While Hugh Jackman's last Wolverine film plans to have a R-rating and a R-rated cut of Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice will be released on Blu-ray, director Peyton Reed has called for a NC-17 rating for Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp.
Reed is poking fun at the recent Wolverine and Batman V. Superman news, which comes in the wake of the massive success of Deadpool. Fox's first R-rated standalone superhero movie is having a major influence on other comic book properties, as it proved moviegoers have an appetite for mature content.
Neither Fox nor Warner Bros. will admit Deadpool's success had anything to do with their R-rated decision making, but it would be hard to believe the timing of both were just a coincidence.
The sequel, Ant-Man and The Wasp, will arrive in theaters July 6, 2018.
