

There are certain things we just can’t include because we’ll get letters.” The audience for a Disney movie may not know what they are going to see, but they know what they aren’t going to see. We always have to think about the smoking policy.

Nor could we have made Oscar-winning Argo because the characters smoke and use the F-word. But there’s no way we could make it under the Disney label because the characters smoke cigarettes and other content. “With Fox, we can make movies that right now I say no to. While Deadpool wasn’t specifically mentioned during the conversation, Disney film chief Alan Horn did discuss how the Fox acquisition will allow the studio to produce content they would have previously turned down: While fans are excited about the prospect of seeing the X-Men and Fantastic Four join the Marvel Cinematic Universe after Disney acquires 21st Century Fox’s entertainment assets, others are concerned the merger means R-rated content like Deadpool will no longer be produced. ‘Deadpool’ Writers Exit Disney’s ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean’ Reboot
