No NC-17 Rating for Team America

Despite reports to the contrary, Paramount Pictures' Team America: World Police will not be getting a NC-17 rating from the MPAA, says Variety.

The trade says that the film's directors, Trey Parker and Matt Stone (who created South Park), are contractually obligated to deliver a cut that gets an R rating from the ratings board. The duo's past history, though, suggests the ratings board will have its work cut out for it.

"Team America," opening October 15, is in a similar situation as the duo's South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut was in. The MPAA had its hands full with that movie, and negotiations went back and forth on an array of issues.

"Team America" cost roughly $20 million to make.