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Greta Gerwig's upcoming Barbie, a take on the iconic Mattel doll that stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, is already looking to become one of the summer's biggest blockbusters.

However, ahead of its hotly anticipated July 21 release, the film has been presented with a big stop sign in the form of a ban in Vietnam.

The director general of the Vietnam Cinema Department under the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, Vi Kien Thanh, said in a statement on Monday that the ban was decided by the National Film Evaluation Council.

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As per the statement, a map scene in the upcoming Warner Bros. release features the nine-dash line, a highly controversial reference to the geographical dispute over territorial claims between China and many of its neighboring countries, including Vietnam.

The line represents the People's Republic of China's claims to parts of the South China Sea, although they infringe on Vietnam's own land reclamation efforts and, according to the Vietnamese government, threaten their sovereignty.

Newspaper carried the statement: We do not grant license for the American movie 'Barbie' to release in Vietnam because it contains the offending image of the nine-dash line.

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A 2016 United Nations tribunal rejected China's historic-rights claims over the maritime property within the nine-dash line, although the regions remain hotly contested.

Promotional efforts for the upcoming movie are continuing in earnest, however, as members of the core cast and the director herself were spotted in Seoul, South Korea on Sunday.

However, apart from the now ban-worthy map scene, it was revealed recently that another undisclosed sequence was apparently off-brand enough for the brand to have Mattel step in.

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In an interview with TIME, Mattel President and COO Richard Dickson recalled taking a flight to London to argue with Greta and Margot over one specific scene.

However, the Oscar-nominated director and the Australian actress, who is a co-producer on Barbie through her company LuckyChap Entertainment, convinced the Mattel exec of the scene's validity and changed his mind.

The Suicide Squad star explained: When you look on the page, the nuance isn't there, the delivery isn't there, saying that it all came together when put together on screen.

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She emphasized her growing relationship with the brand as an executive producer as well, recalling of her 2018 meeting with Mattel's CEO: In that very first meeting, we impressed upon Ynon [Kreiz] we are going to honor the legacy of your brand, but if we don't acknowledge certain things – if we don't say it, someone else is going to say it.

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I dressed as Barbie for a week and this is how it improved my confidenceFrom Brunch Barbie in Chanel to Office Barbiecore in Balmain - Hello! Fashion's Lauren Ramsay got dolled up for an entire week. Here's what went down...On Sunday, the two attended a photo call for the movie at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills. For the occasion, Robbie wore a bright pink halter minidress in a white polka-dot print with a cutout in the center. She styled it with white pointed-toe pumps, a large faux pearl bracelet, and a quilted leather yellow mini shoulder bag. She wore a short soft-pink manicure, rosy makeup, and a silky, wavy hairstyle.

Gosling, meanwhile, looked every bit a cool, modern-day Ken in a breezy beige cardigan with a swirly, orangey pattern, layered over a classic white tee. For bottoms, he wore neat black jeans, a distressed brown leather belt, and black leather boots. His blond hair was styled in a wavy Ken-esque hairdo.

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The costars attended the first press event for Greta Gerwig’s highly anticipated film in L.A. one day earlier, with Robbie pulling up in a life-size version of one of the doll’s most cherished accessories: her pink convertible. The film’s official Instagram account shared two photos of the star posing with a vintage, bubblegum-pink Corvette while dressed in a sunny Barbie-pink co-ord.

Movie project will mark the first live-action film from the Barbie franchise, and the first movie deal from Mattel Films, the film division of the company behind Barbie and other iconic toys. It is set for release on July 21.

Rosa Sanchez is the senior news editor at Harper's Bazaar, working on news as it relates to entertainment, fashion, and culture. Previously, she was a news editor at ABC News and, prior to that, a managing editor of celebrity news at American Media. She has also written features for Rolling Stone, Teen Vogue, Forbes, and The Hollywood Reporter, among other outlets.

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