Surprising no one, both DreamWorks/Warner Bros.‘Ready Player Oneand Disney/Marvel’sBlack Pantherare getting PG-13 ratings. What’s more interesting here is exactly why each movie got the rating that it did.Steven Spielberg’s adaptation ofErnest Cline’s novel is going to be an interesting one, not just because there are so many licensed brands to wrangle in the nostalgia-fueled film but because Cline worked some pretty mature subject material into his story that probably won’t make it onto the screen. The description of the PG-13 rating, however, suggests that it won’t be all squeaky clean.
As forRyan Coogler’s Marvel movie, the superhero story’s all-out action and a “brief rude gesture” was enough to earn it the same rating. Thats as expected. It certainly wasn’t going to be an R-rated film by any means, and nothing outside of kids movies get a PG rating these days, but I am now intrigued by the brief rude gesture. I hope it’s a new Wakandan custom that becomes all the rage.
Here’s what you can expect fromReady Player One’s PG-13 rating:
The film is set in 2045, with the world on the brink of chaos and collapse. But the people have found salvation in the OASIS, an expansive virtual reality universe created by the brilliant and eccentric James Halliday (Mark Rylance). When Halliday dies, he leaves his immense fortune to the first person to find a digital Easter egg he has hidden somewhere in the OASIS, sparking a contest that grips the entire world. When an unlikely young hero named Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) decides to join the contest, he is hurled into a breakneck, reality-bending treasure hunt through a fantastical universe of mystery, discovery and danger.
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And here’s what earnedBlack Pantherits PG-13 rating:
Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther” follows T’Challa who, after the death of his father, the King of Wakanda, returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation to succeed to the throne and take his rightful place as king. But when a powerful old enemy reappears, T’Challa’s mettle as king—and Black Panther—is tested when he is drawn into a formidable conflict that puts the fate of Wakanda and the entire world at risk. Faced with treachery and danger, the young king must rally his allies and release the full power of Black Panther to defeat his foes and secure the safety of his people and their way of life.
“Black Panther” stars Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, with Angela Bassett, with Forest Whitaker, and Andy Serkis.
The film is directed by Ryan Coogler and produced by Kevin Feige with Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Nate Moore, Jeffrey Chernov and Stan Lee serving as executive producers. Ryan Coogler & Joe Robert Colewrote the screenplay.Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther” hits U.S. theaters onFebruary 16, 2018.
For much more of our coverage onBlack Panther, be sure to check out these recent write-ups and keep an eye out for much more to come:
