This is a welcome — albeit not that surprising — answer from Disney CEO Bob Iger as he addressed shareholders, via The Hollywood Reporter.
Fox managed to see unprecedented success by allowing not just Deadpool but also Wolverine to embrace R-rated materials in their standalone movies, and the two films proved that there’s a rabid audience for mature content in the superhero genre.
There’d be no reason for Disney to water down the impact of these stories by forcing Deadpool to now play in a PG-13 sandbox just to reach a wider audience.
He reached a wide-enough audience with his R-rated banter.