Barbie (2023)

Barbie is a romantic comedy film directed by Greta Gerwig and written by Gerwig and Noah Baumbach. Based on the Barbie fashion dolls by Mattel from Ruth Handler, the film is the first live-action Barbie film after several computer-animated direct-to-video and streaming television films.

The film was announced in 2009 by Universal Pictures with Laurence Mark producing, but development began in April 2014, when Sony Pictures acquired its rights. Following multiple writer and director changes and the casting of two different actresses to play the title role, Sony lost the rights and these were subsequently transferred to Warner Bros. Pictures. Robbie was cast in 2019 and also serves as a producer under her LuckyChap Entertainment banner, alongside Mattel Films and Heyday Films. Gerwig was confirmed as director and co-writer with Baumbach in 2021. Gosling and the rest of the cast were announced in early 2022, and filming began that March in England, wrapping in July.

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Censorship

 * The movie was banned in Vietnam due to the depiction of what appeared to be a “child-like crayon drawing” of China's nine-dash line, which is used by China to indicate its controversial territorial claims in the South China Sea.
 * On July 21, the Punjab censor board in Pakistan has also imposed a ban on "Barbie" for showing pro-LGBTQ content.
 * After being delayed for later release in some Middle Eastern countries; on late July, it is announced that Barbie is officially banned in Saudi Arabia and several Gulf countries includes Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.