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Warner Bros. reportedly open to R-rated DC superhero movies

March 10, 2017 by Gary Collinson

Last year, 20th Century Fox took a huge gamble by avoiding the usual PG-13 route with its superhero blockbuster Deadpool – a move that paid off in spades when it became the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time with $760 million worldwide.

Fox has since proven it wasn’t a one-off fluke, with this month’s Wolverine solo movie Logan enjoying huge critical and commercial success; as you’d expect, other studios are already softening their stance on releasing R-rated movies, and while it would seem unlikely that Marvel will follow suit, a new rumour suggests Warner Bros. is not averse to doing so with the DC Extended Universe.

If El Mayime of The Wrap is to be believed, a “well-placed insider” at DC Films (presumably a different “well-placed insider” to the one who fed him all the duff Batman v Superman and Suicide Squad info) responded “One hundred percent yes, with the right character(s)” when asked about the possibility of an R-rated DC movie.

Warner Bros. has already shown it isn’t averse to R-rated material (see the Ultimate Edition of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and the animated movies Batman: The Killing Joke and Justice League Dark), and I’m sure there are plenty of fans who’d like to see the studio going down the R-rated route for something like The Batman.

However, given the sketchy nature of the source – and producer Charles Roven’s post-Deadpool comments that future DC movies will likely remain PG-13, I wouldn’t hold your breath for an R-rated The Batman just yet.

Would you like to see the DCEU going down the R-rated route, and for which characters? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below…

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: DC, DC Extended Universe

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, television and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website FlickeringMyth.com and executive producer of the upcoming gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket'. He has over 20 years of experience within the industry, including a decade of teaching and lecturing in film and media, and is the author of the book 'Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen'.

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