No time to die
Daniel Craig is late once more than James Bond
Daniel Craig as James Bond in "No Time To Die"
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When will the wait for "James Bond: No Time to Die" finally end? Due to another postponement, probably not before the end of 2021.
James Bond has had villains like Dr. No, Goldfinger and Ernst Stavro Blofeld hunted down. However, the coronavirus turns out to be his worst enemy, at least at the box office. As various media from the USA and Great Britain are now reporting, including the industry website "Deadline", "James Bond: No Time to Die" will be postponed once more. Instead of the end of March in Germany or the beginning of April in the States, a date in autumn, probably November, is now being considered.
In view of the current case numbers in such important cinema markets as the USA, Great Britain or Germany, another postponement of Daniel Craig's (52) final appearance as James Bond would in any case be anything but surprising. At the moment it seems quite possible that cinemas may not be open until April.
Originally, "No Time to Die" should have been released in November 2019. After a change of director and other incidents, April 2020 was chosen as the starting month. As the first big blockbuster, however, the new "Bond" was postponed due to the corona pandemic, first to autumn of the same year, then in Germany to March 31, 2021. If it really was November 2021, fans of 007 had to get full wait two years longer for the strip than initially planned.