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The release of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast has been postponed in Malaysia.<\/p>\n

The Emma Watson film was due to open on Thursday but has been put on hold due to an “internal review”. No specific reason has been given for the decision.<\/p>\n

“The movie release date has been postponed and we are reviewing its new release date internally,” a Disney spokesperson told Malaysian newspaper The Star.<\/p>\n

The film courted controversy last week over a gay character in the film.<\/p>\n

Malaysian cinema chain GSC Cinemas has said it will refund customers who have purchased tickets in advance.<\/p>\n

Last week, a Russian MP petitioned Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky to ban the film over the inclusion of a gay character but the country’s culture ministry granted permission to screen the film, with a 16+ age rating.<\/p>\n

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Josh Gad as LeFou (left) and Luke Evans as Gaston in Beauty and the Beast<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n

A Russian law prohibits the spreading of “gay propaganda” among minors.<\/p>\n

Beauty and the Beast director Bill Condon has spoken about the “exclusively gay moment” in the film.<\/p>\n

It involves LeFou – the sidekick of the film’s main antagonist Gaston – who tries to come to terms with feelings for Gaston that swing between lust and admiration, as a side-plot to the main story.<\/p>\n

Emma Watson plays Belle, the young girl who falls in love with a monstrous beast with a dark secret.<\/p>\n

Her suitors – the Beast and Gaston – are played by British stars Dan Stevens and Luke Evans.<\/p>\n

The film opens in the UK on Friday.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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