share 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 As DC Studios steps boldly into a new age of comic book movies, it seems R-rated works will form a core part of its identity. Head honcho James Gunn has revealed that he’s welcome to add them to the new DC Universe (DCU) slate , so long as the story warrants it. Image credit: Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty Images “It’s not about testing out to see if this thing works.
It’s just about telling a story. If a story is going to be R-rated, we’re totally okay with that,” Gunn told Collider . “If it’s going to be PG, PG-13, or G, I don’t care — whatever is worthy of the story, that’s what we’re going to do.
” The filmmaker continued by teasing that there’s “more than one” R-rated project currently pending the greenlight, attributing the demand for and potential of such content to the huge success of Marvel’s Deadpool & Wolverine . Advertisement ▼ “People love that character. People love that format for that thing.
You know Peacemaker is unrated, basically. So, we have all sorts. I like the idea of doing all sorts of different things,” he added.
The approach aligns with the first project in the studio’s upcoming lineup, Creature Commandos , set to debut on 5 December with a TV-MA rating . The seven-episode animated series assembles a team of oddball anti-heroes for “missions deemed too dangerous for humans” and is based on the DC Comics featuring the eponymous team. In contrast, Superman will bear a PG-13 rating, which fits t.
