Reynolds has already been given the chance to experiment with the Deadpool movie format when he made Once Upon a Deadpool, a PG-13 re-cut and re-telling of Deadpool 2 released six months after the base film. The framing device for Once Upon a Deadpool showed the masked vigilante kidnapping actor and producer Fred Savage and telling his hostage the story of Deadpool 2 as if it were a children’s book in a parody/homage to The Princess Bride. Once Upon a Deadpool received mixed reviews, but allowing Reynolds to toy with the breadth of storytelling possibilities capable with the most meta and chaotic comic book character in the Marvel arsenal signaled a first step towards greater things.
As for the Deadpool Christmas movie, Reynolds remains hopeful that the holiday special could be a possibility in the future. It won’t have anything in common with Spirited, save an appearance from Reynolds – said the star, “Maybe one day we’ll get to make that movie. It’s not a musical, but it’s a full Deadpool Christmas movie. So one day.”
He must be saving the theatrics for Deadpool on Broadway.