Marvel fans are feeling much better about the odds of theBlade rebootgetting an R rating after it was recently confirmed thatDeadpool 3will be the MCU’s first R-rated movie. Though the first two R-ratedDeadpoolmovies were highly successful, worries were present with fans that Disney wouldn’t allow an R-rated movie in the MCU. Those feelings were assuaged with new comments from Marvel boss Kevin Feige, who verified thatDeadpool 3won’t be toned down.
“It will be rated R and we are working on a script right now, and Ryan’s overseeing a script right now,” Feige told Collider. “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, avery 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.”
Giving Deadpool 3 an R ratingopens the door for Marvel to develop other movies for more mature fans. On social media, a great many of these fans are voicing their hopes that this news means the upcomingBladereboot will be R-rated as well. As withDeadpool, all of the previousBlademovies are R-rated, so giving even though it’s a reboot, giving the newBladeanything less would just make the new movie feel much tamer.
“Now thatDeadpool 3is confirmed to be R rated by Kevin Feige once and For all, I hopeBlade is considered for an R ratingalong with the MCU Wolverine in the future,” tweets one fan.
“SinceDeadpool 3will be R rated, here’s hoping thatBladeis also,” echoes another Marvel fan.
These tweets are just the tip of the iceberg. Another tweet reads, “SinceDeadpool 3is gonna be Rated R (Big W). Can we go ahead and makeBladeRated R and could y’allmake Moon Knight a little edgierfor me?”
Wesley Snipes famously played the titular vigilante in all threeBlademovies. Based on the Marvel Comics superhero, the part-human, part-vampire Blade fights against evil vampires to keep innocent humans safe. Coming out in the late 90s and early 2000s, theBlademovies are often credited for helping to inspire the superhero movie boom that would end up dominating Hollywood and the box office.The Dark Knightwriter David S. Goyer wrote every installment of the series and directed the third movie,Blade Trinity.
It was first announced in 2019 that Marvel Studios was developing aBladereboot with plans to bring the character into the MCU. Mahershala Ali will replace Snipes as the new Blade, and the casting was met with a very positive response from fans.Bladewill be a part of Phase 5 of the MCU, and it won’t be released until 2022 at the earliest. News ofDeadpool 3getting its R rating comes to us fromCollider.
