“We had to make a lot of changes.” The producers of ‘Black Adam’ confirm that the film will have a PG-13 rating after toning down its levels of violence

It seems like only yesterday that rumors began that Dwayne Johnson would play DC’s anti-hero and Shazam’s archenemy, Black Adam, in a movie of the same name. But, as time passes at full speed without us even noticing, the feature film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra Already is about to hit our movie theaters… after lowering its levels of violence.

The softy (super)man

The Motion Picture Association, which is responsible, among other things, for awarding ratings by age, has ended up cataloging ‘Black Adam’whose footage was originally rated R — that is, for adults — with an expected PG-13 label after it went through a few sheet metal, paint, and content smoothing sessions.

This has been confirmed by producers Beau Flynn and Hiram García, who have explained the process in an interview with the media. Collider. In it, they state have had as main objective to do justice to the origins of the character, despite having to deal with the MPA afterwards. This is how Flynn commented.

“We wanted to make sure we lived up to the character of Black Adam. One of the things he’s known for is his violence and aggressiveness, and making a Black Adam movie that didn’t have that wouldn’t have been authentic. So we always addressed that.” knowing we were going to take it as far as we did it took us four rounds [con la MPA]and the movie got a PG-13 I think four or five weeks ago.”

In addition, the producer has specified that the film had about ten moments in which Black Adam violently murdered a character that, after negotiating with the regulatory body, have been reduced by half to ensure a PG-13 rating that will make the feature film accessible to a wider audiencewhich will favor, a priori, the results at the box office.

“We had to make a lot of changes. There are some great moments where Black Adam drops a soldier during the hoverbike chase. Then there’s this great moment where the truck goes over the body. But these are moments you need and what do you remember in these movies. You can’t play it safe, you have to go for it. And I think we have four or five of these. At one point we had about ten, and we were able to come to an agreement with the MPA on that “.

This is another case where industry and creativity collide head-on, having to make certain concessions to ensure the economic viability of a project. To see how soft the Adam of the final montage is, we will have to wait for the next October 21The date the film will be released.