Walt Disney on Friday began streaming R-rated movies on its flagship Disney+ streaming service for the first time, as the company pushes ever further into adult-focused entertainment to pursue new streaming subscribers.
Disney+ will now carry “Deadpool,” “Deadpool 2” and “Logan”—three R-rated superhero movies with stories that originated as comic books published by Marvel Comics and that were acquired as part of Disney’s 2019 $72 billion purchase of most of 21st Century Fox’s entertainment assets.
