Deadpool Director Wants X-Force To Be R-Rated

04/18/2016 12:56 pm EDT

With the official Deadpool 2 announcement out of CinemaCon last week, we now that director Tim Miller (along with star Ryan Reynolds) will be returning for the sequel to Deadpool.

But the success of Wade Wilson's R-rated shenanigans, and the teased debut of Cable in the sequel, have left fans wondering about another potential X-Men spinoff, X-Force.

We know from concept art that Fox has considered an X-Force movie, and the idea should float on the save wave of momentum that has propelled Deadpool to become the highest grossing R-rated movie of all time.

Miller had some thoughts on what an X-Force movie should be, and he shared them with Collider:

"I'll just say I'd like it to be an R-rated movie, but I've always been very realistic. We're not making fine art here. This is commerce. So if for some reason there was a story that needed to be bigger and needed to be at a certain budget, and it didn't warrant an R-rated budget, although it's harder to make that argument now after Deadpool, but let's say we were saying it before Deadpool came out; I understand that. I'm not one of those directors who goes 'I want it because I want it!' and 'It should be because I think it should be!' There's economics at work here, and I would like it to be R-rated.

And I know there was some talk around Hollywood, and James Gunn talked about it, and I agree very much with what he said. I think Deadpool worked because of what it was. I think Deadpool worked because it was funny. I think Deadpool worked because it didn't take itself seriously. That's why it worked as an R-rated film. I'm not sure any superhero movie will work as an R-rated film. I'm not sure some members of the public are going to be happy with the blood and gore if it's not balanced with humor and the other stuff."

We'll have to wait and see how the darker corner of Fox's X-Men cinematic universe develops.

Deadpool arrives on Blu-ray and DVD on May 10.

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