The upcoming movie of James Bond, No Time to Die, might get delayed again

 Cary Joji Fukunaga’s upcoming film No Time to Die is the 25th installment of the James Bond franchise. The movie stars Daniel Craig, Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux, Lashana Lynch, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, and Jeffrey Wright.

The development of the movie started in 2016. The film will also be the first movie distributed under Universal Pictures. Initially, director Danny Boyle was attached to the project to co-write and direct the screenplay with the Scottish screenwriter John Hodge. However, both of them left the project in August 2018 due to some creative differences. Later Fukunaga was hired for the director’s chair.

No Time to Die was originally scheduled to release in November 2019. The project was then delayed several times due to many reasons, including Boyle’s resignation and the COVID-19 pandemic. Now the movie is planned for 2 April 2021 release.

The plot of the movie is set five years after the arrest of Ernst Stavro Blofeld. In all these years, James Bond has resigned from his active service. Bond’s friend Felix Leiter approaches him for help in one of the cases. Leiter is a CIA officer and wants Bond’s assistance in search of a missing scientist, Valdo Obruchev. When the team finds out that Obruchev has been kidnapped, Bond jumps into the case and confronts the criminals.

There was hope that everything would start to improve in 2021 after the announcement of the vaccine. However, there is no such noticeable huge shift. The cases of coronavirus infected people keep on increasing. And many countries have called out for national lockdown.

According to Deadline, the team of No Time to Die might push back the release date after fall 2021. However, they have not yet decided on any specific release date. The production has not yet made the official announcement. The promotional partner of the movie also informed the possible delay of the movie No Time to Die.

The movie will stick to its plan of theatrical release and would not opt for another alternative releasing platform like video on demand. There were speculations of selling the rights to a streaming platform last year. But, MGM asked for a huge amount of $600 million, and the studio made no deal.

In this situation of lockdown, it won’t be a smart idea to release a movie theatrically as around 65% of U.S. theaters are closed right now. Hopefully, the most awaited film will soon decide its final release date.

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