20th Century Fox recently announced that they will be releasing a PG-13 version of Deadpool 2 in theaters on December 21, 2018. They are obviously going to try and soak some more money up for the franchise from the younger audiences. Hey, as long as the hardcore fans got their R-rated version, I don’t care what they do with the film. But, there is an interesting new addition to the film that was shot for the PG-13 version of the film that I’d love to see. That scene involves Fred Savage reprising his role from the classic film The Princess Bride. Ryan Reynolds even shared a photo teasing the scene! What makes this so funny is that in The Princess Bride, when Peter Falk was reading the story to Savage, he skipped over the scary and the kissing parts that were a little too much for the young Savage, who was sick in bed. It’s suggested that Deadpool will be reading Deadpool 2 to Fred Savage, and as he reads it, he will be skipping over the R-rated parts of the movie so it ends up being PG-13. If this is the case, it’s brilliant! I love that concept! We’ll just have to wait and see how it plays out.<doc-sep>As rumoured a couple of days back, a PG-13 version of “Deadpool 2” will be released at Christmas. Amusingly, the new kid-friendly version will be bookended with a “Princess Bride” homage featuring Fred Savage reprising his role from the 1987 classic, with Deadpool himself filling in for granddad Peter Falk. A look at the moment from the new re-edited “Deadpool 2” is below, along with the original scene from the “Princess Bride”. Meantime, Reynolds is working on a new film with “Night at the Museum” helmer Shawn Levy. “Free Guy” is a sci-fi action comedy from Fox, said to be in the vein of ”Wreck-It-Ralph” that fixes on a background computer game character who discovers he lives in a video game and works to prevent the makers of the game from shutting it down with the help of an avatar. Matt Lieberman, writer of the upcoming “Scooby Doo!” and “Short Circuit” remakes, is penning. The PG-13 cut of ”Deadpool 2” will be hitting theaters on Dec. 21.<doc-sep>Before the weekend kicked off, the surprise news came from 20th Century Fox that an Untitled Deadpool Movie would suddenly be dropping into the December 21, 2018 release date that was once occupied by Alita: Battle Angel. Word on the street is that instead of being an entirely new Deadpool movie, this will be a PG-13 cut of Deadpool 2, and a photo posted online by Ryan Reynolds would seem to indicate how that’s going to work, and it involves Fred Savage reprising his role from The Princess Bride. Find out more about the Deadpool 2 PG-13 cut below. When news of the Deadpool PG-13 cut was announced yesterday, details were almost non-existent. Collider even noted that the studio is encouraging press to “guess away” what this movie was going to be while Deadline gave away at least part of the game by saying it would be a PG-13 cut of the R-rated summer blockbuster. But the above photo posted to Twitter by Ryan Reynolds may provide some hints. In The Princess Bride, the movie was a bedtime story being told to a young Fred Savage by his grandfather, played by Peter Falk. With this photo Ryan Reynolds has revealed, it would seem that Deadpool will be telling Fred Savage the story of Deadpool 2 (or maybe even both Deadpool movies combined). And much like the grandfather cut out some of the scarier bits of the story, maybe Deadpool will skip over the more violent and R-rated pieces of the movie. That’s a pretty amusing and clever way to sell a PG-13 cut of the movie that fans otherwise might not be interested in seeing. The question is whether the PG-13 cut of the movie will really lean into the toning down of the original R-rating. There’s some comedy that could be mined from intentionally coming up with the stupidest replacement lines for the more profane dialogue on the movie. Just think about new jokes arising from Deadpool 2 using the equivalent of the Snakes on a Plane TV edited line, “I’ve had it with these monkey-fighting snakes on this Monday to Friday plane.” Then again, maybe this move is really a Disney-guided decision (since they’re taking over 20th Century Fox) that will test the waters to see how much box office action they get out of a PG-13 cut of the movie, especially when it comes to families who otherwise wouldn’t have gone to see an R-rated Deadpool movie in theaters. That might not mean future installments of Deadpool would avoid going for an R-rating, but it may inspire Disney to release a PG-13 cut alongside an R-rated cut with any future sequels. Either way, the presence of the Merc with a Mouth telling Fred Savage the story of Deadpool 2 is an enticing prospect, and I’ll definitely pony up the dough for a ticket to see it. The Deadpool 2 PG-13 cut hits theaters on December 21, 2018.<doc-sep>
This December’s family friendly version of Deadpool 2 will borrow its narrative style and Fred Savage, from The Princess Bride. Loading Have you seen Once Upon a Deadpool? YES NO A few days ago, Deadline reported that Fox is releasing a PG-13 family friendly version of Deadpool 2 on Dec. 21, 2018.Both Deadpool films leaned hard into their R ratings, so many were left wondering how this new film would manage to keep that same Deadpool spirit, whilst toning down the violence and vulgarity to PG-13. According to a tweet by Ryan Reynolds, the answer is Fred Savage.Yes, it appears Fred Savage is reprising his role from The Princess Bride and might actually have the story of Deadpool 2 recounted to him by the mercenary himself.In The Princess Bride, the story is framed as a bedtime story being told to young Fred Savage by his Grandfather. As part of telling this story, the Grandfather holds back on giving his Grandson some of the grittier or scarier bits. Could this be how Fox plans to adapt this new movie to fit a younger audience?Maybe they’ll dub out swearing for safer, silly phrases. Maybe Deadpool will get the crayons back out and start drawing fight scenes, instead of letting them play out in all their gory glory. Details are scarce but with a release date of Dec. 21, 2018, we’ll soon find out.If you’re into all things superheroes, check out all we know about Captain Marvel and the revealing new Joker Movie set photo. John is a freelance writer for IGN UK with a love for all things stealthy, ginny and noisy. To set up a game of Spies vs Mercs or hear his less coherent ramblings, get him on Twitter.