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Chappie censored in Japan without director's permission
Monday 20th April 2015 | Rhea
Released back March in the US, Chappie was originally released as an R-rated film. However for its upcoming release in Japan, the action/sci-fi film is said to have been re-edited to a PG-12 rating in order to be family friendly. When the announcement was made by Sony Japan, fans rushed to Twitter to voice their concerns to the film's director, who Sony claimed had approved the changes to the original.
Director Neill Blomkamp has made it clear that he had no knowledge whatsoever of these changes and reassured fans that he is "trying to get to the bottom of it". In a statement issued by Sony, the studio say that the approved changes were made with the intention of appealing to a wider audience and that there are no plans in place for a release of the original version when the film opens on May 23rd. On this alleged edit Blomkamp states, "if they did indeed change the edit then yes they lied".
