Good news Deadpool fans, it looks like Marvel/Disney aren’t planning on toning down the mere with a mouth’s antics onscreen.
Speaking during Disney’s Q1 earnings call, CEO Bob Iger said he believed Deadpool needs to stay in the adult market, even though he’s likely coming into the MCU: “We see that there is certainly popularity amongst Marvel fans for the R-rated Deadpool films. We’re going to continue in that business and there might be room for more of that.”
Will it still be Ryan Reynolds? We’re certainly hoping so. If one character could walk from one universe to the other, it’s Reynolds’ Deadpool.
This is an interesting turn of events, especially with all the talk we’ve been hearing of the Black Widow movie being a potential r-rated outing (here). We speculated that this could leave room for the MCU to bring back the characters that have been lost to Netflix with the focus being on Daredevil and Punisher (you know it’s only a matter of time before Frank Castle is cancelled too).
The idea of a dark corner of the MCU containing Black Widow – a great entry point for older fans – Deadpool and the Netflix characters is an enticing one, we’ll not lie.
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