Perfect News! Fox Has CONFIRMED That PROMETHEUS Will Indeed Be A Rated 'R' Experience!!

Last yesterday our friends over at Collider posted about a fanboy at IMDB that supposedly bought a pre-sale ticket for PROMETHEUS that stated on the stub that it is rated 'R'. Now I did not immediately jump on this bandwagon as I have been caught before by the ridiculous lengths some will go just to get their hoax broadcast on the interwebs. It would not be difficult to fake that ticket.

But now is the word I was looking for, officially from 20th Century Fox themselves that yes, PROMETHEUS will indeed be rated 'R' for: "Sci-fi violence including some intense images, and brief language."


So, my friends, we will NOT be compromised in this movie in any way, shape or form! There won't be any cuts for the sake of a rating and we can expect to see Ridley Scott's original intent on the big screen!! That's Marc Streitenfeld music to my ears!!

Here's the synopsis for the movie:
Ridley Scott, director of “Alien” and “Blade Runner,” returns to the genre he helped define. With PROMETHEUS, he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.

And once again, here's the international trailer:




We can all relax and relish in the fact that soon we will be transported to that very unsafe region of the universe that spawned ALIEN... Ridley Scott's vivid imagination!

Source: Collider

Worried About The Rating For PROMETHEUS? Don't Be, Says Fox CEO Tom Rothman!

Music to my ears! Much has been said lately on the pending decision on just what rating will be assigned to Ridley Scott's PROMETHEUS simply because of it's pedigree, ALIEN and ALIENS in particular live in a very dark and horrific universe. What sort of prequel would it be if PROMETHEUS was relegated to a PG-13?

Tom Rothman (Fox CEO) has set the record straight recently at CinemaCon in Las Vegas:
"I can assure the fans—I’m very aware of their concern—absolutely they can take it that the film will not be compromised either way. So if that means that the film is R, then it’ll be an R. If it’s PG-13, then it’ll be a PG-13, but it will not be compromised"

And Tom continues:
"[For] Prometheus, it would have been very easy—in fact probably in Chapter One of the Executive Handbook, if I ever read such a thing, it would say, ‘Go ahead, make a straightforward prequel to Alien.’ That would have been the easy thing to do. Prometheus is the more challenging thing to do. It’s bolder, it’s original, it’s in the universe, but it’s not a literal story-based prequel to [Alien], it’s a wholly new science-fiction entry from Ridley Scott, who hasn’t made a science-fiction film in 30 years."

Personally I believe that we are going to be in for a rated R experience with PROMETHEUS. With the comments that Ridley Scott has made and now Tom Rothman, along with the content that is meant to marry up with ALIEN, it HAS to be. What do you think?

PROMETHEUS opens on June 1.

Source: Collider

UPDATED: PROMETHEUS Earns A PG-13 After Three Editing Attempts?

**Same Day Update: I am now alerted to a gentleman by the name of invictus_005 who claims to have impersonated someone to get this information from the MPAA. More and more dubious to me.

This is far from official yet as these things can be so easily created by fans, but for what it's worth it seems that Fox has earned a PG-13 rating from the MPAA. It took three editing attempts apparently.

I received this image from a source I am unfamiliar with and he uses the code name "John Rambo". So I cannot vouch for this information.

Personally I would have liked to have seen PROMETHEUS with an 'R' and perhaps that really is the case - if this thing is from someone's imagination.

You decide if you want to believe this, but I'm sure the answer is just around the corner as PROMETHEUS' release date is fast approaching. A few quick Google searches turned up nothing for this Executive Director, Sharon Manecki from the MPAA.

"My Bloody R-Rated Valentine 3D"

Yes sir, Jim here. MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3D has earned an 'R' rating from the MPAA for "graphic, brutal horror violence and grizzly images throughout, some strong sexuality, graphic nudity and language." Heck they even had to tone down the movie poster so that the blood appeared much more washed out to even put it up in theaters!

As you may already know, MBV3D focuses on a man who returns to his hometown on the 10th anniversary of a rather intense Valentine's Day slaying - but it is he who is being considered a suspect.

Oh you can be sure to expect to be totally grossed out in this movie. In 3D. Awesome or what? :-)

Source: Bloody-Disgusting