No Time To Die has been delayed again, meaning fans will have to wait another six months to see the latest James Bond movie.
A new date for the movie was shared on the film’s official Twitter account on Thursday, revealing the new expected date is 8 October 2021.
The movie was previously slated to be released on April 2 after already being hit by several changes due to the coronavirus pandemic.
New date: James Bond film No Time To Die has been pushed back yet again to 8 October 2021 meaning fans will have to wait another six months to
The film, directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga, was originally scheduled for release in April 2020, but was pushed back to November before the release was changed once again to April 2021 in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
It had already been speculated that the film would be pushed back again when last week Dutch publication BN DeStem claimed that according to cinema owner Carlo Lambregts the movie would be delayed to November.
Deadline also reported that promotional partners had already been informed that Daniel Craig’s final outing as 007 is poised to change release dates.
They added that while a specific date has yet to be decided, they did report it would be moved to a new date in autumn. However October 8 has now been pencilled in.
Changes: The movie was previously supposed to come out on April 2, however its original release was supposed to be in April 2020 (pictured Daniel Craig)
MailOnline contacted EON Productions for comment at the time.
No Time To Die is the 25th film in the franchise, and finds Bond after he has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica when his old friend Felix Leiter, played by Jeffrey Wright, from the CIA turns up asking for help.
Leaving his seemingly happy life with Madeleine (Lea Seydoux), Bond returns to the field to face Safin (Rami Malek) who is armed with a new dangerous technology that could impact the world.
And producer Barbara Broccoli has already teased what fans can expect and said that the movie will deliver a satisfying ending for Daniel’s Bond.
Speaking on the official James Bond podcast, she said: ‘It’s a culmination of everything that his portrayal of the character has been through and it ties up all the storylines. It’s a pretty epic film, I have to say.’
After pushing the film’s release back to April 2021 in October, MGM quashed rumours about whether it was thinking of offering the film to streaming services for a $600 million one-year licensing deal.
Delays: Last week, Deadline reported promotional partners have already been informed the film is poised to change release dates (pictured Lea Seydoux)
Not coming soon: MGM quashed rumours in October last year about whether it was thinking of offering the film to streaming services for a $600 million one-year licensing deal
‘We do not 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 movie being offered up for Premium VOD.
However, according to Deadline.com, none of the streaming services were willing to put up more than half the amount the studio was seeking.
The upcoming release will be Craig’s fifth and final outing as the spy after landing the role in 2005.
During his last ever Bond interview for GQ magazine in March 2020, the actor candidly discussed his anxieties over the script, admitted feeling ‘physically very low’ was the reason behind the film’s five year delay.
He told GQ magazine: ‘I was never going to do one again. I was like, “Is this work really genuinely worth this, to go through this, this whole thing?”
‘And I didn’t feel… I felt physically really low. So the prospect of doing another movie was just, like, off the cards. And that’s why it has been five years.’
His last turn as Bond was in 2015’s Spectre, which at the time was reported to be his final outing as the spy.
Craig said that the ‘physicality’ of Bond is “a preparation, in a way”, because he would not get the script beforehand.
‘It’s making my head go, “This is what it’s going to be”.’
Trying to prepare for a role in one of the most popular film franchises in modern cinema without a script also caused him to have anxiety.
He said: ‘I have suffered from it in the past. I have suffered because it’s been like, “I can’t cope. I can’t deal with this”.
The British actor has also told of his regret over not speaking up about the script for the previous four Bond films in which he has starred.
He said: ‘I’ve kept my mouth shut before and I’ve stayed out of it and I’ve respected it and I’ve regretted that I did,’ he told the magazine.
Looking ahead to life after Bond, Craig – who is married to actress Rachel Weisz – said that his future may involve ‘having another kid, maybe just being older’.
Holding out: The film was originally scheduled for release in April 2020, but was pushed back to November before the release was changed to April 2021 due to the COVID-19 crisis