It’s one thing Disney toning down the content of other films but Deadpool? Surely the famously R-rated superhero franchise can’t be tamed?
One of its writers, Rhett Reese, has moved to assure fans that the forthcoming Deadpool 3 won’t become “Disney-fied.” While admitting that “there are differences” now as a result of Disney doing “things their own way,” he insisted that everyone has been “incredibly supportive.”
“They are gonna let Deadpool be Deadpool, you know?” Reese told The Playlist. “It’s not like any particular joke may be the one that they say, ‘you know, that’s too far,’ that could happen, but to this point, it’s been nothing but support.”
The screenwriter also said that Deadpool 3 will get an R-rating like the two previous films in the franchise. “They’re not gonna mess with the tone,” he added. “I mean, I’d never say never, I guess there’s an outside chance, but we’ve always been told it can be R-[rated], and we’re proceeding as if it’s R. We would like it to be R, we always have, so I don’t think that’ll change.”
Disney would be wise not too interfere with Deadpool 3 – if any film character is going to break the fourth wall and goad its parent company, it would be Deadpool. And with the last film in the franchise making $750 million at the box office, it’s really a case of ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’.
After Disney acquired Fox several years ago, Deadpool was one of the main characters they wanted to integrate into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige reiterated his support last year, confirming that a third Deadpool outing would take place in the MCU.
Just a few months ago, Shawn Levy joined the project as director, having previously worked with Ryan Reynolds on Free Guy and The Adam Project.
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