“Deadpool” just had the biggest opening weekend ever for a R rated film. So naturally Hollywood is going to start to wonder if R rated comic book movies are going to equal big dollars at the box office.
But “Deadpool” is a special case and what worked for that movie isn’t likely to work for every comic book film moving forward. However there are certain properties that a R rating could work for and X-Force might just be one of them.
During a recent Q & A with Collider, producer Simon Kinberg says that he could see X-Force possibly getting a R rated film in the future.
“I think there are some stories that could be R-rated. I don’t know what they are, I mean I think the mainline X-Men movies have their own tone, which is a more operatic tone. It’s more dramatic, it is more PG-13 in a way. X-Force I could see being R-rated, and who knows?” Kinberg said.
Just keep in mind he said the film could have a R rating and not that it would. Talk about a possible X-Force film has really intensified over the past few weeks as Ryan Reynolds has said he’s making the movie a big priority.
“There’s so much material to mine in just the X-Men universe. In the future, if we’re doing a bunch more ‘Deadpool’ movies, we’re really going to explore the X-Men a lot. We’ll see. And maybe X-Force, X-Force is my priority. I really want to get that in.” Reynolds recently told FILMSTARTS.
Ryan Reynolds isn’t the only one involved with “Deadpool” that’s been talking about a possible X-Force movie either. HeyUGuys recently spoke to “Deadpool” writers Rhett Resse and Paul Wernick and they too echoed Reynolds’ interest about a possible X-Force movie. According to them it’s something they would love to do.
“Absolutely. Getting in to more of an ensemble piece is something we would cherish. X-Force is beloved and we love it, and Deadpool is centric to that world, and we’d love to bring an X-Force movie into the X Universe.” Wernick said.
With the massive success of “Deadpool” at the box office and this many people talking about making it happen, it’s looking more and more likely that the dream of a X-Force film is going to become a reality.
