Following its phenomenal success at the box office,Deadpoolhas come home on Blu-ray and DVD today. To help celebrate the release, the Merc With the Mouth was given his own Honest Trailer. But this isn’t your garden variety Honest Trailer. Given the meta nature ofDeadpool, the the man behind the Merc With the Mouth,Ryan Reynoldssuited up to make a foul-mouthed appearance in this takedown of the superhero blockbuster.
This new video fromScreen Junkiesfeatures everything you’ve come to expect from an Honest Trailer, skewering plot points and other aspects of this raunchy adventure. This berated version of theDeadpool trailerpoint outs just how many other superhero movies thisR-ratedadventure has managed to out-gross. And then the Merc himself shows up, making an off-colorAquamanjoke. A fully-costumedRyan Reynoldsthen proceeds to team up with the Honest Trailer narrator to poke fun at the inordinate amount of dick jokes, whileReynoldseven admits that they stole the “honest names” in the movie’s opening credits from theHonest Trailercrew.
Deadpoolgoes on to say that he’s only doing this video to promoteDeadpool’s release on Blu-ray and DVD, while copping to the fact that nobody even buys these “glorified coasters” anymore.Deadpoolthen takes aim at another popular YouTube presence, The Fine Brothers, and their series of React videos, as the anti-hero reveals he has to “crank out” some newDeadpoolReacts videos now that the brothers aren’t suing people anymore. Unfortunately, the actor also tells the trailer narrator that he won’t come back for theDeadpool 2Honest Trailer. Hopefully he changes his mind between now and whenever that sequel hits theaters.
While 20th Century Fox hasn’t officially givenDeadpool 2a release date yet,DeadpoolwritersRhett ReeseandPaul Wernickare coming back to write the script, with directorTim Millerreturning alongsideRyan Reynolds. It isn’t clear yet whether or not any supporting cast members such asT.J. Miller,Morena BaccarinorBrianna Hildenbrandwill return for this follow-up, but hopefully we’ll get more details soon. A report surfaced last month thatRyan Reynoldshas finalized his deal to return for the sequel, with shooting rumored to start as early as this fall.
Deadpoolhas earned $362.3 million domestically and $339.7 million internationally for a worldwide total of $761.9 million , making it the highest grossing R-rated movie of all time. The movie started its record-breaking run with the biggest R-rated opening weekend ever, taking in $132.4 million. While we wait for more details onDeadpool 2, check out this Honest Trailer forDeadpool, which you can now pick up on Blu-ray and DVD.
