James Bond film No Time to Die is again delayed by SIX months

No Time To Die has been delayed again, meaning fans will have to wait another six months to see the latest James Bond film.

A new date for the film was shared on Thursday on the film’s official Twitter account, revealing that the last scheduled date is October 8, 2021.

The film was previously slated for release on April 2 after already being impacted by several changes due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The film, directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga, was originally due for release in April 2020, but was pushed back to November before the release was changed again in April 2021 in light of the coronavirus pandemic.

It had already been speculated that the film would be postponed again when last week the Dutch publication BN DeStem claimed that, according to cinema owner Carlo Lambregts, the film would be postponed until November.

Deadline also reported that the promotional partners had already been informed that Daniel Craig’s final release in 007 is set to change release dates.

No Time To Die is the 25th film in the franchise and reunites with Bond after leaving active service and enjoys a quiet life in Jamaica when his old friend Felix Leiter, played by CIA Jeffrey Wright shows up asking for help. ‘help.

Leaving his seemingly happy life with Madeleine (Lea Seydoux), Bond returns to the pitch to confront Safin (Rami Malek) who is armed with dangerous new technology that could impact the world.

And producer Barbara Broccoli has already teased what fans can expect and said the film will provide a satisfying ending to Daniel’s Bond.

Speaking on the official James Bond podcast, she said: ‘It’s the culmination of everything her portrayal of the character has been through and it ties all the stories together. It’s a pretty epic movie, I have to say.

After delaying the film’s release to April 2021 in October, MGM quashed rumors that it was considering offering the film to streaming services for a one-year, $ 600 million license deal.

“We don’t comment on rumors. The film is not for sale. The film’s release has been postponed until April 2021 in order to preserve the theatrical experience for moviegoers, ” an MGM spokesperson told Variety.

Bloomberg had reported that Netflix, Amazon and Apple had all been approached about the possibility of the film being offered on Premium VOD.

However, according to Deadline.com, none of the streaming services were willing to provide more than half the amount the studio was looking for.

Lead actor Craig defended the decision of the James Bond producers to delay the premiere of the new film until October of last year.

Speaking on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Craig said, “ This thing is just bigger than all of us. We want to release the film all over the world at the same time and now is not the right time. So fingers crossed April 2 will be our meeting.

The new version will be Craig’s last outing as a spy after landing the 2006 Casino Royale role. He has also starred in Quantum of Solace, Skyfall, and Specter.

During his last interview with Bond for GQ magazine in March 2020, the actor discussed his concerns about the script and admitted that feeling “ very low physically ” was the reason for the next film’s five-year delay since Specter.

He told GQ magazine: “ I was never going to do it again. I thought to myself: “Is this job really worth it, to go through this, all this?”

“And I didn’t feel… I felt physically very low. So the prospect of making another movie was just irrelevant. And that’s why it’s been five years.

Craig said that Bond’s “physicality” is “a preparation, of sorts,” because he wouldn’t get the script in advance.

“It makes me say, ‘This is what it’s going to be.’

Trying to prepare for a role in one of modern cinema’s most popular movie franchises without a script also caused her anxiety.

He said: ‘I have suffered from it in the past. I suffered because it was like, “I can’t face this. I can’t face this”.

Turning to life after Bond, Craig – who is married to actress Rachel Weisz – said his future might involve ‘having another child, maybe just being older.’

Meanwhile, actress Lea Seydoux last year gave fans an idea of ​​what to expect in No Time To Die ahead of its release.

She described her character’s relationship with Bond as ‘a modern love story’, explaining that fans will see a whole new side of the agent, as Bond settles down with Dr Madeleine Swann after his retirement of active service.

Speaking on the official James Bond podcast, Lea spoke about why it was so important to watch Bond fall in love again after being heartbroken by Vespa (played by Eva Green) in Casino Royale in 2005.

She said: ‘I think it’s also because of Bond and we needed Madeline to tell the Bond story, I mean it was important to see Bond again in love because he had this relationship with Vespa but she betrayed him.

“ But this time, I think she’s real love in a way, I think it’s really the movie, it’s a love story, it’s a story in between, so it’s very unusual for a Bond film to see James Bond in love, right? And I think it’s quite modern in a way.

“ In this movie it’s even more psychological and emotional and I think it’s something that Daniel as James Bond created with this character.

“ He’s created a character that is more vulnerable and has flaws and I think that’s what we like as an audience and it’s true that James Bond is like a … it’s not a real world, right? But what we love is that in this world we can relate to the characters.