Life-size Xenomorph creature model from Alien: Romulus on display...

In 2024 Director Fede Alvarez went back to basics for a new generation of viewers with his installment in the Alien film franchise, Alien: Romulus, pitting a ragtag group of young colonists against one of the most deadliest life forms in the universe. Hoping to improve their chances to escape their mining colony lives and indentured work contracts for mega corporation Weyland-Yutani, a young orphaned colonist, her malfunctioning android and friends attempt to scavenge a derelict space station which unbeknownsts to them has recovered a large cocoon from the wreckage of the USCSS Nostromo. Soon they are facing the terrifying acid-for-blood, razor-toothed, multi-jawed, whip-tailed, armoured killing machines in space (where no one can hear you scream).

Life-size Xenomorph model from Alien: Romulus

This towering life-size Special Effects model from Alien: Romulus was captured on display as part of The Horror Show exhibition at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles on October 4, 2026.

Visual effects company Legacy Effects was responsible for the creation of this Xenomorph creature which really does look impressively extraterrestrial and otherworldly, and not just a man in a monster suit, with Shane Mahan, Lindsay Macgowan, J. Alan Scott, Darnell Isom, Scott Patton, Rob Ramsdell and Christopher Swift responsible for its design and fabrication.

Fans of this new installment in the Alien film franchise can also enjoy these screen-used costumes and props from Alien: Romulus on display at Hollywood's El Capitan Theatre during the movies' theatrical release.

Make sure you also check out a screen-worn Xenomorph costume from James Cameron's Aliens previously on display at Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park in Orlando, Florida.

Alien: Romulus movie poster

Wesley Snipes Blade movie costume on display...

Wesley Snipes may have reprised his role as the antihero vampire hunter 'Blade' in the recent Deadpool & Wolverine movie, but he first brought the Marvel character to life on the big screen in 1998, well before the X-Men, Spider-Man, Hulk and Iron Man graced cinema screens. In Director Stephen Norrington's action horror film, Blade is a half-human, half-immortal vampire out to avenge his mother's death and protect humanity from evil vampires like Stephen Dorff's 'Deacon Frost'.

Blade movie costume worn by Wesley Snipes

This screen-worn costume was photographed as part of The Horror Show exhibition at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on October 4, 2026 (images are photographed with a compact camera and iPhone, hence the slight lighting variations).

Blade's modernized jian sword also on display was created by master blacksmith and sword maker Tony Swatton.

Sanja Milkovic Hays is Costume Designer on this comic book-inspired movie and responsible for the Daywalker's black leather trench coat, tactical gear and dark sunglasses look.

The Costume Designer is no stranger to Marvel comic book movies and her work can also be seen with these Thunderbolts movie costumes and these Captain Marvel movie costumes, plus she was also the designer on these Star Trek: Beyond movie costumes and these screen-worn costumes from The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.

It was great to see Wesley Snipes bring the fan favourite into the MCU fighting alongside Deadpool, Wolverine, Elektra and X23, and it's such a shame that Marvel Studios messed up with the previously planned reboot of Blade starring Oscar winner Mahershala Ali.

Blade movie poster

Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn costume from The Suicide Squad on display...

In director James Gunn's The Suicide Squad from 2021, Margot Robbie reprised her role as the crazy and chaotic 'Harley Quinn'. In the sequel to DC's 2016 Suicide Squad movie, the task force of killers, mercenaries and supervillains head to the South American island nation of Corto Maltese to destroy all traces of the giant alien starfish 'Starro the Conqueror' before it falls into the local government's control led by new dictator, 'Silvio Luna', who wishes to marry Harley.

Harley Quinn costume worn by Margot Robbie

in 2021's The Suicide Squad 

This screen-used torn red dress and javelin prop from the film were photographed on display at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on October 13, 2025.

Judianna Makovsky is Costume Designer on this anti-hero movie and I previously saw this costume on display at Downtown LA's FIDM Museum, so if you're a fan of the movie be sure to check out these other costumes from The Suicide Squad, including those worn by 'Bloodsport', 'The Polka-Dot Man' and 'Peacemaker'.

Harley Quinn's baseball bat and mallet props

In addition to the javelin that the mannequin was holding, the museum also had Harley's baseball bat from 2016's Suicide Squad movie and her mallet from 2020's Birds of Prey movie on display.

Fans of the character can also take a closer look at Harley Quinn's Suicide Squad costume and her Birds of Prey film costume on display at other exhibitions. 

The Suicide Squad movie poster

Andrew Garfield's movie costume from The Amazing Spider-Man 2 on display...

In 2014 Andrew Garfield reprised his role as the web-slinging 'Peter Parker' in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. In this movie sequel Spider-Man faces the supervillain 'Electro' (played by Jamie Foxx) and takes on his childhood friend 'Harry Osborn' aka the 'Green Goblin', with his girlfriend 'Gwen Stacy' (Emma Stone) suffering a tragic fate.

Spider-Man suit worn by Andrew Garfield

in The Amazing Spider-Man 2

This screen-used red and blue costume was photographed on display upside-down at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on October 13, 2025.

Deborah Lynn Scott is Costume Designer on this movie sequel, inspired by Spidey's classic suit in its first appearance in 1962's Amazing Fantasy #15 comic book when he was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, and the fabrication is done by Ironhead Studio and is made from synthetic fabric and plastic.

Fans of the movie can also check out Emma Stone's Gwen Stacy costume from The Amazing Spider-Man 2 on display when the film was released theatrically.

Plus Marvel Comics fans can also take a look at all these other Marvel superhero costumes on display in recent years.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 movie billboard

Laurence Fishburne's Morpheus movie costume from The Matrix Reloaded on display...

Following the box office success of 1999's science fiction action hit, The Matrix, freedom fighters 'Neo' (Keanu Reeves), 'Trinity' (Carrie-Anne Moss) and 'Morpheus' (Laurence Fishburne) returned for the 2003 sequel, The Matrix Reloaded. The second installment in the film franchise from The Wachowskis saw Morpheus, named after the god of dreams in Greek mythology, and his crew continue to lead the revolt against the Machine Army and try to discover the secrets of The Matrix simulated reality and help save the human race from extinction.

Morpheus costume worn by Laurence Fishburne

in The Matrix Reloaded

This iconic screen-used costume was photographed on display at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on October 13, 2025.

Kym Barrett is Costume Designer on this sci-fi sequel and she called the embossed coat pattern "Fantasy Croc" and the suit, tie and coat outfit is made from leather, wool, cottoned patent leather. The custom mirrored sunglasses were designed by Richard Walker.

Fans of The Matrix film franchise can also check out these screen-used models and props on display, whilst for more of Kym Barrett's costume designs be sure to enjoy a closer look at these Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings film costumes and these Aquaman movie costumes.

The Matrix Reloaded movie poster

Halle Berry's Storm movie costume from X-Men on display...

Last Monday I finally made it to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles and was thrilled by all the screen-used costumes, props, set pieces and more on display there. Being an avid Marvel Comics reader since the 1980s, if I had to say what my favourite discovery there was, the thing that really got my nerdy fanboy heart pounding, it would be Halle Berry's weather-controlling 'Ororo Monroe' aka 'Storm' costume from 2000's X-Men movie. The film really was the start of the modern superhero movie era and saw the telepathic 'Professor Charles Xavier' and his band of former students and super-powered teachers at the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters take on 'Magneto', the Master of Magnetism, and his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants on the big screen for the first time.

Storm costume worn by Halle Berry

in X-Men

This iconic screen-worn costume was photographed on display at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on October 13, 2025.

Louise Mingenbach is Costume Designer on Bryan Singer's film and the superhero outfit is made from vinyl, metal and lamé.

Fans of the X-Men film franchise can also enjoy these X-Men: Apocalypse movie costumes, these X-Men: Dark Phoenix movie costumes and these Deadpool 2 film costumes on display.

You can also check out Louise Mingenbach's designed Superman Returns costume worn by Brandon Routh on display.

If you get a chance, do yourself a favour and go and see Storm's costume up close and in person, it just hits differently.

X-Men movie poster