‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Brings ‘Dune’ To Its Knees With Raunchy Popcorn Bucket
Video screenshot via Ryan Reynolds
Marvel’s Deadpool & Wolverine is making Dune embark on a walk of shame with a comparably NSFW popcorn bucket depicting Hugh Jackman’s character.
For those who have been living under a sand-covered rock, Dune: Part Two was in the headlines this year over its sandworm-shaped merchandise. Featuring a gaping maw with exposed teeth, it drew unseemly comparisons with a certain adult novelty toy and was dubbed by the internet as “wormussy.”
Not to be upstaged, the Ryan Reynolds-starring film promised its own bizarro popcorn bucket.
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And peek-a-boo! Here it is.
The official popcorn bucket for ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ has been unveiled. pic.twitter.com/jPUKsR9ZSW
— Pop Base (@PopBase) May 30, 2024
The limited-edition collector’s item—supposedly “designed by Deadpool”—is shaped entirely like Wolverine’s head, with an oversized mouth agape to serve as the receptacle for popcorn. No teeth, of course.
Video screenshot via Ryan Reynolds
The teaser video shared by Reynolds leaves the bucket up to more provocative interpretation, as Wolverine’s yapper is filled with more popcorn than it can handle, before melted butter is drizzled all over his face. The theatrics are set against the iconic Also Sprach Zarathustra from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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“Years from now, they’ll look back at 2024 as the year the War of the Popcorn Buckets began,” Reynolds proclaims.
Video screenshot via Ryan Reynolds
Taking to Instagram, Jackman warns fans, “Don’t try to butter me up.”
Deadpool & Wolverine will head to theaters on July 26. When the time comes, get ready to eat out—your movie snacks, that is.
Video screenshot via Ryan Reynolds
[via Variety and Hollywood Reporter, video and screenshots via Ryan Reynolds]
