Daniel Craig stars as James Bond in “No Time To Die.”
Provide: MGM
“No Time to Die,” the James Bond film that was the first Hollywood perform to maneuver on the theatrical caledar due to the coronavirus outbreak, is shifting as soon as extra. This time, it’s acquired its sights on 2021.
On Friday, MGM Studios launched that Daniel Craig’s latest flip as British spy James Bond wouldn’t arrive in theaters on Nov. 20. In its place, the film has been postponed to April 2, 2021.
“No Time to Die” is the newest blockbuster to go away the autumn movie slate throughout the wake of the lackluster effectivity of Warner Bros. “Tenet” on the house subject office. Some had predicted that the James Bond film would possibly stick spherical on account of its reliance on worldwide ticket product sales. Cinemas overseas have seen audiences return in droves whereas U.S. moviegoers have stayed dwelling.
The selection to maneuver the film seems to have come as coronavirus circumstances throughout the U.S. proceed to spike and circumstances in Europe have moreover started to rise as quickly as additional.
This delay is but yet one more blow to the movie theaters, which have struggled after being shuttered for months due to the pandemic. Foremost chains solely merely reopened in August.
With “No Time to Die” pushed to 2021, Disney’s “Soul,” an animated Pixar film, is now the next big movie set for theatrical launch. However, it is like that film, too, could go away for subsequent yr.
Disclosure: Comcast owns NBCUniversal and CNBC. Widespread is releasing “No Time To Die” internationally whereas MGM handles the house launch.