Steven Spielberg's JAWS 4K 45th Anniversary Release is Confirmed For June
The 45th anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s legendary 1975 film Jaws is upon us and to celebrate, we are finally getting a 4k release of the film! Universal Entertainment tweeted, and then quickly deleted the announcement.
The new set will include a 4K disc, blu-ray, and digital copy. It also comes with lenticular packaging and a 44-page collectible booklet. The Jaws 4K release is scheduled to arrive in stores on June 2nd, with Best Buy confirming the news with an exclusive steel book. You can see Universal's announcement graphic below.
Jaws is a favorite movie of mine and there’s such a great and fascinating behind-the-scenes story of how the film got made and all of the production problems it had while it was shooting. The prop shark, which was named Bruce, was malfunctioning on a regular basis and this led to the film running over budget and over schedule.
All these issues also led to Spielberg having very little usable footage of the shark to show. The lack of shark footage ended up being one of the film’s strengths.
In the end, after all of the issues the film had, it was the movies that gave birth to the summer blockbuster. Will you be picking up a copy of the film on 4K!?
