BRUCE... THE TRUE KING SHARK

Nearing 50, he may be a bit long in the teeth, but Bruce (as named after Steven Spielberg's lawyer) is still King of the cinematic sharks.

There may be bigger sharks (hello Meg), more er headed (take a bow two, three, four and five headed shark attack sharks). And now, there's another shark trying to muscle in on the action, and this time he's voiced by Sylvester Stallone in The Suicide Squad. Enter stage left, King Shark.

Even though he is - quite literally - a fish out of water, has arms and legs and talks. He's still getting some bad press on his penchant for human flesh, with this article in BBC Science Focus Magazine saying that King Shark "feeds into a wider image of sharks as dangerous dead-eyed man-eating monsters."

King Shark of The Suicide Squad will be voiced by Sylvester Stallone

I think we can tell the difference between a comic book character and an actual shark, make what you will of the full article here: The Suicide Squad: King Shark would be “screwed” in real-life, explains marine biologist

Bruce the 25 foot long, 12 ton practical effect terrified and won over film fans in equal measure.

We welcome all sharks to our screens, and hopefully King Shark can tempt some in to the water for some Jaws action and discovering more about sharks and conservation.

And although we haven't had a new Jaws film since 1987's Jaws the Revenge, Jaws is a name which still turns heads and makes headlines. Just look at his much anticipated return to Hollywood, pride of place in the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, which opens on September 30th.

ARTICLE: Bruce The Shark From Jaws Finds New Home At The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

Here's why, we continue to keep hailing to the king of all sharks, in the king of all shark films.

Jaws is still the apex predator when it comes to sharks at the box office, with all four Jaws films still swimming in the top ten highest grossing shark films of all time: Jaws Still Leads Box Office As World's Highest Grossing Shark Movie

Why Jaws is still the perfect beast of a film: JAWS: THE FILM AND THE LEGACY

Jaws fan, Bill Boswell, tells us why Jaws is his favourite film of all time: Why JAWS Is My Greatest Movie Of All Time

Whilst Rhiannon Irons explores why Jaws is still such iconic cinema: Why Is JAWS Still Considered The Greatest Shark Movie Of All Time?

Words by Dean Newman

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