In celebration of The Lord of the Rings franchise's 25th birthday, a new Middle-earth-inspired popcorn bucket has been released.

AMC Theaters posted the first look at the bucket on Twitter. The tin includes a beautiful illustration of the Middle-earth map, which LOTR fans will know is the very item that guides the Fellowship across the continent as they make their way from the Shire to Mordor. The set also comes with magnets in the shape of the One Ring, Eye of Sauron, the Leaf of Lorien, and the pendant of Arwen's necklace. The popcorn bucket is available for purchase now. Check out the set below.

Fans can eat their popcorn out of the beautiful new bucket as The Lord of the Rings extended edition re-release makes its way to movie theaters. In the US, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is set to hit screens starting from January 16, followed by The Two Towers on January 17, and finally The Return of the King on January 18. In the UK, the trilogy will show in multiple cinema chains from January 15 onwards.

What makes this re-release even more special is that it commemorates 25 years since The Fellowship of the Ring hit screens, kick-starting the whole franchise. What's more, screenings will include exclusive fan introductions from director Peter Jackson ahead of each movie. The event has already grossed over $5 million in domestic presales, with roughly 407,000 tickets sold so far in the US, as per Variety.

The re-release is not the only thing that LOTR fans have to look forward to, as a brand new Lord of the Rings movie is currently in development. Seeing Smeagol star Andy Serkis sit in the director's chair while also reprising his role as the fallen hobbit, The Hunt for Gollum is set release on December 17, 2027. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 3 is also on the way, with the Prime Video series currently in the post-production phase.

Tickets for The Lord of the Rings re-release are available to purchase on Fathom now. For more, check out our guide on how to watch all the Lord of the Rings movies in order, and keep up with upcoming movies heading your way.

Fallout: London's project lead Dean Carter is obviously a fan of Bethesda's RPGs, having spent years working on one of the biggest and bestest conversion mods to hit the already-very-modded post-apocalyptic series. But he's also not sure if Bethesda Game Studios should continue making The Elder Scrolls and Fallout titles without improving on its writing.

"With the greatest respect to Bethesda, I feel like they've probably gone one game too far," he tells Esports.net when asked about what the studio should do to remix its formula. "I feel like it's time to go off into the sunset and look at selling off your IP because people like the franchise, I'm just honestly not sure it's in the right hands, and it really hurts me to say that because I love Bethesda."

One of Carter's criticisms is that "the writing has just gone downhill" in the company's recent output. "I reckon if they could inject in the quality of some good writers, then the next Elder Scrolls game will be great and the next Fallout game will be great but they need better writers, honestly," he adds.

The other point of contention comes from how Bethesda has adapted Fallout's tone, which has always had an absurd, slightly aloof but still violent sense of humor. "Everything has its own pros and cons but the one thing we agreed on with Fallout: London is that we wanted to make it more dark and gritty because that's what Fallout actually is," Carter argues, "and I think Bethesda are taking it in the opposite direction."

Bethesda and, by extension, Microsoft are unlikely to willingly part with some of their biggest money makers, especially with The Elder Scrolls 6 and Fallout 5 - eventually, maybe closer to the heat death of the known universe - in the pipeline. Fingers crossed the devs can stick the landing and brush off the flak that's followed their recent stuff.

"I don't think Bethesda hates Fallout," says New Vegas lead, "they just don't fully understand its roots and arguably, don't care."