New Spider-Man popcorn buckets raise eyebrows: ‘Someone approved that?’

Cinemark has unveiled a new Spider-Man: Brand New Day-themed popcorn bucket for moviegoers, sparking a slew of NSFW comparisons. The fourth installment in the Tom Holland-led superhero film series, out in theaters July 31, sees the British actor return opposite Zendaya as lovers Peter Parker/Spider-Man and MJ.To celebrate the highly anticipated sequel, which arrives five years after the latest Spider-Man film in 2021, the movie theater chain designed a unique popcorn container featuring a Spider-Man arm topped with a white cone-like bowl and a straw in the middle, allowing fans to snack and drink from the same source.

While the white popcorn bowl is meant to look like a collection of webs, some have pointed out a suggestive visual resemblance.“Chum bucket remove the ‘h,’” one person quipped on Instagram while another laughed, “And someone approved that... Amazing.”

“The industry has been intentionally making these popcorn buckets look dirty for publicity ever since the Dune 2 bucket,” a third argued, referring to the divisive design that featured a Sandworm mouth as a lid.“I don’t want a spiderman jizz tornado thank you,” a fourth commented, with a fifth suggesting: “We need to chill on the popcorn buckets i think.”“No one actually thought about the cup I see,” someone else joked.

“Think I’ll stick with the one shaped like a building with Spidey crawling on it,” another responded. Watch Apple TV+ free for 7 dayNew subscribers only. £9.

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If you sign up to this service we will earn commission. This revenue helps to fund journalism across The Independent.Spider-Man: Brand New Day marks Holland’s fourth entry as the web-shooting superhuman.

He first stepped into the role in 2016’s Captain America: Civil War, before leading Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), followed by Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). The new movie follows Parker as he transitions to protecting New York City as Spider-Man full-time. However, the unrelenting demands trigger a dangerous physical transformation that threatens his existence.

Zendaya reprises her role of MJ, Parker’s witty, fiercely independent and intelligent classmate-turned-lover. Also joining the cast are Sadie Sink, Jon Bernthal, Tramell Tillman, Liza Colón-Zayas, and Marvin Jones III.‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ sees the return of Tom Holland as the web-shooting superhero (Disney/Sony)Holland and Zendaya, who first met while filming Spider-Man: Homecoming and began dating in 2021, secretly tied the knot earlier this year.

The former recently confirmed the marriage rumors, sparked in March by Zendaya’s longtime stylist, Law Roach.“No, because they were all there,” Holland slyly told Esquire when asked whether he had to clarify to any other family members that AI-generated photos of their wedding were fake besides his grandma.Elsewhere in the interview with Esquire, he weighed in on who he thought would make a worthy successor to the beloved Spider-Man franchise.

“Owen Cooper would be awesome,” he said of the 16-year-old star of Netflix’s hit miniseries Adolescence. “Obviously he’s super-talented and the talk of the town right now.”Spider-Man: Brand New Day is out in theaters July 31.

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