In an exclusive Entertainment Weekly interview, director Gary Ross revealed that the new Hunger Games movie will be rated PG-13, rather than R because an R rating would exclude too many of its loyal fans.
I have never thought that the violence (in the first novel, at least) was ever R-rated material. Most of it is alluded to or shared through Katniss's narrative, rather than shown first-hand. And unlike so many other teen movies, THG won't have the language or sex. I agree that too many kids would be crushed if they couldn't see it.
What do you think?
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http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/01/07/hunger-games-gary-ross-rating-twilight/
