'Avengers: Endgame' Website Hijacked by Deadpool

AvengersEndgame.com does not go to 'Avengers: Endgame' but rather a 'Deadpool 2' site. Skiptomaincontent By AaronCouch PlusIcon AaronCouch SeniorEditor,HeatVision MoreStoriesbyAaron FrancisFordCoppola’s‘Megalopolis’CastsTaliaShire,ShiaLaBeouf,JasonSchwartzmanandMore ‘BMF’ActorEricKofi-Abrefa SignswithAPA Sony’s‘HomeBeforeDark’Enlists‘There’sSomeoneInsideYourHouse’Director,‘TheInvitation’Writer(Exclusive) ViewAll December7,20184:54pm SharethisarticleonFacebook SharethisarticleonTwitter SharethisarticleonEmail Showadditionalshareoptions SharethisarticleonPrint SharethisarticleonComment SharethisarticleonWhatsapp SharethisarticleonLinkedin SharethisarticleonReddit SharethisarticleonPinit SharethisarticleonTumblr 'Deadpool' CourtesyTwentiethCenturyFox SharethisarticleonFacebook SharethisarticleonTwitter SharethisarticleonEmail Showadditionalshareoptions SharethisarticleonPrint SharethisarticleonComment SharethisarticleonWhatsapp SharethisarticleonLinkedin SharethisarticleonReddit SharethisarticleonPinit SharethisarticleonTumblr Logotext TheAvengershaveanewmenace—andit’sDeadpool. It’sjusthoursafterMarvelStudiosrevealedthefirsttrailer,andtitle,forAvengers:Endgame,buttheURLforthenewlytitledAvengers4doesnotgotoasiteforthatfilm. Rather, AvengersEndgame.com redirectsto20thCenturyFox’swebsiteforOnceUponaDeadpool,it’supcomingPG-13re-releaseofDeadpool2. ItisunclearwhoisbehindtheURLredirect,butshortlyafter9a.m.PT(threehoursafterthetrailerdropped),aTwitteraccountwiththehandle@AGuyintChairtweeteditownedthedomainandwasaskingforapairofticketstotheEndgamepremiereinexchangeforit.Accordingtorecords,thedomainwasregisteredonApril27,whichwasopeningdayof Avengers:InfinityWar. RelatedStories MovieNews JonFavreauArguedAgainsttheDecisiontoKillRobertDowneyJr.'sIronManin'Avengers:Endgame,'RussoBrothersSay MovieNews TwoNew'Avengers'FilmsAnnouncedatComic-Con Inadirectmessageexchange,theowneroftheTwitteraccounttoldTheHollywoodReportertheyknewbackinAprilthatEndgamewasthenameofthenextAvengersfilm.TheydeclinedtodivulgetheiridentityandsaidDisneyhadnotbeenintouchaboutobtainingthedomain.WhilethismightseemlikeamarketingprankDeadpoolstarRyanReynoldsmightpull,theowneroftheTwitteraccountsaidtheyarenothim. Disneyisintheprocessofacquiring21stCenturyFox,whichhastherightstoDeadpoolandotherX-Mencharacters,aswellastheFantastic Four.It’sunclearhowtheseMarvelassetswillbeintegratedintotheDisney-ownedMarvelCinematicUniverse,butDisneyCEOBobIgerhassaidthatMarvelStudiosheadKevinFeigewillhavepurview overthosecharacters.Hehasalsoindicatedthat,despiteDisney’sfamily-friendlybrand,hecouldseeDeadpoolbeingallowedtoremainR-ratedwhenhemovestoDisney. DeadpoolstarReynoldshasmademultiplejokesaboutDisneyleadinguptothemerger.OnDec.6,2017ReynoldswroteonTwitter,“TimetouncorkthatexplosivesexualtensionbetweenDeadpoolandMickeyMouse.”Amonthearlier,whenCNBCbrokethestorythatamergerwaspossible,Reynoldstweeted,“Ifthisistrue,IwonderhowthefudgeitwouldaffectDeadpool?”ThestarinitiallyhadajokeaboutDisneyinDeadpool2,whichheultimatelycut. OnceUponaDeadpoolisintheatersDec.12,whileAvengers:EndgameopensApril26,2019. 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