{"id":38556,"date":"2023-07-10T10:02:42","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T06:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=38556"},"modified":"2023-07-25T11:35:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T07:35:19","slug":"barbie-movie-middle-east-banned-delayed-release-date","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/barbie-movie-middle-east-banned-delayed-release-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Could The New Barbie Movie Be Getting Banned In The Middle East?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38564\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38564\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-38564 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/Untitled-design.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38564\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Instagram @barbiethemovie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The rumours are true, the release of the new Barbie Movie has been pushed to August 31st in the Middle East. A piece of devastating news for anyone who was looking forward to watching the movie. Many have even begun speculating on the probable ban of the movie after learning about the new release date. Keep scrolling to learn more about the new release date, potential ban and more.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I just received news that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Barbie?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">#Barbie<\/a> has been postponed in the middle east until the end of August. I guess Barbenheimer will not be happening here.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anis Tabet (@AnisTabet23) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnisTabet23\/status\/1676534149903966209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">July 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ever since the release of the teaser for the movie, fans all across the globe have been eagerly anticipating the release of\u00a0 the <em>Barbie <\/em>Movie. Anis Tabet who works as an assistant marketing manager at Empire Cinemas in Saudi Arabia broke the news about the new release date, which seems to have caused quite an uproar amongst all Barbie fans in the Middle East. The news was later confirmed when VOX and other cinemas across the Middle East changed the release date on their websites.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38558\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38558\" style=\"width: 501px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-38558\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/Barbie-movie-release-date-vox.png?w=141\" alt=\"\" width=\"501\" height=\"1069\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy Vox Cinemas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The movie was originally set to release later in July this year but changed dates to the end of August. Many speculate, that the movie might be violating censorship guidelines, while some theorise that it could be to give more screen time for movies like <em>Mission Impossible<\/em>. Movies like <em>Disney<\/em> and<em> Pixar&#8217;s<\/em> <em>Lightyear<\/em>, <em>Sony&#8217;s Spiderman: Across The Spider-Verse<\/em> and <em>Scream VI<\/em>, were all banned in the Middle East for the same reason. Countries like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/07\/06\/1186178724\/barbie-movie-philippines-vietnam-china-map#:~:text=Tiny%20Desk-,'Barbie'%20movie%20could%20get%20banned%20in%20the%20Philippines%2C%20following,of%20the%20South%20China%20Sea.\" target=\"_blank\">Philippines<\/a> have also threatened to follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/vietnam-bans-barbie-movie-over-south-china-sea-map-2023-07-03\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vietnam&#8217;s<\/a> lead in banning the film due to the politically sensitive issue of the nine-dash line.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Barbie?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">#Barbie<\/a> movie will most probably get banned in the Middle East, the new trend for banning a movie is pushing the release date closer to the global VOD release date then ban it, we saw this happen to Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse and recently Asteroid City.<\/p>\n<p>The reason\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7QUECDZTqo\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/7QUECDZTqo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Moey \uea00 (@Moeys) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Moeys\/status\/1676626731011121152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">July 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Many fans have taken to social media to express their disappointment over the delay, with one user commenting, &#8220;Unfortunately censorship has to be done by the studio itself, if they refuse to cut out the scenes that&#8217;s when the ban happens.&#8221; While another user said, &#8220;These types of movies that get banned, will eventually roll out into streaming services, without any censorship.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With all the recent movie bans happening in the Middle East, we can&#8217;t help but wonder what the trajectory of this movie could be in this region. Each country reportedly earns somewhere between Dhs18,365,200 to Dhs36,730,400 if the movie is a Hollywood major hit. On the brighter side, if you were wondering which movie to watch first, Barbie or Oppenheimer, you don&#8217;t have to worry about making that decision anymore.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/barbiecore-swimsuits-summer-shop\/\">Here Are 10 Barbiecore Swimsuits To Shop For The Summer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42678,"featured_media":38563,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[36,349,35],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Is The New Barbie Movie Getting Banned In The Middle East?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"With the change in the release date for the Barbie Movie in the Middle East, many are speculating about its ban. 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