Lebanon Group Wants Wonder Woman Banned Over Gal Gadot's Heritage

For what it's worth, Yahoo also asked star Chris Pine about a much more obscure relic of Wonder Woman's comic history: Jumpa, Diana's fun kangaroo sidekick. Though some were anxious after her all-too-brief debut in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, let me assure you that they needn't have been; Gadot brings warmth, humor and an incredible physicality to the role which is sure to make fans of the iconic DC heroine very happy.

Lebanon is officially at war with Israel and has for decades had laws that boycott Israeli products and prevent Lebanese citizens from traveling to Israel or having contact with Israelis.

"One of the things we both believe in", Jenkins said, "is the magic of Wonder Woman: She is incredibly strong but she also stands for something that's the opposite of being violent, which is love, truth, compassion".

A formal request for a Wonder Woman ban has not yet been received, an unnamed security official told the AP. I'm not one to jump on board the whole debate on body size, body hair, or all other battles women have to face on a daily basis, but I do have to say that at no point during the film did it even cross my mind that such a debate exists.

Elie Fares, a well-known Lebanese blogger, said the movie already must have been approved to be allowed in theaters in the first place.

The Wonder Woman movie seems to get plagued with controversy with each passing minute.

HollywoodLifers, will you see Wonder Woman? The movie is still set to open as scheduled in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, and Bahrain.

Gal Gadot, a former Miss Israel, served in the Israel Defense Forces for two years before becoming an actress and has expressed support for Israeli soldiers. "Growing up I had Superman and Batman to look up to".

"Wonder Woman is the first major studio superhero film directed by a woman, and it shows in a number of subtle, yet important ways". In his Chicago Tribune review, he said, "Gadot, who can hold a goddess-like warrior gaze like nobody's business, leads the way, and Jenkins' picture is serious fun guided by a honest belief in the superheroine created in 1941 by William Moulton Marston (...) For the first time in a long time, I came out of a DC comic book movie feeling ready for a sequel".

A woman waves for taxi, as she stands in front of a digital billboard promoting the 2017 Wonder Woman movie, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 30, 2017.