Because of the current situation of COVID-19 that keeps on getting worse globally, many theaters have been advised to get closed. This resulted in many movies have to be pushed back several times.
One of the most highly anticipated movies of the year 2021, that is James Bond’s latest film called “No Time To Die” also get affected by that because it has been delayed again.
It was set to open on the 2nd of April. Now, it is planning to hit the big screen on the 8th of October as Hollywood faces more delays before moviegoing resumes in earnest.
According to the planning, “No Time to Die” is likely to spark another wave of high-profile moves among spring and early summer movies. The film, which cost an estimated US$200 million to produce, marks actor Daniel Craig’s last outing as agent 007.
Cinema owners all over the world were hoping “No Time to Die” would kick off a rebound in moviegoing. The COVID-19 pandemic devastated the film business in the year 2020.
In early 2020, “No Time to Die” became the first Hollywood tentpole to become a casualty of the COVID-19 crisis when its original April 2020 release date was pushed back to November 2020.
The Bond franchise is actually one of the movie world’s most lucrative, with 2015’s “Spectre” raking in US$880 million at the box office worldwide, while “Skyfall” in 2012 grossed more than US$1 billion globally.
Sources: CNN