Deadpool Confirmed To Be In MCU And Remains To Be R-Rated

Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studios, has said that the next Deadpool movie will be R-rated and be part of the MCU, with Ryan Reynolds already working on a script.

During a WandaVision press event, Feige spoke to Collider, going into a little more detail about the project:

“It will be rated R and we are working on a script right now, and Ryan [Reynolds is] overseeing a script right now… It will not be [filming] this year. Ryan is a very busy, very successful actor. We’ve got a number of things we’ve already announced that we now have to make, but it’s exciting for it to have begun.

“Again, a very different type of character in the MCU, and Ryan is a force of nature, which is just awesome to see him bring that character to life.”

There has been some confusion about whether Deadpool will (or maybe could) be included in the MCU, particularly because no Marvel movie has yet crossed over to R ratings.

Feige tends, however, to confirm both a R ranking and its position in the MCU. The age limit on Disney+ streaming service may have been another challenge, but the upcoming Disney Star service could help in this.

Feige told IGN at the same event that Reynolds is working on a screenplay – presumably the Deadpool 3 script written by Wendy Molyneux and Lizzie Molyneux-Loeglin, authors of Bob’s Burgers.

This hopefully puts to rest concerns that, despite Ryan Reynolds visiting the studio for talks in 2019, Deadpool will not be happening at Marvel Studios. It is an outlying issue if Deadpool 2 director David Leitch returns – his deadline is officially complete by 2021, but Feige’s remarks also suggest that no shooting will take place this year, which means he may potentially come on board.

Other movies beside Deadpool have also been delayed because of the pandemic – we have WandaVision, The Falcon & Winter Soldier, Black Widow, Loki, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, What If…?, Eternals and the untitled third Tom Holland Spider-Man movie to arrive in 2021 alone. Here’s every official project on the MCU slate right now.

Source: IGN

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