‘Deadpool’ Can Stay R-Rated At Disney; Other R-Rated Marvel Movies Are Possible
By Jacob Hall/Dec. 14, 2017 10:30 am EST
Disney CEO Bob Iger addressed the red-suited loudmouth in the room, acknowledging that yeah, Deadpool is a Disney movie now and yeah, this could mean more R-rated superhero movies from the studio in the future.
In a call with investors (via The Hollywood Reporter), Iger suggested the idea of a “Marvel-R” label for future superhero movies that are made for adults-only audiences:
It [Deadpool] clearly has been and will be Marvel branded. But we think there might be an opportunity for a Marvel-R brand for something like Deadpool. As long as we let the audiences know what’s coming, we think we can manage that fine.
Of course, the question now is how Deadpool will coexist with the rest of Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe. The Marvel movies, while generally very fun and very good, adhere to a very specific and tightly regulated aesthetic. How do you slide this guy, who drops four-letter words with stunning regularity and constantly breaks the fourth wall, into a landscape populated by earnest characters who take themselves seriously and are very careful to never go beyond PG-13 in their super-heroic derring-do? Or do you just let Deadpool exist on his own and not take advantage of this newfound corporate synergy–
Ha. Nah. This is Disney we’re talking about. Expect to see the X-Men characters in the MCU by 2020. The question we really should be asking ourselves is whether or not Iger is serious about a “Marvel-R” and if he would actually sign off on a new movie as bleak and bloody as Logan. Who knows! I’m not convinced we’ll see anything that bold from Disney in the near future, but I’d love to be proven wrong.
Apparently you can’t actually blow the Matterhorn. pic.twitter.com/2bEAAcZrUv
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