Disney Boss: "We Have No Plans To Make R-Rated Marvel Movies"
With the success of the foul-mouthed Deadpool, many (including Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn) have wondered if Hollywood would learn the wrong lesson from the film and start green-lighting R-rated superhero movies left and right because it's the trendy new thing to do. But it sounds like Disney CEO Bob Iger isn't going to be influenced by the hottest, latest thing — he's perfectly content with the way things are going at Marvel Studios right now.
I know a lot of fans would probably like to see a darker, R-rated movie from Marvel Studios one day, but Iger appears to be content with that kind of material living on Netflix and the TV side of the equation and keeping the live-action movies PG-13 in order to keep a consistent tone with all of the MCU films (and obviously to insure the biggest possible audience and profits as well).
The theatrical cut of The Wolverine 3 and the Blu-ray release of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice are reportedly receiving R ratings, and as much as those studios might claim those decisions have nothing to do with the surprise breakout hit that Deadpool became, it's impossible to deny that the current Hollywood moviemaking model is largely built on seeing what other movies do and trying to recapture that success with a little tweak here and there. But Iger has made it pretty clear that fans shouldn't hold their breath about an R-rated Marvel Studios film while we wait to see if the R ratings actually pan out for those other movies.
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