Movie theater poster for Jaws 19.
Jaws 19 premieres.
- "This Time it's Really Really Personal."
- —Jaws 19 tagline
Jaws 19 was a holofilm playing at the Holomax Theater in Hill Valley in October 2015, and was directed by Max Spielberg. Apparently critics thought it "lacked the bite" of its eighteen predecessors, and rated it low.
An article reviewing the movie, which was titled JAWS WITHOUT A BITE, was billed in the Newsline column on the front page of the October 22, 2015 issue of USA Today as appearing in Section D.
On passing the Holomax Theater on arriving in 2015, Marty McFly was 'swallowed' by a gigantic holographic image of the title character created by the building's exterior. Despite this, he thought the shark still looked fake. In all likelihood, his remark was unfair. The shark used in the advertisement hologram seems to have a deliberately cartoonish design, not at all approaching the appearance of an actual living animal. The hologram was obviously intended for tasteful marketing purposes and was not an accurate representation of the shark seen in the movie itself (such a cartoon-like beast would offer no suspense whatsoever).
From the movie poster, it can be gathered that Jaws 19 is at least partially set in some kind of underwater city — including an underwater Hilton, which can be seen directly above Max Spielberg's surname. Whether this is science-fiction, or such underwater cities exist for real in the future world of 2015, is perhaps best left to personal preference.
Behind the scenes
- Max Spielberg is Steven Spielberg's son in real life.
- The tagline of Jaws 19 is "This time it's really really personal". The tagline to Jaws: The Revenge is "This time it's personal".
Actuality
- Max Spielberg acted as assistant to his mother, Amy Irving, on The Rage: Carrie 2 in 1999, but has yet to follow in his father's footsteps as a director.
- Bearing in mind that Jaws 5 through 18 have not been produced and it's now too late to catch up, there is no chance of a Jaws 19 any time soon.
- Though not official, amateur videos of Jaws 5-19 can be viewed on YouTube. One video, called Jaws 12: Land Sharks, attempts to abridge fiction with reality by telling a fictional story of a interview with a fictional son of Steven Spielberg, named Edward Theodore Spielberg (whose initials spell 'E.T.', referencing Spielberg's famous film). In the video, Edward Spielberg attempts to pick up the franchise (which, in Edward's view, has failed miserably), but in the end, in the midst of filming, Edward is 'attacked' in the driver's seat of a car, and 'eaten' by a man wearing a stuffed shark head. Edward's death implies that the 'Jaws' franchise eventually falls in the hands of his brother, Max Spielberg.
- Universal Pictures Home Entertainment uploaded the Jaws 19 teaser trailer on YouTube in celebration of the 30th Anniversary of Back to the Future. In reality, no such film is in production (see second footnote above).