Jaws 2 Zanuck realized that someone else would produce the film if they did not, and preferred to be in charge of the project themselves. In October 1975, Steven Spielberg told the San Francisco Film Festival that "making a sequel to anything is just a cheap carny trick" and that he did not even respond to the producers when they asked him to direct "Jaws 2". He claimed that the planned plot was to involve the sons of Quint and Brody hunting a new shark. Brown said that Spielberg did not want to direct the sequel because he felt that he had
Jaws: The Revenge McFly travels to the year 2015 and sees a theater showing "Jaws 19", (fictionally directed by Max Spielberg) with the tagline ""This time it's REALLY REALLY personal!"". This alludes to the tagline of "Jaws: The Revenge": "This time it's personal." After being "attacked" by a promotional volumetric image of the shark outside the theatre, Marty says "the shark still looks fake." In celebration of "Back to the Future Day" in 2015, Universal released a parody trailer for "Jaws 19", where the sequels after "The Revenge" would have included sharks in various environments, prequels, and even a love story titled "Jaws