Deadpool, Schindler get re-released

As theatrical re-releases go, they couldn’t be much different, though in both cases their hearts are in the right place.

Celebrating its seven-month anniversary, the superhero send-up Deadpool 2 is coming back to theatres as Once Upon a Deadpool, with a Princess Bride vibe that includes a cameo by Fred Savage.

The filmmakers have toned down the — well, everything, I guess — to get a PG-13 rating. Deadpool 2, like the 2016 original, was originally proudly rated R. Schindler’s List, which just turned 25 (years), and is rated R for very different reasons, is also coming back to cinemas. The 1993 Holocaust drama, directed by Steven Spielberg, had a dozen Oscar nominations and won seven, including best picture and best director.

Once Upon a Deadpool opens Dec. 12 in select cinemas. Schindler’s List opens Dec. 7 across Canada.

— 20TH CENTURY FOX Ryan Reynolds stars as Deadpool in Deadpool 2, which is enjoying new life in a toneddown rerelease starring Fred Savage, called Once Upon a Deadpool.