After Warner Bros. Japan issued a statement criticizing what it describes as “extremely regrettable” Barbenheimer tweets shared from the official Barbie Twitter account in the U.S., Warner Bros. Film Group sent Deadline the following reaction: “Warner Brothers regrets its recent insensitive social media engagement." The offending tweets are being deleted.
The initial statement, posted on Japan’s own Barbie account where it has been liked 75,000 times, reads after translation: “We consider it extremely regrettable that the official account of the American headquarters for the movie Barbie reacted to the social media postings of ‘Barbenheimer’ fans. … We take this situation very seriously. We are asking the U.S. headquarters to take appropriate action. We apologize to those who were offended by this series of inconsiderate reactions. Warner Bros Japan."
Warner Japan’s frustration stems from the Barbie account’s positive responses to Barbenheimer images, including one to a viral fan-made poster shared by the film account @DiscussingFilm.
The fictional poster features Oppenheimer actor Cillian Murphy carrying Barbie star Margot Robbie on his shoulder in the foreground as blast flames engulf the background. In response to the post, the U.S. @barbiethemovie account replied: “It’s going to be a summer to remember.”
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