Blockbuster is coming back thanks to Deadpool 2 (Picture: REX)

Deadpool is doing the impossible and is bringing Blockbuster back.

You’ll be showing your age if you have no idea what Blockbuster is – but the Netflix of its day is returning to the UK thanks to Ryan Reynold’s witty character.

It’s hard to believe but it is very true – something very missed is returning from the dead.

Did somebody say #BlockbusterBack?


Ever since it officially shut down in 2013, the video turned DVD store has been missed by movie lovers all over the world.

Blockbuster ceased to exist in 2013 (Picture: Rex Features)

But lucky Londoners will get a very rare experience as a brand new Blockbuster Video store will open for two days only in Shoreditch on 17 September in honour of the Deadpool 2 Digital Download, Blu-ray and DVD release.



The store will be a recreation of the original chain that first opened in 1989, but in true Deadpool style there’s only one movie gracing the shelves, and of course it is Deadpool 2.

Basically, every shelf will be filled to the brim with copies of Deadpool 2 and any fan who can find their original Blockbuster Video membership card will be allowed to queue jump and claim their limited-edition VHS case containing a digital download code for the film.

In case you forgot what a Blockbuster looked like (Picture: Rex Features)

So you better get to digging in your attics!

There are 1989 free copies of Deadpool 2 up for grabs, in a nod to the year that the rental chain opened on the UK high street in Kennington, London.

But have no fear – those of you who could not find the blue and yellow laminated membership cards will have another chance to claim a copy.

All you have to do is display your superpower to the cashier and this will entitle you to a Superhero Edition membership card and a copy of Deadpool 2. Other retro treats will also be up for grabs.

Blockbuster will be open for two days from 17th September at 133 Bethnal Green Road.

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