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Island south of Cape Cod
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| November 19 2024 | The Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe was granted state recognition by Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey through Executive Order 637, officially recognizing their status as a state-recognized Native American tribe based in Plymouth, Massachusetts. |
| August 2024 |
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Lego released a 1,497-piece set featuring the scene of Bruce attacking the Orca with Chief Martin Brody, Matt Hooper, and Sam Quint.
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| 2023 | The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe reported approximately 3,200 enrolled citizens. |
| 2023 |
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Filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki cited Jaws and Spielberg as an influence for his Japanese kaiju film Godzilla Minus One.
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| 2022 |
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Film reissued in theaters, contributing to its ongoing box office legacy.
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| September 2 2022 |
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Jaws re-released in IMAX and RealD 3D formats, part of the 40th anniversary celebration of Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
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| May 27 2022 |
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The musical Bruce, based on the making of Jaws, had its world premiere at the Seattle Rep theatre, running until July 3.
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| March 31 2022 |
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The Jaws pinball table was remastered for Pinball FX.
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| December 2021 | The United States Department of the Interior granted the Mashpee Wampanoag 'substantial control' over 320 acres on Cape Cod. |
| October 2021 |
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'The Shark Is Broken' play transferred to the West End.
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| April 2021 |
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Opening of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, featuring the restored Bruce shark replica.
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| November 20 2020 |
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A replica of the shark 'Bruce' was lifted into place at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, after being restored by Greg Nicotero over seven months.
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| June 1 2020 |
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Jaws was released on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray.
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| March 24 2020 |
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Announcement made for 'Bruce', a musical about the behind-the-scenes story of Jaws, to be directed by Donna Feore.
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| 2019 | The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) reported having 1,364 enrolled tribal citizens. |
| 2019 |
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Ian Shaw, son of Robert Shaw, co-wrote and starred in the play 'The Shark Is Broken' about the making of Jaws, which premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe.
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| 2018 | Mashpee High School begins a course teaching the Wampanoag language as part of efforts to revive the indigenous language. |
| 2017 |
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Zen Studios developed and released a virtual pinball adaptation of Jaws as part of the Universal Classics add-on pack for Pinball FX 3.
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| 2015 | A comprehensive research project, 'Massachusetts Native Peoples and the Social Contract: A Reassessment for Our Times', was initiated to provide an updated assessment of the cultural, linguistic, and economic status of Wampanoag peoples, including those from both federally and non-federally recognized tribes. |
| 2015 | The federal government declares 150 acres of land in Mashpee and 170 acres of land in Taunton as the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's initial reservation, enabling the tribe to exercise full tribal sovereignty rights. |
| June 24 2015 |
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Second screening date for the 40th anniversary theatrical reissue of Jaws in selected theaters.
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| June 21 2015 |
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First 40th anniversary theatrical reissue of Jaws in selected theaters across the United States.
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| 2012 |
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The Motion Picture Editors Guild listed Jaws as the eighth best-edited film of all time based on a survey of its membership.
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| 2012 |
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A second 'JawsFest' festival was held in Martha's Vineyard.
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| August 2012 |
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Blu-ray Disc released at the second JawsFest, with over four hours of extras, debuting fourth in the charts with 362,000 units sold.
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| January 2012 |
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The Jaws theme park ride at Universal Studios Florida was closed.
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| November 2011 | The Massachusetts legislature passed a law licensing up to three gaming resort casinos, giving the Wampanoag a 'headstart' to develop casino plans in southeastern Massachusetts. |
| 2010 | Jessie Little Doe Baird was awarded a $500,000 MacArthur Fellowship for her work in developing a 10,000-word Wôpanâak-English dictionary and language preservation efforts. |
| 2010 | Tribal council chair Cheryl Andrews-Maltais proposed plans for developing a casino on the Aquinnah reservation, which faced opposition from state and local officials. |
| 2010 | US Census recorded 2,756 Wampanoag people, providing an official population count for this Native American tribe in Massachusetts. |
| 2010 |
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A mobile game based on Jaws was released for the iPhone.
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| 2010 |
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Richard Dreyfuss made a cameo appearance in Piranha 3D, playing Matt Boyd, a fisherman who is a parody of his Jaws character Matt Hooper.
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