New James Bond Movie, ‘No Time to Die,’ Delayed Amid Coronavirus Concerns
In one of Hollywood’s first significant responses to the potential worldwide threat of the coronavirus, the producers of the James Bond movie franchise said on Wednesday that the release of the latest film in that long-running spy series would be delayed until November.
The movie, called “No Time to Die,” had previously been scheduled to open in April.
In a statement, the film studios MGM and Universal and the Bond series producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said that “after careful consideration and thorough evaluation of the global theatrical marketplace, the release of ‘No Time to Die’ will be postponed until November 2020.”
The statement said that the film’s British opening had been pushed to Nov. 12 and its release in the United States had been delayed until Nov. 25.
Through its United Artists venture with Annapurna Pictures, MGM is responsible for the American distribution of “No Time to Die” and Universal the international distribution.
“No Time to Die,” the 25th canonical entry in the Bond franchise, marks Daniel Craig’s fifth and final appearance as the debonair secret agent, and the film’s release had been highly anticipated.
It is the first Bond film since “Spectre,” which grossed more than $880 million worldwide when it was released in 2015, and the budget for “No Time to Die” has been reported at $250 million.
Promotion for the planned spring release of “No Time To Die” was already well underway, with the title song, performed by the pop star Billie Eilish, released in February, and Craig slated to host “Saturday Night Live” this weekend.
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週三，《007》系列電影的製片方表示，這部拍了一系列續集的諜戰片的最新一部將推遲到11月上映，這是好萊塢針對冠狀病毒在全球範圍內的潛在危險做出的首批重大回應之一。
這部名為《無暇赴死》的電影原本計劃在4月上映。
電影公司米高梅和環球影業以及邦德系列電影的製片人邁克爾·威爾遜和芭芭拉·布羅克里在一份聲明中表示，“經過對全球影院市場的仔細考慮和全面評估，《無暇赴死》的上映日期將推遲到2020年11月。”
該聲明還表示，該片的英國上映日期推遲至11月12日，美國的上映日期推遲至11月25日。
米高梅通過與安納普爾納影業的聯合藝人合資公司合作負責《無暇赴死》在美國的發行，同時負責環球影業的國際發行。
《007:無暇赴死》是007系列的第25部經典之作，是丹尼爾·克雷格第五次也是最後一次飾演這位溫文爾雅的特工，這部電影的上映備受期待。
這是繼《007:幽靈黨》之後的第一部邦德電影，上一部在2015年上映時全球票房超過8.8億美元，而《007:無暇赴死》的預算據報道為2.5億美元。
《無暇赴死》計劃在春季上映的宣傳活動已經在進行中，由流行歌手比利·艾莉什演唱的主題曲已於2月發佈，克雷格將在本週末主持脫口秀節目《週六夜現場》。
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