Novelty popcorn buckets are on no account the “hail mary” savior of getting individuals to depart their houses and go see a film in theaters, however I recognize the trouble anyway. The buckets act as this bizarro memento of the moviegoing expertise that usually takes all kinds of shapes, sizes, and utilities. Whereas theater chains had participated in creating these elaborately designed snack receptacles previous to 2024, the notorious “Dune: Half Two” sandworm opened the floodgates for theater chains to only go buck wild. “Deadpool & Wolverine” did not waste any time with its risque design of what you are capable of do with, erm, the Marvel character’s mouth. (Put butter in it, in fact, you sickos.)
I do know some of us groan and scoff on the stylish idea behind these items, however I discover them fairly amusing, particularly if it is for a film that has no enterprise getting one. When you one way or the other by no means knew that “The Accountant 2” obtained a popcorn bucket of Ben Affleck’s Airstream Camper, then now you do. Submit-movie usages of popcorn buckets often land in three classes: memento collectable (“Dungeons & Dragons”), potential intercourse toy (you already know the one), or security hazard. I keep in mind laughing out loud on the tie-in design for “The Lord of the Rings: The Battle of the Rohirrim,” which was only a hammer that you possibly can feasibly use as a weapon to bonk your folks on the pinnacle. Everybody’s attempting to make the subsequent massive viral sensation and whereas lots of them come and go and not using a hint, the one for Akiva Schaffer’s upcoming “Bare Gun” reboot made me giggle for an entire variety of causes.
Regal Cinemas revealed that the popcorn bucket for “The Bare Gun” will likely be a smiling beaver holding a log that claims “good beaver.” Raise the flap on its again and *increase* you are consuming that candy corn of pop. That is a kind of instances the place, if you have not seen the opposite films on this sequence, the joke of its existence could also be barely misplaced on you. However for people who have seen 1989’s “The Bare Gun: From the Information of Police Squad,” this can be a hilarious reference to one in every of that movie’s greatest visible gags.
Good beaver (popcorn bucket)!
I’ve seen “The Bare Gun” extra instances than I might feasibly rely, to the purpose that I’ve lots of its jokes dedicated to reminiscence. Having to single out the perfect gags in a David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker flick looks like a Herculean process, however some of the memorable bits is when Det. Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) meets Jane Spencer (Priscilla Presley) for the primary time. The secretary walks up a ladder, which prompts Frank to inform her “good beaver” in an off-the-cuff tone whereas showing to search for her skirt. Jane responds relatively hilariously with “thanks, I simply had it stuffed,” earlier than passing down a literal stuffed beaver to the bumbling detective under.
Different popcorn buckets have tried to push the bounds of decency, however this one lets the innuendo communicate for itself. It obtained a very good giggle out of me this morning, and that is not nothing. However now it has my thoughts scrambling as to the way it ties into the brand new “Bare Gun.” The one conclusion I could make is that the stuffed beaver from the ’89 movie will one way or the other seem within the movie as a gag centered on legacy sequels revering an object from previous installments. I can already envision Liam Neeson dusting it off whereas trying by means of his dad’s stuff as if it had been Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber.
Good beaver. 🦫
Get your tickets now for #NakedGun, arriving in theatres August 1. The Beaver Bucket is coming quickly to Regal.
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The advertising workforce for the brand new “Bare Gun” has been on hearth with its promotional materials, with the O.J. Simpsons joke promoting me on the entire affair. If this film is profitable, it might pave a triumphant return of goofy comedies getting huge launch in film theaters once more. They’re so few and much between on account of most of them being relegated to streaming companies lately, and that is a disgrace as a result of the Coolidge Nook not too long ago confirmed a 35mm print of “Jackass: The Film” and I am unable to let you know how a lot catharsis got here from a full auditorium of individuals laughing at pure dumb nonsense. “The Bare Gun” (2025) has the ability to do the identical.
The beaver popcorn bucket will unite the plenty. Even higher is as soon as the film’s over, there’s an amazing alternate use for it. Positive, you may eat out of it within the consolation of your individual house, however in my eyes, the collectible has even larger potential for repertory screenings of one of many funniest comedies ever made: “A whole lot of Beavers.” If we get sufficient individuals to purchase these beavers and convey them to a exhibiting en masse, the prophecy will likely be fulfilled.
“The Bare Gun” is about to hit theaters nationwide on August 1, 2025.
