After Ryan Reynolds started receiving complaints from young fans of the comic book character who weren't old enough to watch the R rated Deadpool 2 (2018) he came up with the idea of producing a family friendly PG-13 rated version by filming new scenes to bookend the movie into a spoof fairytale and having the most severe violence and bad language removed. This new version is lightly based on the film The Princess Bride (1987). The end result was met with mixed reviews and after a very brief theatrical release the film was released onto dvd in time for Christmas 2018. This version was not released in many countries outside of the US.