Caffeinated Clint
The direct-to-video sequel to the Spielberg classic
According to the terrific troops at Filmrot.com, “Jaws 5” – it’s the one that’s going direct to video, remember? – is further along than they at first suspected [and we feared].
The new film will be called “Jaws : Rising” and it’s from the pen of screenwriter John Lansing (though “Fast and the Furious “Tokyo Drift” scribe Chris Morgan has been brought in to tidy it up). Lansing’s back catalogue is about as extraordinary as the writing scrawled on the back of a public toilet door, but nevertheless, his experience writing action (“Renegade”, “Magnum P.I”) obviously convinced Universal he was capable of the job.
“Rising” will see Michael Brody, the son of the original characters , and his family moving to Amity where he’ll once again encounter that human-hungry son of a bitch, Bruce. When his daughter becomes lost at sea – naturally, close to ‘Jaws’ – Michael is forced to team up with new Amity Chief of Police, Elgar Douglas, and local fisherman Lyle Buffet and attempt a rescue attempt.
So, um, that’s “Jaws 2” by way of “Jaws” with a link to “Jaws IV”, hey?
Jaws ain’t the only thing that bites, eh?
