‘Deadpool 2’ will be back for holidays
And here Aquaman thought he would have the live-action superhero screen all to himself this Christmas.
On Friday, Ryan Reynolds tweeted out a poster for Fox’s “Once Upon a Deadpool” — a release that represents both a noble act of charity and a brilliant bit of box-office marketing. “Once Upon a Deadpool” is a recut version of the R-rated summer sequel that tones down the language and violence for a PG-13rating.
Or as Reynolds tweets of the new version: “The only F word in this movie is Fred Aaron Savage.” And on Instagram, he calls it “a fairy tale that gives zero F’s.” In the poster, Reynolds clings to Savage while riding a reindeer. The “Deadpool” franchise, so laced with 1980s references, stays true to such riffing here. Savage played the grandson being read the storybook tale in 1987′s “The Princess Bride”; in “Once Upon a Deadpool’s” new scenes, Reynolds reportedly will read his “Deadpool” adventure to the adult Savage in the same childhood bed. Reynolds said that $1of each ticket sold will go to a campaign that will be called “Fudge Cancer.”
“Once Upon a Deadpool” will open Dec. 12and run through Christmas Eve. That means it will go head to head with Sony/Columbia’s animated “Spider-Man: Into the SpiderVerse” (opening Dec. 14) and WB/DC’s “Aquaman” (opening Dec. 21).
Michelle Obama rips Trump in new book
Former first lady Michelle Obama blasts President Donald Trump in her new book, recalling how she reacted in shock the night she learned he would replace her husband in the Oval Office and tried to “block it all out.”
In her memoir “Becoming,” set to come out Tuesday, Obama writes candidly about everything from being subjected to racist comments to early struggles in her marriage to Barack Obama as he began his political career and was often away.
Obama denounces Trump for bragging in 2005, on the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape, about sexually assaulting women. She also accuses him of using body language to “stalk” Hillary Clinton, his 2016 opponent.