Speaking at this morning’s Q&A and footage screening, Prometheus director Ridley Scott dropped a very big bombshell: That he want’s the MPAA to give the movie a rating that makes the movie as much money as possible. Wait, what? Ridley Scott isn’t a director that’s just in it for the money. Read what he had to say below:
I want certification for this film that allows me to make as large a box office as possible…
The studios wrestle constantly with these ridiculous adjustments to whether it’s PG13, PG15, R, double R and it does, to a certain extent, affect the box office, which is arithmetic, which is not a cash register, it’s how they get their money back and if studios don’t get their money back we don’t have any movies.
And so it is important that films are successful and I am fully supportive of that because I’m not just a director, I’m also not stupid. I’ve been in this business long enough and to a certain extent I’m a businessman.
So when a big film fails it’s disastrous for all of us. When a big film wins it’s terrific for all of us, whether you like the film or not, it’s really cool. So the adjustment of the ratings… are inconsistent and ridiculously inconsistent, so I can start talking about films that have got PG13 this year, which are absolutely fucking ridiculous… is anyone in here from the MPA or whatever it is? …Get your house in order.
SOURCE: Bleeding Cool
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