26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Culture
Ryan Reynolds Pitched R-Rated ‘Star Wars' Film To Disney, But Not As Its Star
Following his idea to explore a Deadpool & X-Men Team-Up movie, Ryan Reynolds is expanding his horizons with ambitious plans in store, as the actor and producer has pitched an R-rated Star Wars movie to Disney, but not one that he would star in.
Speaking on an episode of The Box Office podcast with host Scott Mendelson, Reynolds recalled how he pitched the idea to Disney, which hasn't done an R-rated Star Wars movie or TV show before. '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,'' he explained, '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.'
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The Mandalorian (2019)
Despite the pitch, Reynolds explained that he would not star in the project even if the idea goes through, and will instead reserve his involvement to producing. 'I'm not saying I want to be in it. That would be a bad fit,' he explained, '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.'
Although an intriguing concept, only time will tell if Disney will ever consider an R-rated film for the franchise. Looking ahead, the Star Wars universe will be receiving two upcoming films: The Mandalorian and Grogu, which adapts the Pedro Pascal-led series to the big screen, and Star Wars: Starfighter, a standalone film set five years after the events of 2019's Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker and directed by Shawn Levy (Deadpool & Wolverine).
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