The 2005 controversy arrived following a linked lawsuit settled in 2002 in Texas. In December 2002 the 1st Blockbuster keep opened in Norway, and was followed by a further shop some months later in 2003, the two found in Oslo. In September 2018, to coincide with the electronic release of Deadpool 2, a pop-up retail keep in the style of an first 1989 Blockbuster outlet was opened for two days in Shoreditch in East London.