Kevin Feige Reveals There'll Be More R-Rated Marvel Projects in the Future | THR Video
Marvel President Kevin Feige chats with THR at the 'Deadpool & Wolverine' red carpet premiere and shares how he approached bringing 'Deadpool' under the Disney-owned MCU umbrella. Plus, he reveals how there will be more R-Rated Marvel projects from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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00:00Before we get started, could you use one word to describe the panel at Comic-Con this week?
00:06Well, we're doing two this week. We're doing a Deadpool panel on Thursday,
00:10and we're doing our Marvel Studios panel on Saturday.
00:13And the one word that I have leading up to it, and I hope the audience has while they're witnessing it, is excitement.
00:19How were you able to navigate bringing this into the Disney universe?
00:24You know, once Disney acquired the rights and said that they were going to let us do it R-rated
00:29and honor what Ryan had done before, and Ryan Reynolds came on board like a force of nature
00:34and really helped drive this movie together and bring the team of Sean Levy and Hugh Jackman together
00:40to make what people, I hope, are going to love as soon as they see it.
00:43Do you think Hugh has that Michael Jordan in him after putting back on the claws that he'll do it again?
00:52You know, this is the first step in that. I'm not a sports guy, but I do know who Michael Jordan is.
00:57And I think when people see this movie, it won't feel like somebody returning from retirement.
01:02It will feel like somebody at the top of their game.
01:05Talk about Rhett and Paul, too. I mean, very close to Ryan.
01:08And what was it like working with them on set as well?
01:12Well, it was great. And Rhett and Paul and Zeb Wells, our writer, along with Sean and Ryan as co-writers,
01:17there are a lot of names on that screenplay, what people will see on the screen.
01:21But they all had an amazing part in working together to craft this movie.
01:26It was a benefit. It was a creative collaboration that resulted in the movie we're going to see.
01:32Day one of the film, was everybody asking the same question?
01:36Where's the line that we can go to and how far can we go over that line?
01:41You know, because Disney had been very clear saying they were R-rated before, let this one be R-rated.
01:46Ryan is the best arbiter of that. Ryan knows where the line is and he goes right up to it and pulls himself back.
01:53But the line's far out there.
01:56Do you think this movie opens the doors for more R-rated films in the MCU?
02:00I think it is when appropriate. Sure. I think it's when appropriate.
02:04It was entirely appropriate for Deadpool. It would have been inappropriate for it to not be R.
02:09And if we encounter a character like that, there are a few I can think of where that's in the DNA of the character, then we'll do that.
02:15Will you be enjoying some popcorn out of Hugh's head tonight?
02:19That is a horrific image that I now have.
02:24That's Ryan for you. Yes, exactly.