Blockbuster Remakes
Like the term “blockbuster,” the phrase “blockbuster remake” can mean different things. Typically, blockbuster remake is an industrial term, one that refers to the production of large-scale movies adapted from previously filmed properties. In this definition, modest (cult) properties – such as, Plan...
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ftalborgunivojs:oai:dk.aau.aub.ojs:article/2835 2023-05-15T17:53:50+02:00 Blockbuster Remakes Verevis, Constantine 2013-12-02 application/pdf application/epub+zip https://journals.aau.dk/index.php/ak/article/view/2835 https://doi.org/10.5278/ojs.academicquarter.v0i7.2835 dan dan Aalborg Universitetsforlag | Aalborg University Press https://journals.aau.dk/index.php/ak/article/view/2835/2349 https://journals.aau.dk/index.php/ak/article/view/2835/2350 https://journals.aau.dk/index.php/ak/article/view/2835 doi:10.5278/ojs.academicquarter.v0i7.2835 Copyright (c) 2013 Forfatter | Author Academic Quarter | Akademisk kvarter; Bestseller and Blockbuster Culture • Vol. 7; 263-282 Akademisk Kvarter; Bestseller and Blockbuster Culture • Vol. 7; 263-282 1904-0008 Blockbusters Film remakes Film cycles Rogue animal films Jaws info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2013 ftalborgunivojs https://doi.org/10.5278/ojs.academicquarter.v0i7.2835 2023-04-07T06:08:38Z Like the term “blockbuster,” the phrase “blockbuster remake” can mean different things. Typically, blockbuster remake is an industrial term, one that refers to the production of large-scale movies adapted from previously filmed properties. In this definition, modest (cult) properties – such as, Planet of the Apes (1968, 2001), King Kong (1933, 1976, 2005), and War of the Worlds (1954, 2005) – are revived through massive production budgets as cultural juggernauts, with strong marketing campaigns and merchandising tie-ins. Less typical is a description that accounts for the way in which a blockbuster movie is itself remade: that is, a definition in which a blockbuster becomes the cornerstone for the entire architecture of a blockbuster cycle. This article explores the idea of a blockbuster remake, and blockbuster initiated cycle, in and through a case study of the prototype of all modern blockbusters: Steven Spielberg’s Jaws (1975). Specifically, the article interrogates the way in which “Bruce,” the great white shark of Jaws, initiated a rogue animal cycle consisting in the first instance of the Jaws franchise – Jaws 2 (1978), Jaws 3-D (1983) and Jaws 4: The Revenge (1987) – and also a series of replicas that included Grizzly (1976), Orca (1977), and Piranha (1978). Article in Journal/Newspaper Orca Open Access Journals at Aalborg University |
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Like the term “blockbuster,” the phrase “blockbuster remake” can mean different things. Typically, blockbuster remake is an industrial term, one that refers to the production of large-scale movies adapted from previously filmed properties. In this definition, modest (cult) properties – such as, Planet of the Apes (1968, 2001), King Kong (1933, 1976, 2005), and War of the Worlds (1954, 2005) – are revived through massive production budgets as cultural juggernauts, with strong marketing campaigns and merchandising tie-ins. Less typical is a description that accounts for the way in which a blockbuster movie is itself remade: that is, a definition in which a blockbuster becomes the cornerstone for the entire architecture of a blockbuster cycle. This article explores the idea of a blockbuster remake, and blockbuster initiated cycle, in and through a case study of the prototype of all modern blockbusters: Steven Spielberg’s Jaws (1975). Specifically, the article interrogates the way in which “Bruce,” the great white shark of Jaws, initiated a rogue animal cycle consisting in the first instance of the Jaws franchise – Jaws 2 (1978), Jaws 3-D (1983) and Jaws 4: The Revenge (1987) – and also a series of replicas that included Grizzly (1976), Orca (1977), and Piranha (1978). |
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