You Can Now Collect Movie Classics With New Covers Featuring Deadpool
By Aimee LutkinJan. 15 2019, Updated 11:22 a.m. ET
Deadpool is inescapable. Super villains can't get away, and neither can any of us. The marketing team for Deadpool 2 has pulled out all the stops. They got Celine Dion on board, and Hugh Jackman, who Ryan Reynolds has been torturing for months.
Now Deadpool has infiltrated other movies, so even if you don't want to see Deadpool 2, you'll still be seeing the man in red everywhere. Covers of beloved classics have been reimagined with the Merc with a mouth in the role.
Deadpool wins marketing. This is literally my Walmart. pic.twitter.com/BT3B6m3Tix
— Mariah Brooks (@Mariah_Shae_) May 15, 2018They're all over Walmarts:
guys look at the movie rack at walmart! brett just sent me the photo. the promo for deadpool is unbelievable pic.twitter.com/eDSL05MLbg
— semi-stable centenarian 🖤🔪⭐️ (@rainbowslinky) May 15, 2018And honestly, some of them are pretty good!
Have you seen these new #Deadpool variant Blu-ray slipcovers for a bunch of different movies? I stopped at Walmart to buy Office Space and they were so awesome I bought the entire set of 16 Blu-rays! #podernfamily #TuesdayThoughts @deadpoolmovie pic.twitter.com/VkARhf3zx4
— The MoviePass Pod🎙️ (@themoviepasspod) May 15, 2018They even seem like movies that are (of course) pretty self-referential, including Marvel's Logan, where a baby Deadpool hand hold's Wolverine's, The Terminator, Assassin's Creed, and Revenge of the Nerds.
In fact, Deadpool in on the cover of a bunch of X-Men movies, plus Fight Club and War For the Planet of the Apes.
Then there's Predator, Edward Scissorhands, and Cast Away, which might be my personal fav:
Don't forget the classics: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, Office Space, Speed, and My Cousin Vinny.
People are psyched about the opportunity to grab these collectibles, but they seem to be in short supply:
For those looking for the DEADPOOL photobomb BluRays at Walmart—I was there when they opened the case. They only got 2-3 of each title and then the rest were Deadpool 1 Blu Rays.
So good hunting!#Collecting #Deadpool #ItsAChase pic.twitter.com/iBcOkAPQCu
— Marvelicious Toys (@MarveliciousToy) May 15, 20180/3 today on trying to get Deadpool movies from @Walmart. Though I found out the fight club is just a cover on the original movie and not a remake with Deadpool as Tyler Durden. Please fix that @VancityReynolds. We need that remake.
— Kinglink (@KinglinkReviews) May 16, 2018And maybe not worth it?
The promo is pretty cool, but to buy all 16 movies just for the slip covers seems extreme to me lol.
— Mr.Sudzy (@MrSudzy) May 16, 2018It kinda is, for the true fans.
You just know that there will be that one person who buys them all*
*Yes, I'm jealous of that person
— Stuart Acker (@stuthedj) May 16, 2018It actually would be fun to see Deadpool in some of these movies, but he is also literally everywhere else right now. He even popped in to take over Stephen Colbert's monologue on Tuesday night, on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
"You're not gonna believe this but Donald Trump is in the news. The administration is still dealing with the fallout from announcing that the U.S. will be pulling out of the Iran deal," Deadpool quips. "It's Trump's biggest pulling out blunder since Eric."
Also, be warned, he spoils the end of Avengers: Infinity War.
The film is out this weekend, and we will finally be free of all this Deadpool marketing, but I think we might actually miss it?
okay so i saw deadpool 2 and lemme say it was a whole lot of fun to watch. pic.twitter.com/d2DHYlbzXU
— linnéa, what's good? howdy (@swediishmonster) May 16, 2018He's a charmer with armor.
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