Jaws 3’s Original Horror Concept Was Genius (& Why Spielberg Turned It Down)
While not as colorful a setting as SeaWorld, this take on Jaws 3 – which could make for a good reboot concept – could have retained the horror roots of the series while retaining the spirit of the first two entries. It appears the manmade lake concept originated with a writer named Guerdon Trueblood – who based it on the New Jersey attacks that inspired the original Jaws novel – with I Am Legend author Richard Matheson developing it further. Sadly, the studio preferred the SeaWorld concept and forced Matheson to include elements like the Brody children and they also pitched having the shark be the same one from Jaws 2 – despite its clear demise from biting an electrical cable in that entry’s finale.
Matheson eventually exited from Jaws 3 and was vocally displeased with the heavily rewritten end product. While it’s known that Steven Spielberg rejected Jaws 2, it’s less well-known he was offered Jaws 3D – which features the infamous 3D glass smash – also. He confirmed as much in a 2011 AICN interview, stating he turned down both the second movie and “… Jaws 3. I was done.” He elaborated that he never wanted to go back on the sea following the production of the first movie, and that “I would have absolutely jumped at the chance to own the sequel because I knew that when I was walking away from the sequel I was walking away from a huge piece of my life that I had helped to create, but it wasn’t a hard decision to walk away from it. I just could not imagine going back out to the ocean and sitting in a boat for 9 months.” It’s unclear which take on Jaws 3 he was offered, but it feels like the studio would have preferred he take on one of the horror-focused pitches.
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Jaws 3’s Original Horror Concept Was Genius (& Why Spielberg Turned It Down)
While not as colorful a setting as SeaWorld, this take on Jaws 3 – which could make for a good reboot concept – could have retained the horror roots of the series while retaining the spirit of the first two entries. It appears the manmade lake concept originated with a writer named Guerdon Trueblood – who based it on the New Jersey attacks that inspired the original Jaws novel – with I Am Legend author Richard Matheson developing it further. Sadly, the studio preferred the SeaWorld concept and forced Matheson to include elements like the Brody children and they also pitched having the shark be the same one from Jaws 2 – despite its clear demise from biting an electrical cable in that entry’s finale.
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Matheson eventually exited from Jaws 3 and was vocally displeased with the heavily rewritten end product. While it’s known that Steven Spielberg rejected Jaws 2, it’s less well-known he was offered Jaws 3D – which features the infamous 3D glass smash – also. He confirmed as much in a 2011 AICN interview, stating he turned down both the second movie and “… Jaws 3. I was done.” He elaborated that he never wanted to go back on the sea following the production of the first movie, and that “I would have absolutely jumped at the chance to own the sequel because I knew that when I was walking away from the sequel I was walking away from a huge piece of my life that I had helped to create, but it wasn’t a hard decision to walk away from it. I just could not imagine going back out to the ocean and sitting in a boat for 9 months.” It’s unclear which take on Jaws 3 he was offered, but it feels like the studio would have preferred he take on one of the horror-focused pitches.
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Jaws 3’s Original Horror Concept Was Genius (& Why Spielberg Turned It Down)
While not as colorful a setting as SeaWorld, this take on Jaws 3 – which could make for a good reboot concept – could have retained the horror roots of the series while retaining the spirit of the first two entries. It appears the manmade lake concept originated with a writer named Guerdon Trueblood – who based it on the New Jersey attacks that inspired the original Jaws novel – with I Am Legend author Richard Matheson developing it further. Sadly, the studio preferred the SeaWorld concept and forced Matheson to include elements like the Brody children and they also pitched having the shark be the same one from Jaws 2 – despite its clear demise from biting an electrical cable in that entry’s finale.
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Matheson eventually exited from Jaws 3 and was vocally displeased with the heavily rewritten end product. While it’s known that Steven Spielberg rejected Jaws 2, it’s less well-known he was offered Jaws 3D – which features the infamous 3D glass smash – also. He confirmed as much in a 2011 AICN interview, stating he turned down both the second movie and “… Jaws 3. I was done.” He elaborated that he never wanted to go back on the sea following the production of the first movie, and that “I would have absolutely jumped at the chance to own the sequel because I knew that when I was walking away from the sequel I was walking away from a huge piece of my life that I had helped to create, but it wasn’t a hard decision to walk away from it. I just could not imagine going back out to the ocean and sitting in a boat for 9 months.” It’s unclear which take on Jaws 3 he was offered, but it feels like the studio would have preferred he take on one of the horror-focused pitches.
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