Natalie is Creative Bloq's staff writer. With an eye for trending topics and a passion for internet culture, she brings you the latest in art and design news. A recent English Literature graduate, Natalie enjoys covering the lighter side of the news and brings a fresh and fun take to her articles.
For reasons unbeknownst to me, the internet has developed an obsession with something completely unexpected – popcorn buckets. It started back in February with a promotional popcorn receptacle for Dune: Part Two that garnered a mixed response from fans for its 'suggestive' appearance. Since then, marketing teams have been keen to one-up the controversial design, amping up the absurdity for a kernel of coveted virality.
Scandalous stuff, but for some reason it worked. The Dune 2 popcorn bucket became a viral sensation, inadvertently promoting the film in one of the most unconventionally successful ways I've seen in recent years. In came Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire with its own popcorn bucket design. While it was thankfully less salacious than the 'sandworm', it garnered its own controversy when fans were 'catfished' upon receiving their orders.
The hilarious parody features slow-motion shots of the popcorn bucket accompanied by dramatic music. The video crescendos when Wolverine's face is dripped with a buttery glaze before the camera slowly pans out, revealing a rough scrawl on the side of the bucket that reads"Designed by Deadpool".Daily design news, reviews, how-tos and more, as picked by the editors.
Years from now they will look back at 2024 as the year the War of the Popcorn Buckets began. #history #DeadpoolAndWolverine ❤️💛 pic.twitter.com/4agugzGNLpI'm silently praying that the aforementioned"War of the Popcorn Buckets" is a marketing trend that we continue to see across the blockbuster summer.
Natalie is Creative Bloq's staff writer. With an eye for trending topics and a passion for internet culture, she brings you the latest in art and design news. A recent English Literature graduate, Natalie enjoys covering the lighter side of the news and brings a fresh and fun take to her articles. Outside of work , she loves all things music and enjoys singing sweet folky tunes.
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