Star attraction unveiled for new Motion Pictures museum in Los Angeles

A replica of Bruce, the shark featured in Steven Spielberg’s classic 1975 film Jaws, is lifted into a suspended position for display at the new Academy of Museum of Motion Pictures (Chris Pizzello/AP)

Bruce, the fibreglass shark made from the Jaws mould, will be the less-than-welcoming face to the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles.

The 1,208lb, 25-foot-long, 45-year-old shark, famous for being difficult to work with on the set of Steven Spielberg’s classic thriller, has been hoisted up in the air above the main escalator of the new attraction where he will greet guests for the foreseeable future.