The Disney studio may find a few bloodier titles from the past in its huge repertoire, but it is still not a producer from whom we would normally expect works inaccessible to children under the age of seventeen.
The home of Mickey Mouse was taking an even bigger risk when it decided to bet an astronomical 200 million dollars for a summer blockbuster full of violence, blood and vulgarity.
However, Deadpool and Wolverine repaid him in the best way they could when they managed to earn each other in theaters in the first weekend after the premiere.
The creation of Deadpool & Wolverine is a small miracle
After his flop in the role of the superhero Green Lantern in 2011, Ryan Reynolds had to try hard to finally be able to play the coveted Deadpool.
After two successful parts, another obstacle came during the preparations for the third, even more ambitious and incorrect sequel. Studio Fox, then the owner of the rights to the films about Deadpool, was bought by Disney, an old giant famous for its emphasis on creating content for families and children, as part of a giant acquisition worth more than seventy billion dollars.
For Reynolds, it meant another round of negotiations, during which he had to explain his intention with the down-to-earth superhero in a red suit to a new group of managers.
And how this year according to Variety he admitted when he was finally given the nod not only for the Deadpool & Wolverine movie, but also for the strict “R” rating, which meant that in many countries of the world no one under the age of seventeen would watch the film without an adult escort, he was
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