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A Fairytale Twist! ONCE UPON A DEADPOOL Now Available on Blu-ray

From the studio that brought you Anastasia and Ever After comes a fairy tale that doesn’t go by the book. Everyone’s favorite disreputable Super Hero returns with a twist on Deadpool 2 that the whole gang can enjoy.  Watch Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) as he teams up with Domino (Zazie Beet), Cable (Josh Brolin) and the rest of the X-Force to prove that family is not an F-word. With over 20 minutes of new footage and jam-packed with surprises, you’ll wonder why the fudge they even bothered with the original version.

Not only does Once Upon a Deadpool help you deliver on that pesky New Year’s Resolution to spend more time with your family, you can also feel all warm and fuzzy about the fact that Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will be donating $1 from every Blu-ray™ Purchase or Digital Buy or Rent from January 1 to January 28, 2019 to Fudge Cancer (US only. Minimum donation of $100,000). Fox also donated $1 for each ticket purchased during the film’s festive theatrical release.

Once Upon a Deadpool is currently available on Digital with Movies Anywhere, as well as on Blu-ray.

ONCE UPON A DEADPOOL – Review

ONCE UPON A DEADPOOL. Photo Credit: Courtesy Twentieth Century Fox.

By Mark Glass

For years, I’ve thought of Quentin Tarantino as the person in Hollywood having the most fun with his career. One can almost see his face cackling gleefully in the corner of the screen as he indulges every whim of over-the-top action, gross-out comic relief, in-your-face music and homages to every genre he reveled as a teen-aged movie buff, from “spaghetti Westerns” to Hong Kong martial arts flicks. But ever since DEADPOOL became a franchise sensation, Ryan Reynolds seems to be giving him a run for the money – literally and figuratively.

Before then, Reynolds was a hunky actor of questionable merit, whose best lines defined his abs, rather than his dialog. Now he’s drawing almost as much media attention as our Tweeter-in-Chief, without raising anyone’s anxiety levels. How much can one worry about a mock twitter feud between Reynolds and Hugh Jackman? That’s why this toned-down PG-13 version of the R-rated DEADPOOL 2 is opening in theaters, rather than as a DVD release. It’s the same movie we enjoyed at the beginning of 2018, with some of the gory bits trimmed, and the naughtiest words bleeped or replaced to squeeze into a PG-13. True to the franchise’s self-satirical heartbeat, the cleansing is done with tongue-in-cheek playfulness, especially in its wraparound gilding of this lily.

Those who’ve seen the trailers expect the PRINCESS BRIDE lampoon of having DP read the story to Fred Savage in the same room and Bears jersey from 30 years ago with Peter Falk. The cutaway bits with the grownup Savage add far more value to the proceedings than hoped for. He not only spoofs that charming role from his childhood, but spreads another layer of self-deprecation over the Deadpool story he’s being force-fed. As a side benefit of this re-issue, I caught more of the gag lines that I’d missed before when the audience was still laughing from the preceding one.

The stated reason for this reprise to allow young superhero buffs who aren’t cool or daring enough to find their way to an R-rated opus (like I was at that age, alas), a chance to see Deadpool on the big screen. Mission accomplished on that. Older fans who saw the original won’t miss any of the deletions and should find the additions enough for a net gain. Beyond that, the tribute to Stan Lee after the interminable credits is something all Marvel Universe denizens will appreciate.

RATING: 4 out of 5 stars

Win Passes To The St. Louis Advance Screening Of ONCE UPON A DEADPOOL

This December, get ready for a fairy tale that gives zero F’s.

Enter for your chance to win two free passes to the St. Louis advance screening of ONCE UPON A DEADPOOL from 20th Century Fox.. The theatrical sneak preview will be on December 11 at 7pm.

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NO PURCHASE REQUIRED. A pass does not guarantee a seat at a screening. Seating is on a first-come, first served basis. The theater is overbooked to assure a full house.

Audiences of almost all ages will soon be able to enjoy the Merc with the Mouth’s reimagining of Deadpool 2 filtered through the prism of childlike innocence.

“Fox has been asking for a PG-13 basically since the start in 2006,” Ryan Reynolds told Deadline. “I’ve said no since 2006. Now, this one time, I said ‘Yes’ on two conditions. First, a portion of the proceeds had to go to charity. Second, I wanted to kidnap Fred Savage. The second condition took some explaining…”

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Fred Savage will join Reynolds in new scenes for ONCE UPON A DEADPOOL in an homage to Savage’s starring role in the 1987 bedtime-story classic THE PRINCESS BRIDE. Fred remarked, “while my participation in this film was anything but voluntary, I am happy to learn that Fudge Cancer will be the beneficiary of this shameless cash grab”

For every ticket sold, $1 will go to the charity Fudge Cancer – previously known as Fuck Cancer, who have graciously changed their name to be more PG-13 friendly for the 12 days of ONCE UPON A DEAD POOL’S release.

ONCE UPON A DEADPOOL opens in theaters for a limited engagement this holiday season from December 12 through December 24, 2018.