It's true that without director Steven Spielberg, the world would have never been introduced to the concept of the summer blockbuster 50 years ago. However, the story of Jaws becoming a global ...

The legacy of “Jaws” lives forever for Wendy Benchley. Benchley, the widow of “Jaws” author Peter Benchley and an executive producer on the new documentary “Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story,” ...

Film adaptations are often perceived as easier to work with. After all, the book is already written so all a screenwriter has to do is follow what the original author laid out, right? Wrong. In ...

Peter Benchley, who lived in Princeton for over three decades until his 2006 death, wrote one of the most successful debut novels of all time, "Jaws," published in 1974. The movie of the same name ...

Are you still afraid to go into the water? 50 years ago this month, the film JAWS debuted in theaters. The fabled great white shark has thrilled and terrified generations of moviegoers ever since. Its ...

More stories by Kevin P. A little over a year before Jaws opened in theaters and forever changed the next 50 years of cinema, it was a best-selling debut novel by author Peter Benchley. "That is a ...

Just when it looked safe to go back in the water, Jaws is circling back toward the shore for its 50th anniversary on June 20. In the half-century since its release, few movies have had more impact ...

Richard Dreyfuss played Matt Hooper in Jaws, the marine scientist who specialized in fish studies. When Steven Spielberg chose to adapt the Jaws novel, he altered several characters including Hooper.

"Jaws" sent the career of Steven Spielberg into the stratosphere, but not without a price. Here's what the legendary director had to overcome after the film.