DEADPOOL Movie Banned in China for Its Violence, Language, and Nudity
Looks like the people of China are going to miss out on one of the most highly anticipated films of the year! The country has banned Tim Miller and Ryan Reynolds' Deadpool due to its graphic violence, nudity, and vulgar language. It must really suck to live under a communist regime right about now.
I will say that this really sucks for 20th Century Fox because it's the world's second-largest movie market. Now, in case you're worried that the studio is going to recut the film to cater to the Chinese market, don't worry because that's not going to happen. THR says:
China's censorship authorities often work with the Hollywood studios to create cleaned-up special cuts of R-rated movies, but sources close to the Deadpool decision say it wasn't possible to excise the offending material without causing plot problems.
I love that Miller and Reynolds made a film in which the all of the rated R material was used to further the story and that cutting any of it would hurt the plot of the film. That means that petition to get a PG-13 edit is out of the question as well. Hopefully, the film does well enough at the box office without the Chinese market so that we get to see a sequel.
I mostly feel bad for the people of China because they'll be missing out on the most badass movie of the year.