THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES Extended Edition Will Be Rated R?!

Earlier this week we learned that the extended editions for Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy will be getting a big screen theatrical release. Some people were excited while others were like, “Hell no!”

Well, there’s been an interesting development for one of the films that will be released. According to Ropes of Silicon, the extended edition version of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies has been slapped with an R-rating by the MPAA.  The reason they give for the R-rating is “Some Violence,” which seems weird. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a movie get an R-rating for having “Some Violence.”

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