In honour of Regina’s self-described prodigal son, the Kramer IMAX Theatre has announced it will be renaming itself to the “Wade Wilson IMAX Theatre” ahead of the upcoming film Deadpool & Wolverine.
The renaming will be in effect for the duration of the film’s run at Saskatchewan’s sole IMAX Theatre.
Deadpool’s history with Saskatchewan’s capital is longstanding.
In the comics, it is revealed that the disfigured mercenary is Canadian.
However, most fans learned of his connection to YQR in the first Deadpool film in 2016. The film saw the titular “Merc with a Mouth” name drop the Queen City – referencing the well-known joke that Regina is “the city that rhymes with fun.”
“A hush falls over the crowd as rookie sensation Wade W. Wilson out of Regina, Saskatchewan … lines up the shot,” Wilson says in the film, before kicking a masked villain in the head. “And that’s why Regina rhymes with fun,” he continues.