It was a disappointment, but not a surprise, that Venom received a PG-13 rating.
The expected violence was toned down because Sony Pictures wants Venom and Spider-Man to eventually face off.
According to Uproxx, unfortunately that?s not going to happen with an R rating.
Tom Hardy is still hoping for Venom to receive an R-rating.
?To be fair, the [Venom property] can fulcrum into R-rated and fulcrum into youth or children. My littlest ones, they watch Spider-Man and Venom quite comfortably and Venom toys appear and LEGO appear.?
Hardy to MTV News
?There?s a lot in the real estate that you can actually imbue with a complete sense of gratuitous ultra-violence if you really wanted to, and I think you?ve got the right people for that job if you want to push it, ?cause that?s where I?d love to go with it.?
Hardy to MTV news.
