When it comes to Hollywood, you might pretty much bank on success breeding imitators.
The wrong lesson to glean fromDeadpools success is that audiences just want R-rated superhero movies.
Well that and a brilliant marketing campaign.
So what does this mean in the immediate future?
The real litmus test here will be just how bigBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justiceis.
Marvel Studios, meanwhile, has an advantage in that their approach has never been overtly serious.
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2,Doctor Strange, and aTaika Waititi-directedThor: Ragnarok, theyre not exactly lacking in the variety department.
It’s also possible thatHugh Jackman’s final Wolverine movie could land an R-rating, given thatThe Wolverinenearly did.
So then what, specifically, will we see happen at the major studios currently making comic book movies?
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