Cody Rhodes unveiled the AMC Theatres exclusive popcorn bucket for Street Fighter on Thursday, and it is a wearable sculpt of Guile’s flat top modeled on Rhodes’ own head.
Rhodes posted the reveal jointly with the official Legendary, Paramount and Street Fighter accounts. “Aerodynamic. Ergonomic. Delicious,” he wrote. “The AMC Exclusive for @Street_Fighter in theaters Oct. 16! Tickets go on sale Monday!”
It’s a wearable container rather than a shelf bust, built in the same spirit as the Shao Kahn helmet bucket AMC sold for Mortal Kombat II this spring, with the popcorn sitting where Guile’s hair would be.
AMC hasn’t announced a price or a capacity for it. For reference, the Mortal Kombat II Shao Kahn tin with helmet lists at $42.95 on the AMC Theatres Shop.
Advance tickets for Street Fighter go on sale Monday, September 21, ahead of the film’s October 16 release. The rest of the theater collectible lineup, including anything Regal or Cinemark carry, hasn’t been announced.
Cody Rhodes And Roman Reigns Lead The Wrestling Contingent
Kitao Sakurai directs the Legendary and Capcom production, with Paramount distributing. Andrew Koji plays Ryu, Noah Centineo plays Ken Masters and Callina Liang plays Chun-Li in a story set in 1993.
Roman Reigns plays Akuma, David Dastmalchian plays M. Bison, Jason Momoa plays Blanka and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson plays Balrog. New Japan’s Hirooki Goto plays E. Honda, and UFC featherweight Alexander Volkanovski also appears. Reigns and Rhodes were first seen in character in the trailer that debuted at The Game Awards.
Rhodes told The Breakfast Club in March that Reigns being cast as Akuma made him assume the production was done looking at wrestlers, and that he walked into his meeting at Legendary expecting to be asked to consult on the game rather than play one of its characters. He was offered Guile in the room.
He later picked up an additional scene during filming because of his rapport with Sakurai, and Dastmalchian has called Rhodes’ Guile a highlight of the film.
Rhodes is scheduled to appear on SmackDown on Friday.
