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"James Bond’s latest adventure has hit another speed bump. “No Time to Die,” the upcoming installment in the British spy series, has been postponed yet again.
The movie will now release in theaters on Oct. 8. It was originally scheduled to open on April 2.
It’s hardly a surprise that the Bond film has been pushed back to fall. Hollywood has been widely anticipating that “No Time to Die” would face another delay as coronavirus cases continue to skyrocket.
MGM is rolling out “No Time to Die” in North America, while Universal has international rights. Since the movie carries a massive price tag around $200 million, it relies on substantial global ticket sales to turn a profit. That’s nearly impossible to achieve at a time when most movie theaters are closed, and the few that remain open have been operating at a reduced capacity. Thursday’s announcement marks the film’s third delay in the last 10 months. In March of 2020, “No Time to Die” became the first tentpole to shift its release date amid the pandemic."
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> In other news, SONY has now moved it next MARVEL movie "Mobius" until 2022, and in fact, it has just about gutted its entire 2021 release schedule. The year isn't off to a great start, cinematically speaking. In the past several days, several studios have already announced that they are either moving planned 2021 theatrical openings or dropping them altogether and going direct to streaming services. Paramount, for example announced yesterday that they are totally pulling their upcoming flick about Billie Holiday from their theatrical release schedule and it will now go direct to Hulu. As much as I hate to say it, I believe theatrical distribution, although not dead yet, is gasping its' last breaths, and The Studios are the ones cutting off the oxygen.
"James Bond’s latest adventure has hit another speed bump. “No Time to Die,” the upcoming installment in the British spy series, has been postponed yet again.
The movie will now release in theaters on Oct. 8. It was originally scheduled to open on April 2.
It’s hardly a surprise that the Bond film has been pushed back to fall. Hollywood has been widely anticipating that “No Time to Die” would face another delay as coronavirus cases continue to skyrocket.
MGM is rolling out “No Time to Die” in North America, while Universal has international rights. Since the movie carries a massive price tag around $200 million, it relies on substantial global ticket sales to turn a profit. That’s nearly impossible to achieve at a time when most movie theaters are closed, and the few that remain open have been operating at a reduced capacity. Thursday’s announcement marks the film’s third delay in the last 10 months. In March of 2020, “No Time to Die” became the first tentpole to shift its release date amid the pandemic."
(Unfortunately, I lost the link to the original story so I can't insert it here)
> In other news, SONY has now moved it next MARVEL movie "Mobius" until 2022, and in fact, it has just about gutted its entire 2021 release schedule. The year isn't off to a great start, cinematically speaking. In the past several days, several studios have already announced that they are either moving planned 2021 theatrical openings or dropping them altogether and going direct to streaming services. Paramount, for example announced yesterday that they are totally pulling their upcoming flick about Billie Holiday from their theatrical release schedule and it will now go direct to Hulu. As much as I hate to say it, I believe theatrical distribution, although not dead yet, is gasping its' last breaths, and The Studios are the ones cutting off the oxygen.