After seeing a tweet from @AsaEnchancers about Ender’s Game getting a PG-13 rating from the MPAA, we did a bit of Google searching to find out what the deal was, since the last we knew, the film had not yet been rated.

The only result we could find was at the official Lionsgate movies page for Ender’s Game, which lists the film as PG-13. Oddly enough, none of their other titles have ratings, including You’re Next, which is out in theaters this month. We’re waiting for confirmation from Summit, but the rating being on Lionsgate’s official site is reliable enough for us!

I’ve seen some articles pop up in the past insisting that Ender’s Game needed to be Rated R, but I’ve never really understood why people feel that way. There are some pretty violent movies out there that are rated PG-13 (Wrath of the Titans is the first one to come to mind) and I’ve never really felt like Ender’s Game was truly R-rated violent to begin with. Sure, the scene with Stilson in the book is terrible, but I’ve outlined in the past my opinions on that scene and why things change with the older actors.

What are your thoughts? For me, no surprise here. If The Hunger Games can score PG-13 with 20+ body count, surely Ender’s Game can too.

UPDATE: Turns out we posted another image on Instagram earlier showing the rating too!

Here’s the image in full: