Director Francis Lawrence, who has directed every movie in The Hunger Games series since Catching Fire, reveals all his first cuts were rated R.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Francis Lawrence, who has directed every movie in The Hunger Games series since Catching Fire, has revealed the original cuts of every movie received an R rating from the Motion Picture Association . The franchise focuses on its titular Games, which involve children from Districts across Panem being forced to fight one another to the death.
At 2:21, the director is asked about how he keeps every movie PG-13 despite the murderous contest the films focus on. He reveals that, in reality, the theatrical releases are toned-down versions of the first, R-rated cut. Check out what Lawrence had to say below: Why The Hunger Games Movies Need To Be PG-13 Due to the franchise's focus on a contest where children and teenagers kill one another, it makes sense why first cuts of the movies would land an R rating. From the many characters Katniss kills, like Gloss, to the deadly opening of Catching Fire's Games at the resource-rich Cornucopia, a higher rating for the movie seems justifiable.
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