Since the announcement that Marvel Studios would be rebooting Blade for the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Mahershala Ali taking on the titular role, fans have been wanting the film to follow the original trilogy and be R-rated.
However, during a TCA panel (via CinemaBlend), Marvel boss Kevin Feige made a comment that implies that all Marvel Cinematic Universe instalments, whether it’s films or Disney+ series, will continue to be PG-13 besides Deadpool 3 – which has already been confirmed to be R-rated.
“I think we target everything we’re doing now for kids and adults. So I think your question is: more adult or R-rated. You know, other than Deadpool, which has already established itself as a certain genre and a certain rating that we’ve already said we would not mess with when we start working with Deadpool – which we have. Other than that, we’ve not ever encountered a story, or a storyline, or a character’s journey that a PG-13 or the tone or the ratings that we’ve been using up to this point has prevented us. We’ve never been held back by it. If we ever are, then certainly there could be a discussion to be had now that there are other outlets like Hulu, like Star. But that just hasn’t been the case yet. We’ve been able to tell all the kinds of stories we’ve wanted to with the tonality and the rating structure that we have now.”
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While the comment doesn’t specifically mention Blade, Feige stating “that just hasn’t been the case yet” seems to imply that all films and TV series currently announced and in development, will continue to focus on PG-13 rated content.
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