Why Didn't Spielberg Direct Jaws 2?
Brown Said That Spielberg Did Not Want to Direct the Sequel Because He Felt That He Had Done the "Definitive Shark Movie". the Director Later Added That His...
Brown said that Spielberg did not want to direct the sequel because he felt that he had done the "definitive shark movie". The director later added that his decision was influenced by the problems the Jaws production faced – "I would have done the sequel if I hadn't had such a horrible time at sea on the first film."
Was Spielberg involved in Jaws 2?
'Jaws' was Steven Spielberg's first blockbuster movie
The former originally aired as a TV movie, and the latter — featuring Goldie Hawn — is among Spielberg's most overlooked movies. ... Jaws 2 was followed by Jaws 3-D and Jaws: The Revenge in 1983 and 1987, respectively. But Spielberg wasn't involved at all.
Did Roy Scheider want to make Jaws 2?
Roy Scheider did not originally want to appear in this film, but had recently left the production of The Deer Hunter (1978), which led to conflicts with Universal Pictures, with whom he was locked into a multi-film contract.
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