Wonder Woman director avoided R rating so little girls could see the movie
Although Deadpool and Logan managed to make a killing at the box office, R-rated superhero films probably won’t outnumber their more kid-friendly counterparts anytime soon. PG ratings will continue to be handed out like so many alter egos, as filmmakers work to keep their blockbusters open to as many demographics as possible—how else could they recoup the CGI budget? But for the first woman-led superhero film in the DCEU, Patty Jenkins wanted to make sure the little girls reading comics could sit alongside their mothers at a screening. The Wonder Woman director tells Cinema Blend that while the WWI setting practically required a PG-13 rating, she avoided branching out into rated R territory to ensure that even the youngest of fans could attend.