“The map in Barbie Land is a whimsical, child-like crayon drawing," the studio said in a statement. "The doodles depict Barbie's make-believe journey from Barbie Land to the real world.

Warner Bros has defended the hotly anticipated Barbie movie after Vietnam banned the film over a scene featuring a map showing China’s unilateral claim over territory in the South China Sea ...

But the studio rejects the need for controversy. “The map in Barbie Land is a child-like crayon drawing,” a spokesperson for the Warner Bros. Film Group told Variety.. “The doodles depict ...

In this case, Barbie's ride to the real world. "The map in Barbie Land is a child-like crayon drawing," a spokesperson for the Warner Bros. Film Group told the outlet.

Dashed lines drawn in a "child-like manner" appeared in several locations on the map around land masses identified as Europe, North America, South America, Africa and Asia, the censors said.

WARNER Bros studio on Thursday (Jul 6) said a map in its upcoming Barbie movie of the South China Sea is a “child-like” drawing with no intended significance, days after Vietnam said it would ban the ...