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The new blockbuster movie Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse was abruptly removed from cinema listings in more than a dozen Muslim-majority countries without explanation, apparently over the inclusion of a blink-and-you-miss-it transgender poster in the background of one frame.
The poster was spotted in the character Gwen Stacy s bedroom above her door for a brief moment. Many countries, including the United Arabs Emirates, will not release the movie.