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Marvel Studios won’t go down the R-rated superhero movie route with the MCU

April 20, 2017 by Gary Collinson

After years of watering down its blockbusters to ensure a PG-13 rating, it seems Hollywood is falling over itself to go R-rated following the box office success of 20th Century Fox’s Deadpool and Logan.

Rumours have suggested that Warner Bros. is open to going down the R-rated road with the DC Extended Universe (they’ve already done so if you include the Ultimate Edition of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice), but it seems we can rule it out from the Disney-owned Marvel Studios.

“My takeaway from both of those films is not the R rating; it’s the risk they took, the chances they took, the creative boundaries that they pushed, that should be the takeaway for everyone,” Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige told THR, revealing that there are no plans for the MCU to follow suit.

SEE ALSO: Why Spider-Man will stay in the Marvel Cinematic Universe beyond 2019

Are you disappointed that we won’t be seeing any R-rated Marvel movies, or is it unnecessary for the MCU? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below…

Originally published April 20, 2017. Updated April 16, 2018.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer who is the Editor-in-Chief of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature 'The Baby in the Basket' and suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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