R-Rated DC superhero films are under consideration

A PG-13 rating opens your movie up to the widest possible audience that might have disposable incoming. If you skew any younger, you risk alienating fans of the material. If you push for an R-rating, you’re potentially cutting off a huge source of profit for a movie, or so the thinking goes. But then there’s Deadpool and Logan.

Wade Wilson and fourth-wall breaking antics made Deadpool the highest-grossing R-rated movie ever. Not Marvel, not superhero – just movie. The still-fresh Logan pulled in not only tons of critical acclaim, but has so far pulled in well-over $200 million of its own. In other words, Fox went somewhere other studios wouldn’t and proved that there is not only room for, but tons of money to be made in serious, adult-oriented superhero films.

Just like we won’t see Supes or Batman helming one anytime soon, though, we likely won’t see any of the established Marvel Cinematic Universe characters at the front of one, either. But it’d be silly to think Marvel isn’t considering the potential of such a thing themselves.

The closest we’ve had to a DCEU R-rated movie is the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice extended cut. Which wasn’t much better than the original, really. We’re hoping DC can pick a winner next time around and show us something as memorable as Deadpool.

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