According to Variety, Ryan Reynolds pitched an R-rated “Star Wars” movie to Disney.
Ryan Reynolds Pitched R-Rated ‘Star Wars’ Film
After starring in one of Disney’s few R-rated MCU movies last year with “Deadpool and Wolverine,” Reynolds apparently pitched an R-rated movie to take place in the “Star Wars” universe.
In an episode of “The Box Office” podcast with host Scott Mendelson, Reynolds said the following of the pitch:
I pitched to Disney, I said, ‘Why don’t we do an R-rated “Star Wars” property? It doesn’t have to be overt, A+ characters. There’s a wide range of characters you could use.’ And I don’t mean R-rated to be vulgar. R-rated as a Trojan horse for emotion. I always wonder why studios don’t want to just gamble on something like that.
Ryan Reynolds
However, he continued the conversation by admitting he does not think he would be a good fit for such a film:
I’m not saying I want to be in it. That would be a bad fit. I’d want to produce and write or be a part of behind the scenes. Those kinds of IP subsist really well on scarcity and surprise. We don’t get scarcity really with ‘Star Wars’ because of Disney+, but you can certainly still surprise people.
Ryan Reynolds
There has never been an R-rated “Star Wars” movie or TV show within the canon franchise; however, the recent “Andor” Disney+ series did deal with some of the heaviest themes in the “Star Wars” universe so far.
Reynolds was also recently in the news for pitching an idea for a future Deadpool film that would star members of the X-Men, with his character taking more of a backseat role.
In other Ryan-related “Star Wars” news, Ryan Gosling has been confirmed to star in an upcoming film directed by Shawn Levy. The film will be called “Star Wars: Starfighter” and is currently set to be released in theaters on May 28, 2027.
“Star Wars: Starfighter” will be the first “Star Wars” film in theaters after “The Mandalorian and Grogu,” which releases on May 22, 2026.
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