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Will Venom 3 be rated R or PG-13? Tom Hardy has pushed for a more adult rating for The Last Dance

When your hero literally eats people, you can expect an adult rating to follow.

Venom: The Last Dance trailer screenshot of demon horse — Image credit: Sony Pictures Releasing

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Published on Wed Sep 11 2024

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It has been a long and bloody road for Eddie Brock and his alien symbiote life-partner. The two have dealt with a lot so far, but the trailer for Venom: The Last Dance certainly implies that things will get worse before they get better. Just how bloody with the end of their journey get? The rating for Venom: The Last Dance gives us a few clues about what to expect.

The third Venom movie follows the pair as the other symbiotes arrive on Earth to consume all of humanity. To stop them, Venom and Eddie will be pushed to their absolute limits, with rumors swirling that either one or both of them won’t make it to the end credits. The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has listed Venom: The Last Dance as rated 15, which is the same as the previous two movies in the series. However, the BBFC hasn’t released specific content warnings for the movie, so we can’t assume the level of violence or adult language in the film.

What is Venom: The Last Dance rated in the US then? The MPA hasn’t given an official rating even though the movie's release date is less than a month away. We expect that it will be PG-13, like both Venom and Venom: Let There Be Carnage were, but there have been rumors that the movie will actually be R-rated instead. Tom Hardy has said that they were allowed to “push it” with the content in the film, though he doesn’t say if that means a more adult rating for the film. If they did indeed push the boundaries of PG-13, it could explain why the rating for Venom: The Last Dance is taking so long to be released.

Venom: The Last Dance is due out on October 25, 2024.

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