One of the biggest reasons the original Deadpool film was such a huge success and earned Fox such a ginormous box office return was because Ryan Reynolds worked his butt off to ensure it was as Deadpool-ey of a movie as possible.
Now that kind of thing might seem like a movie producer’s worst nightmare. Major motion picture studios looking for the highest rate of return are allured by family-friendly, safe cinematic choices. The more mundane and mediocre and inoffensive a film is, the more guaranteed of a return of investment, statistically speaking.
Deadpool was a huge departure from that boring, MPAA-rating-friendly studio process and it ended up reaping the benefits. Fox greenlit a sequel almost immediately after the film’s opening box-office numbers came in, and things were looking great.
Until Disney announced that they’d be buying Fox, the studio that produces Deadpool. Now when you think of Disney films, you’re definitely not thinking of rated R content.
But Disney’s CEO, Bob Iger, assures fan that Disney’s got no problem with being in the R-rated film business, just as long as “audiences know what’s coming.”
Disney is ready & willing to get into the R-rated movie business. Iger says #Deadpool can stay R-rated, “as long as we let the audiences know what’s coming” https://t.co/pUxaiSnnpU pic.twitter.com/KL0Xo7P939
— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) December 14, 2017
From Bob Iger on Deadpool and one can imagine other R rated Fox properties: pic.twitter.com/7gpnwwZ2OW
— Rachel Wagner (@smilingldsgirl) December 14, 2017
Ryan Reynolds took the news of Disney’s buyout in typical Deadpool fashion
Apparently you can’t actually blow the Matterhorn. pic.twitter.com/2bEAAcZrUv
— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) December 14, 2017
Twitter was ecstatic that their favorite foul mouthed red bodysuit wearing unkillable smart-cracking ninja won’t be censored.
Thank god deadpool is still gonna be rated r thank u Disney I love deadpool as an r rated character
— Eric Dixon (@RealEricDixon) December 14, 2017
Don’t get me wrong I’m happy that we’re probably gonna see the X-Men & Fantastic Four in the MCU but not at the risk of a whole studio being gone
— Caleb © (@kinky_FUCKERY50) December 14, 2017
While others aren’t exactly holding out hope for the future.
Now that Disney have the rights to Deadpool, i want this to happen pic.twitter.com/502WnOoxpC
— psyopia (@I_r_Dann) December 14, 2017
I hope that Fox’s Xmen universe and the MCU stay separate. Bring other characters into each but keep projects different and divided. Wanna keep seeing things like rated R Logan/Deadpool.
— Jason Segalla (@2xNoodle) December 14, 2017
I hope that Fox’s Xmen universe and the MCU stay separate. Bring other characters into each but keep projects different and divided. Wanna keep seeing things like rated R Logan/Deadpool.
— Jason Segalla (@2xNoodle) December 14, 2017
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