Kevin Feige: “Of Course” All Marvel Films Won’t Be R-Rated & Says “The Mutant Era” Comes Next
One answer did jump out as mildly interesting when Feige was asked about how important “Deadpool & Wolverine” is to the future of the MCU and the potential before and after element it potentially represents for Marvel as a kind of crossroads. In his answer, the Marvel Chief tackled two topics: the R-rating and Mutants. In the R-rated aspect, Feige suggested, you may not see an R that often (or ever?), but didn’t fully elaborate on when and where we could see it again.
“Every [Marvel] film is important, and there’s nothing better than a great movie for a Cinematic Universe,” he began. “The before and after [aspect of it all]? I think a lot of people talk about the R-rating and, ‘Is every [Marvel] movie going to be R-rated after this?’ [And the answer is] of course not. But I hope every movie after this embraces its tonality the way the way ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ and the way this team does.”
Does this mean another Marvel movie strongly suggested to have an R, like “Blade,” will shy away from that rating? As of now, it’s unclear. However, Reynolds also chimed in about this first in Marvel history. “The R-rating is never exploited; it’s never really used just to use it,” he explained. “It’s just there as a facility to tell the most authentic story about these two iconic characters coming together on screen for the first time.”
In the second part of his answer Feige addressed the “X-Men” finally being allowed into the Marvel Cinematic Universe thanks to “Deadpool & Wolverine” and suggested the Mutant Saga won’t necessarily have to wait until the Multiverse Saga—which ends with “Avengers: Secret Wars”—is complete to begin.
“Also, the ‘after’ is clearly—now that we have characters from the ‘X-Men’ world, the Mutants—we haven’t had access to before,” he continued. “So, this is the beginning of that, and every [movie] post ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ will be the Mutant era coming into the MCU.” #video #movies