Disney+ is adding three popular Marvel movie titles to its lineup, Deadpool, Deadpool 2, and Logan, which will launch on the platform July 22.
All three were produced by 20th Century Fox and are rated R.As part of Disney’s acquisition of Fox assets, the company took over the Fox movie studio, which controls limited Marvel IP, including X-Men, Fantastic Four and Deadpool.
But until now, Fox’s R-rated Marvel movies had been kept off Disney+ in the U.S. (Deadpool and Deadpool 2 started streaming on Disney’s other platform, Hulu, last fall.)Disney+ is billed as the home of Marvel fare, which has a branded section on the platform.
Until this year, that only included family-friendly movies and series produced by Kevin Feige’s Marvel Studios, which carry PG-13 rating (and its TV equivalents, TV-PG, TV-14).In March, Disney+ expanded into TV-MA/R territory by updating its existing Parental Controls in the U.S. (That already had been done internationally).
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