Jaws (franchise) Jaws (franchise) Jaws is an American natural horror film series that started with a 1975 film that expanded into three sequels, a theme park ride, and other tie-in merchandise, based on a 1974 novel. The main subject of the saga is a great white shark, and its attacks on people in specific areas of the United States. The Brody family is featured in all of the films as the primary antithesis to the shark. The original film was based on a novel written by Peter Benchley, which itself was inspired by the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916. Benchley adapted
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