Captain America, Thor, The Hulk and many others.
But obviously not ALL of Marvel’s most famous characters were available to the MCU right off the bat, as rights issues kept certain comic book mainstays like the Deadpool 3 will be R-rated like its predecessors.
When news arrived that Disney would break with tradition and make an R-rated Deadpool movie, speculation began on the possibility the studio would look to adapt other adult-oriented Marvel titles as R-rated films. But apparently this is not yet happening, as Marvel Studios chief Feige indicates Deadpool 3 is the only R-rated film currently in development from the studio. Feige told the media from Wednesday’s TCA (via Alex Zalben), "We target everything we do now for kids and adults... Other than Deadpool that has established itself as a genre and rating.”
Feige’s statement that Deadpool 3 is the only R-rated Disney/Marvel film in development comes as obvious bad news for those who were hoping more adult-oriented Marvel fare was in the pipeline. The one big Marvel title with the potential to be an R-rated film is of course Blade movies all carried R ratings of course, mostly for their gory violence, and the hope was the reboot would carry on the tradition established with those films. Things could always change in the future of course, but for now it seems Blade will at most carry a PG-13 rating when it hits screens at some point in the future.
In addition to throwing cold water on fans who were hoping for a flat-out R-rated Blade reboot, Feige’s nugget also seemingly puts the damper on hopes of an R-rated Wolverine or Joker and Birds of Prey, it seems only logical for Marvel to find a way to keep pace with their own R-rated fare, preferably without sullying the good name of Disney in the process.
Source: Alex Zalben/Twitter
