Los Angeles Sep 30 (IANS) Hollywood studio 20th Century Fox has added a yet untitled "Deadpool" movie to its 2018 slate.
The move is a part of a few changes to the studio s release calendar including pushing back "Alita: Battle Angel" and "Dark Phoenix" reports hollywoodreporter.com.
The "Deadpool" movie will open in wide release on December 21.
Robert Rodriguez s "Alita..." will move from December 21 to February 14 2019 and "Dark Phoenix" the next X-Men installment moves from February 14 2019 to June 7 2019.
The studio has also moved its long-in-development "X-Men" spinoff "Gambit" from June 7 2019 to March 13 2020.
According to hollywoodreporter.com the "Deadpool" film could be a kid-friendly re-release of "Deadpool 2".
The release date changes come as the pending Disney/Fox merger is expected to close in 2019 which will give Disney s Marvel Studios the rights to the X-Men.

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