Hasย The Batman age rating been confirmed? The eagerly awaited DC Comics movie is out next year and the first trailer from last year suggested a darker tone that made fans wonder, is The Batman rated PG-13 or R? Now it looks like The Batmanโs PG-13 rating may have been confirmed thanks to a couple of merchandise reveals, including a prequel novel. Perhaps more surprisingly, fans are actually pretty okay with the idea.
Is The Batman age rating PG-13 or R?
While the official age rating for The Batman has not yet been confirmed, it seems very likely that the 2022 Batman movie will be rated PG-13. This is despite a number of recent major DC Comics movies featuring either Batman or Batman villains from the last couple of years being R-rated, including Zack Snyderโs Justice League, Joker, and this monthโs The Suicide Squad.
Fans worked out that The Batman would most likely be rated PG-13 rather than R thanks to a few pieces of tie-in merchandise that have been spotted this weekendย โ all of which distinctly skewing towards a younger audience. The Batman: The Deluxe Junior Novel from Random House book publisher is a prequel story starring Batman (Robert Pattinson) and Catwoman (Zoรซ Kravitz) and is specifically aimed at readers agedย 8-12. Additionally, some toys aimed at younger children also got revealed, including Batman in the new Batmobile.
Looks like merchandise for #TheBatman ๐ฆ is really starting to kick off close to DC Fandome 2. First some new The Batman figures from Spinmaster and now a Junior prequel novel.
Yup, the Batman is PG-13 pic.twitter.com/63pE7UjYUs
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Warner Bros would not be producing such tie-ins or merchandise if the movie was aimed at a more mature audience. The fan response to this has largely been positive, with most people showing confidence that The Batman director Matt Reeves (who also handled the last two acclaimed Planet of the Apes movies) knows what he doingย โ although some remain disappointed that fans arenโt getting the first-ever R-rated Batman movie.
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There's no question that a PG-13 Batman can still be dark & gritty, but I feel we've already seen a lot of what a PG-13 Batman has to offer. Great or otherwise.
It'd be nice to see The Batman go for an R rating, push new limits that haven't quite been explored yet in film. pic.twitter.com/J33DO71yyvโ ๐ ๐ค๐๐ฃ ๐๐ก๐ค๐๐๐ง (๐ฟ๐ช๐๐ค๐ช๐จ๐) (@PlocarArts) August 16, 2021
The Batmanโs current release date is March 4, 2022. It wonโt be the only appearance of Batman in a theatrical movie next year either, since both Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton will play the Dark Knight in The Flash movie.
