: The Valerie Taylor Story shines a light on Valerie Taylor AM, a pioneering ocean explorer. With flashbacks, interviews and expert commentary it reveals her extraordinary underwater life and transition from champion spearfisher to passionate […]
How the ‘Jaws’ theme music managed to strike a chord
Since the movie release 45 years ago, composer John Williams’ iconic Jaws theme music has become sonic cultural shorthand to signal danger
Screen Australia funding Valerie Taylor documentary
The new documentary will reveal how Valerie Taylor defied gender expectations in her work, and dedicated her life to shark conservation.
Jaws film may get reboot with Spielberg at helm
Universal Pictures has begun initial development on a new installment of the Jaws film franchise.
New Jaws-themed board game coming soon
Ravensburger, known for its intricate 3D puzzles and other children’s games, unveiled plans during this year’s Toy Fair convention to release a new board game based on the Steven Spielberg classic shark-thriller, Jaws. The four-player strategy game pits three players who take on the roles of Quint, Brody, and Hooper, against the killer shark in two […]
How Jaws kicked off a 40-year love affair with sharks
When released in 1975, Jaws not only transformed the face of cinema, it would also change the way many of us perceived the ocean. We were exposed to a vengeful, human-eating, boat-destroying great white that although fictional, would end up haunting our relationship with sharks for decades to come. It would appear that the 40-year-old […]
The 15 worst shark-themed movies of all time
It seems that every media outlet since the invention of Gutenberg’s press has done a charticle on the greatest shark films ever made. This, of course, is lazy journalism. Spoiler alert: They all end with Jaws. And while there is plenty to debate among the rest of the best, it leaves out an entire subgenre […]
Jaws’ Dreyfus supports CGI overhaul for classic movie
Jaws without Bruce the shark? For those with a reverence for the classic Steven Spielberg shark thriller, the idea of replacing the practical effects model seems downright sacrilegious. Richard Dreyfuss, who played Dr. Matt Hooper in the 1975 blockbuster, would like to see the film updated for a modern audience by using the latest CGI […]