Egyptian cinemas tore down posters for Marvel’s latest entry to its blockbuster cinematic universe the “Eternals”, which was scheduled to be released in cinemas earlier in November, after a decree by the Censorship Authority for Artistic Works banned the movie due to homosexual scenes. A source within the censorship authority said that the film-producing company refused to make amendments to the scenes that are considered inappropriate to Egyptian morals and opted to just ban the film. The Eternals sparked great controversy due to homosexual scenes between two heroes of the movie, as well as scenes where a god appeared and was addressed during the scene. Angelina Jolie, one of the film’s heroines, denounced the ban saying at a press conference: “I’m sad for [those audiences]. This happened with the 2004 movie “Brokeback Mountain”, which was screened in Egypt after cutting homosexual scenes.
