20th Century Fox has announced that Once Upon A Deadpool, the PG-13 “family friendly” version of Deadpool 2 will be arriving on home video in January.
It seems this new release won’t contain any (or any new) bonus features. But much like the cinema release 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has pledged to donate $1 for every purchase to Fudge Cancer.
Here’s the studio press release:
A FAIRYTALE TWIST ON DEADPOOL 2 THE WHOLE SQUAD CAN ENJOY ARRIVES
ON DIGITAL WITH MOVIES ANYWHERE AND BLU-RAY™ JANUARY 15LOS ANGELES, CA — 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 will be available on Digital with Movies Anywhere, as well as on Blu-ray™ January 15.
ONCE UPON A DEADPOOL TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Once Upon a Deadpool Blu-ray™ Specifications
Street Date: January 15, 2019
Screen Format: Widescreen 2.39:1
Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish
Total Run Time: 1:57:41 minutes
U.S. Rating: PG-13
Here’s a look at the cover art for the blu-ray release:
Here’s the trailer for Once Upon A Deadpool.
To kick off the holiday season 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…”
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 Deadpool’s release.
Ryan Reynolds will be joined in Deadpool 2 by T.J. Miller, Morena Baccarin, Brianna Hildebrand, Leslie Uggams, Karan Soni and Stefan Kapičić who all reprise roles from the first film. Newcomers to the franchise include Josh Brolin as Cable and Zazie Beetz, Jack Kesy and Shioli Kutsuna. David Leitch takes over directing duties for the sequel.
Once Upon a Deadpool lands in cinemas on December 12, 2019.
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