Buzz Lightyear

"Lightyear", the Disney animated film, has been issued an NC16 rating in Singapore for its “overt homosexual depictions”, the Infocomm Media Development ...

A key principle was that the guidelines should be “sensitive to social norms and values that are generally acceptable to members of the public”. Ng added that some members were “uncomfortable” even after they were willing to consider giving it a lower rating, as it meant the movie could be shown unedited to a broad-based audience on free-to-air TV. IMDA said the NC16 rating for the animated movie was decided based on its film classification guidelines. It allows distributors to release different versions of the same film to “cater to different market segments”, IMDA said. The aim is to "provide consumers with choice" and open "Lightyear" to a younger audience, IMDA added. "Lightyear", the Disney animated film, has been issued an NC16 rating in Singapore for its “overt homosexual depictions”, the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) said on June 14.

Walt Disney Co. has been unable to obtain permission to show its new Pixar movie Lightyear in 14 Middle Eastern and Asian countries, a source said on Monday ...

But she said filmmakers would not make changes to the movie. A Lightyear producer told Reuters that authorities in China had asked for cuts to the movie, which Disney declined to make, and she assumed the movie would not open there either. In the film, Buzz's close friend is a female space ranger who marries another woman.

The United Arab Emirates ban comes despite an announcement last year that the country would no longer censor movies.

Homosexuality, however, remains taboo in the country. In 2016, it established a Ministry of Tolerance. The UAE ban comes despite an announcement last year that the country would no longer censor movies. For years the UAE has cast itself as a modern, tolerant haven in an otherwise highly conservative region. According to entertainment news website Deadline Hollywood, " Lightyear" won't be playing in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Egypt or Indonesia — the latter being the most populous Muslim country in the world with 274 million people. The movie features a same-sex relationship and brief kiss.