Doubt they could license the movie.

Probably be a Jaws world like Jurassic Park.

I think there's enough meat on the bone not to start another topic on it

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/jaws
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/no-brainer-theme-jaws
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/jaws-pinball-how-about-this-for-a-theme
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/interest-in-upcoming-jaws-title
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/another-hint-at-jaws
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/can-we-get-a-jaws-pinball

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As Law said, there has already been a LOT of talk about this. And Stern has fed the rumors by using JAWS as a code word for JP as well as putting a shark on some of their swag lately and posting a pic of one of their employees (can't remember who) wearing a JAWS hat or shirt while working on one of their machines. I think they probably have the license and as Gomez once said, they don't acquire a license unless they intend to use it. So, it could be coming. I hope it is, but none of us outsiders know for sure.

As far as scenes that would translate well to pinball...I think there's a lot they could do with the numerous suspense scenes. They could have an underwater area like Grampa's lab in Munsters where Hopper dives a wreck and finds Ben Gardner's head, etc. Also, there could be a "subway" area to the playfield where the shark is swimming, its fin above the surface and you have to hit it with the ball. An upper playfield could be Quint's boat like in JPP POTC. They could do stuff with the floating barrels (more targets). Hell, they could even do some funny stuff like "swimming with bow-legged women". I'm just throwing ideas out off the top of my head, and I'm no designer. The point is that the theme has enough cool elements that a creative designer could really run with. And they don't have to stick to the script, so to speak. Many movie pins stray from the onscreen story, using the theme for inspiration. They've made so many interesting games out of weird or stupid themes, I'm sure they could make something great from JAWS.

If it is made I think it would be based loosely on the film and more like JP where u have objectives secondary to that of the timeline, and I'm fine with that. Still much better than what were normally get.

I hope they skip Jaws.
Tata-tata-tata-tata....... Tuuutututu.
Great music for 5 minutes.
That's all there is.
One of the greatest movies, but not for a pin.
The lead players have to drive the pin, and Jaws now and then pops up.
No movie cast (to expensive or don't want to licence themselve), no pin.

I think JJP could do it well. Make it a widebody, and maybe another rocking boat upper playfield, but different style than the Pirates one.

If Stern ever does it I bet they will have a shark in it that is used like the snake in Metallica. Which is fine also.

It would be cool I think for everything except the playfield to look beach scene, even the art blades, while the playfield is all ocean, shark, boats, etc.

For music, maybe popular beach music, with the da-dum music just kicking in a little during different parts of the game.

And I had never thought about it, but a under playfield could get very creative with this also.

It could be awesome, as long as the da-dum music stays very limited.

I still say that will be Gomez’s next game and will be released this year..

They've had that license for a while, I think. I heard a few years ago that they could only use the shark and the John Williams theme. So it would probably be a JP-type display with no movie footage, and that's just fine with me because I love JP.

I would love to have movie footage included. But I'm also ok with just the shark and the theme music plus JP style display. It's a win, win situation either way.