Wes Anderson's Asteroid City has been given an R rating from the MPA, but the filmmaker reportedly plans to appeal.
According to the Motion Picture Association's weekly ratings list, Asteroid City has been rated R for "brief graphic nudity." Below the rating is a note that states, "Intending to appeal to the Classification and Rating Administration (C.A.R.A.) Appeals board."
The movie is set in the '50s in a fictional desert town in the US. According to the official synopsis: "The itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention (organized to bring together students and parents from across the country for fellowship and scholarly competition) is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events."
Anderson co-wrote the screenplay with Roman Coppola, who he previously wrote with on 2007's The Darjeeling Limited and 2012's Moonrise Kingdom – which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
Anderson's The French Dispatch, released in 2021, received an R rating for "graphic nudity, some sexual references, and language" and had another A-list ensemble cast consisting of Owen Wilson, Timothee Chalamet, Tilda Swinton, Willem Dafoe, Elizabeth Moss, Bill Murray, and Edward Norton.
