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It’s official: Deadpool & Wolverine has been rated R. This is no surprise, given that the rating had been promised by Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige.

Officially, Deadpool & Wolverine is rated R for “strong bloody violence and language throughout, gore and sexual references.” While Deadpool and Deadpool 2 were both R-rated, Deadpool & Wolverine is the first to be given the rating for “gore,” suggesting this new film will be much bloodier than the others. The rating comes in ahead of the movie’s release in theaters in July.

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This makes history as Deadpool & Wolverine is the first film set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to be rated R. It was expected, however, as Feige has addressed the mature rating for the film on multiple occasions. At CinemaCon in April, he said that the movie is “f***ing awesome” and reaffirmed, “It’s R-rated.” Director Shawn Levy has also teased that the film earns its R-rating, and he shared how Feige and Co. at Marvel Studios had never given the team any restrictions on how far they could push the envelope.

“We were clear from the get-go,” Levy told Fandango. “We said, ‘Well, the three of us [Levy, Ryan Reynolds, and Hugh Jackman] are going to do this and we’ve got to be truthful to the tone of a Deadpool movie.’ That means we’re not softening the edges. We’re going to be audacious and funny and edgy, the way I know I, as a fan, want from Logan and from Wade Wilson.”

The director continued, “I have to say, every time Ryan, Hugh, and I went in expecting pushback, we got support from Kevin, from everyone at Disney. They have trusted us and allowed us to do the version of Deadpool & Wolverine that we feel is best.”

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It seems clear that there will not be a lack of violence in Deadpool & Wolverine, so this probably won’t be a movie to watch for the squeamish. The film follows Deadpool and Logan becoming unlikely allies as they’re faced with a multiversal threat in the form of Cassandra Nova, played by Emma Corrin. Because of the multiverse aspect, it is expected that there will be many major cameos in the film, with pop star Taylor Swift among the most heavily rumored.

Deadpool & Wolverine will be released in theaters on July 26, 2024.