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Coronavirus: Upcoming James Bond Movie, "NO Time To Die" Suffers Set Back On Release Date

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The release of "No Time To Die", the 25th film in the lucrative Bond series which was scheduled to hit theatres in North America on April 10, 2020, has suffered a setback as MGM and Universal has announced that the film will be delayed.

The movie is been pushed to premier in November due to concerns of the coronavirus impact on global theatre marketplace. according to the film's official twitter account on Wednesday 4th March, the movie will now hit UK and US theatres on November 12th and 25th respectively. 

The coronavirus outbreak which has caused over 3, 000 deaths globally with the majority in Asia has forced the closure of theatres in Italy, Korea and China among others. China is the second-biggest movie market in the world behind the U.S. " Like every other global company, we're looking at the marketplace and we're trying to understand where the markets are down," an MGM spokesperson told CNN Business. "A huge percentage of theatres around the world are unavailable for this film".

The spokesperson said that it didn't seem achievable for the film to hit its high level of success in this marketplace. "it was really an economic decision more than anything else", the spokesperson added.

"No Time To Die" which was set to be one of Hollywood's biggest blockbusters of the spring, is the first major film to shift its opening due to the coronavirus.

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