Industry boss calls for alternative to junk food at movie theatres

BUCKETS of butter-coated popcorn, litres of fizzy drinks and an array of melt-in-your-mouth chocolates may be central to most cinema trips, but the treat could soon become a thing of the past.

In a move that will cause the blood pressure of film-lovers to rise, one of the industry’s most powerful studio bosses has called for the cinema diet to take on a far healthier look.

In an attempt to curb growing obesity levels worldwide, Sony Pictures chairman Michael Lynton has insisted an alternative to popcorn, fizzy drinks and chocolates should be available in multiplexes.