'Terminator' guns for kid-friendly rating

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Terminator 4 to be child friendly
Published 5/5/2008 at Filmstalker
... is to be filmed with a PG-13 rating in mind. It would appear they think the lower rating won't affect the Terminator franchise, and are trying to aim the new film at a wider audience. One of the owners of the company responsible for the new film told Variety : The ratings have changed, The PG-13 has increased in intensity. And the other had this to say about the marketing plan for the new film. Our merchandising program will be the largest to date for The Terminator, We won't force it. We are carrying on in the tradition of the mythology, with an ...

Newsbites: Terminator! Bones! Dude! Ebert! Viral!
Published 5/5/2008 by Peter T Chattaway at FilmChat
Here are a few new tidbits to start the week. 1. Variety reports that Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins -- which starts shooting today -- is going to be rated PG-13. The previous three films in the Terminator franchise were all rated R. One of the producers says the more family-friendly -- and merchandising-friendly -- rating won't compromise the grittiness of the franchise because "the ratings have changed . . . The PG-13 has increased in intensity." Well, maybe. But the track record of ...

Terminator 4 to be PG-13
Published 5/5/2008 by orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) at /Film
... Kubicek claims that the ratings have changed over the years and that “PG-13 has increased in intensity.” and it allows them to sell more toys, of course. The fourth film will offer the largest merchandising program to date for The Terminator series. Terminator 4 begins production today, and is scheduled to hit theaters on on May 22nd 2009. Discuss: Can a Terminator movie still be fun with a PG-13 rating? source: Variety ...

'T4' Goes PG-13, Impales Fans Through Head
Published 5/5/2008 by Eugene Novikov at Cinematical
... have announced that the future is actually ending prematurely, as the violent, perennially R-rated franchise is going PG-13 for its fourth installment. The reason? I'll bet you can guess. In addition to "broadening the audience base," the producers are hoping for (or have already signed; it's not really clear) a merchandising deal with Playmates Toys. Dear God. Clearly, they're trying to bring about a fanboy mass suicide. ...

Terminator 4 Set For PG-13
Published 5/5/2008 by john@themovieblog.com (John Campea) at The Movie Blog
... Die Hard, meet Terminator, welcome to the castrated 4th club. We learn this morning that the next Terminator is slotted to be PG-13 thanks to the professionals at Variety: ...

Buzz News Roundup, 5/5
Published 5/5/2008 by BuzzSugar at BuzzSugar -- Entertainment hourly.
... According to Variety, the next Terminator movie will attempt to broaden its audience with a PG-13 rating. ...

The Dailies: May 5, 2008
Published 5/5/2008 by Shawn Adler at MTV Movies Blog
- “Iron Man 2” in 2010, “Avengers” in 2011 among highlights as Marvel releases its upcoming schedule. (Yahoo) - Two-Face will make you sick to your stomach, in a GOOD way, says “Dark Knight” star Aaron Eckhart. (LA Times) - 60% of the time, it works every time. “Anchorman 2” on its way. (Collider) - Hasta la vista, R. “Terminator 4” to go PG-13. (Variety) Share This

Finally, 'Sea-Monkeys: The Movie' [Trade Roundup]
Published 5/5/2008 by Seth at Defamer
... · Worried that a PG-13 rating will water down Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, the next installment of the cyborg-killing-machine franchise? Says Salvation-producer Victor Kubicek, "The PG-13 has increased in intensity." [Variety] ...

Terminator 4 Gunning For Children!
Published 5/5/2008 by Robert Fure at Film School Rejects
But sadly, not in an awesome shooting children way, like we saw in Terminator 2 and Terminator 3. In a marketing, PG-13 rating kind of way. I know what you’re thinking: Fuck this. But hold on, just one second friends. I, the Angriest of Angries, will defend the PG-13 rating to you below. But first, let’s examine the facts. The Terminator franchise features some of the highest grossing R-Rated films of all time. Clearly, people see these movies en mass without a PG-13 rating, so why change it? Well, Halcyon, the company that currently possesses the rights to the franchise, ...

Terminator 4's PG-13 Rating Will Mean More Dumb Explosions [Terminator]
Published 5/5/2008 by Meredith Woerner at io9
First they gave us a sub-standard Teminator (T-X) that kicked 75% less ass than Terminator 2's T-1000. Then they added Claire (Shopgirl) Danes to the equation, and the result, T3, was a poor person's Terminator 2. The only thing that kept hope alive was the promise that Christian Bale would blow us all away as an embattled John Connor in Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins (aka T4). But now news has broken that T4 will be rated PG-13 instead of R, like the previous installments. How can this movie rock half as hard T2 with Disneyland limits? Are the ...

Terminator 4 goes all PG-13 on us
Published 5/6/2008 by Mike at Pop Critics - Movies|TV|Comics|Music|Reviews|Recaps
Wow, this sucks. I mean, I know PG-13 movies these days can still get away with a few things, but that doesn’t mean you downgrade from an R-rating just because you can get more kiddies in your seats. But the minds behind the Terminator 4 sequel are doing just that. Variety is reporting that the producers from Halcyon CO. are aiming for a PG-13 rating when they deliver the finished product to Warner Brothers. Ick. “The ratings have changed,” said Halcyon co-founder and co-CEO Victor Kubicek, a ...