It’s bad news for The Tillman Story, it seems.

We reported earlier today that the Weinstein’s were trying to appeal the R-rating given for “excessive language”. Both the film’s director Amir Bar-Lev and producer John Battsek appealed to the ratings board, in hopes to get a PG-13.

The critically acclaimed documentary The Tillman Story is facing a new kind of fight.

Amir Bar-Lev’s story about a family looking for the truth regarding their son’s death due to friendly fire in Afghanistan is arriving at theatres on August 20. With just one week before release, Harvey Weinstein (whose Weinstein Co. is distributing the film) is planning to battle the current R-rating given to the film for “excessive language”.