UAE regulators announced over the weekend that banned the film for “violation of the rules content from the country’s media,” by tweeting a photograph of the main character, Buzz Lightyear, with a red “No” symbol.
Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority country, said it has not banned the film, “but suggests the film’s owner think about the audience in Indonesia, where an LGBT kiss scene is still sensitive.”
Everything indicates that Disney has declined to cut the filmoffering it “as is” for all markets.
Consequently, a total of 14 countries and territories in which the company wanted to project Lightyear they have not granted the premiere of the filmlearned the AFP.
The tape tells the story of one of the main characters of its franchise toy storyan action figure who thinks he’s real.
The film follows buzz lightyearthe astronaut who allegedly inspired the action figure, when he crashes on a hostile planet, and shows the best friend of Buzz, Alisha Hawthornekiss his wife.
The scene was itself the subject of controversy in the United States.where it was originally removed from the film, before Pixar and Disney backed down under pressure from employees demanding their commitment to LGBT rights.