AMC Theatres’Dune: Part Twopopcorn bucket; Zendaya and Timothée Chalamet inDune: Part Two(2024).Photo:maudegarrett/Tiktok;Warner Bros.
maudegarrett/Tiktok;Warner Bros.
ManyDunefans have been causing quite a stir on social media, thanks to a very unique AMC Theatres promotional item surrounding the recent release ofDune: Part Two.
A limited-edition popcorn bucket released in honor of the film — made out of a tin with a detachable lid that resembles the giant, toothy sandworms (or Shai-Hulud) of the desert planet Arrakis — has gone viral over recent weeks.
And among the most-liked and commented-onTikTokvideos about the item are ones from people scratching their heads about having to slide their hands through the sandworm’s teeth to access the popcorn inside the bucket.
“When someone orders the Dune 2 popcorn bucket with extra butter NO popcorn,” the text overone hilarious video reads, as the person in the video mouths a line fromThe Walking Dead: “I know what kind of man you are.”
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‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ with Timothee Chalamet.Randy Holmes / Disney via Getty
Randy Holmes / Disney via Getty
In another clip withover 4 million views, user@lachlancraneacts out a scene in which he awkwardly asks a theater employee for one of the popcorn buckets.
“Do you want ‘butter’ on your popcorn?” the “employee” asks, holding up a tiny jar of petroleum jelly.
“Oh my God, it’s so creepy!” she says, quickly pulling out some of the popcorn.
The cast of the movie —includingZendaya,Timothée Chalamet,Florence PughandAustin Butler— is well aware of the AMC popcorn-bucket craze.
During a Feb. 1 appearance onJimmy Kimmel Live!, Zendaya, 27, joked, “I’m good, I’m okay,” when hostJimmy Kimmeloffered for her to reach inside one of the buckets to get some popcorn.
Chalamet, 28, jokinglypretended his arm was being eatenwhen he reached inside the bucket.
“That’s not okay,” Pugh, 28, said in response to seeing the item. “Who made that? That’s not okay. That’s wrong.”
Public reaction to the popcorn bucket has involved a significant number ofsex-related jokes, which the actors appeared to have some familiarity with during theirJimmy Kimmel Liveappearance.
“The jokes write themselves,” Zendaya said during the interview.
Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya inDune: Part Two(2024).Niko Tavernise/Warner Bros. Pictures
Niko Tavernise/Warner Bros. Pictures
In a recently published interview withThe New York Times, Chalamet weighed in on the collectible sandworm bucket alongsideDenis Villeneuve, the writer-director of 2021’sDuneand its sequel.
“I don’t want to make stupid jokes right now that will I regret tomorrow morning,” Villeneuve, 56, told the outlet. “But I will say this. WhenI saw it, I went, ‘Hooooolysmokes.’What the [expletive]!?"
As the French-Canadian director pointed out of theviral collectible item, “it created a lot of fun online. So maybe it’s positive? It’s some kind of …impressivedesign.”
Dune: Part Twois now playing in theaters.
source: people.com
