Overview

• Universal is staging a one-week rerelease of Jaws in U.S. theaters beginning August 29 to coincide with the end of summer swimming season.
• Peacock will stream all four installments from June 15 and NBC will air the original on June 20 with a special introduction by Spielberg.
• The documentary JAWS @50: The Definitive Inside Story, produced by Amblin Documentaries with Wendy Benchley, premieres July 10 on National Geographic and later streams on Disney+ and Hulu.
• Martha’s Vineyard is organizing fan events and special screenings that revisit on-location anecdotes and spotlight the film’s local cultural impact.
• Despite repeated mechanical shark failures during production, Spielberg’s innovative direction and John Williams’s suspenseful score propelled Jaws into Hollywood’s first modern summer blockbuster and fueled decades of shark research.