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Deadline<\/a>, LOGAN<\/a><\/strong> director James Mangold<\/strong> described himself as being “very curious” about the news that Disney is looking to takeover 20th Century Fox; a deal that seems to be a lock and is expected to be announced early Thursday morning.<\/p>\n No one fully knows what will happen once the merge takes place, but Mangold shared concerned if Disney would allow for the development of R-rated comic book properties like his film and Deadpool<\/em>. Will directors be given the freedom to look beyond PG-13 ratings and merchandising; an area the mouse-house is notorious for centering their projects around?<\/p>\n \u201cIf they\u2019re actually changing [20th Century Fox’s] mandate, if what they\u2019re supposed to do alters, that would be sad to me because it just means less movies,\u201d he said while attending a LOGAN screening discussion in Manhattan with stars Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart. “I just hope what we end up with is going to be a positive in terms of movies.<\/p>\n \u201cThe real thing that happens when you make a movie rated R, behind the scenes, is that the studio has to adjust to the reality that there will be no Happy Meals. There will be no action figures. The entire merchandising, cross-pollinating side of selling the movie to children is dead before you even start. And when that\u2019s dead, it means you\u2019re making a grown-up movie.\u201d<\/p>\n As with his experience developing an R-rated comic book film, he added, \u201cyou don\u2019t come under the pressure of how a 12-year-old is going to react to the movie, not just in terms of violence or language but in terms of pace or even the depth of interest in what people are talking about.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve now so co-opted this idea that these movies are not really stories, but are merchandise entities. You can\u2019t kill the characters because they\u2019re worth so much effing money.\u201d<\/p>\n