The cinema release of the new James Bond postponed to 2021

Agent 007 will ultimately not return in 2020. MGM and Universal studios announced on Friday a new postponement of the 25th installment of the James Bond series,

.

The feature film was to be shown in cinemas last spring before being postponed for the first time to November, because of the coronavirus.

The release is now scheduled for April 2, 2021. In the process, Universal has postponed another release, that of "

", scheduled for May 2021. 

MGM, Universal and Bond producers, Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, today announced the release of NO TIME TO DIE, the 25th film in the James Bond series, will be delayed until 2 April 2021 in order to be seen by a worldwide theatrical hearing.

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- James Bond (@ 007) October 2, 2020

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A disappointing decision for fans of Ian Fleming's hero but also worrying for the film industry.

Without foreign blockbusters, the audience is smaller and theaters find themselves in difficulty.

The Cineworld group announced in the wake that it would close all its cinemas in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the United States, before going back on Sunday and indicating that the decision was not yet final. .

Cineworld is the largest chain of cinemas across the Channel and owns complexes in the United States. 

Five more months to wait for the fans

Fans will have to wait another five months to discover the new adventures of Agent 007, a feature film whose original song performed by singer Billie Eilish has broken sales records since its release last February.

In

, James Bond, played by Daniel Craig, left the Secret Service to spend quiet days in Jamaica.

But the rest was short-lived and the agent returned to duty when one of his CIA friends came to ask for help.

The British agent will face a new villain, played by Rami Malek, and will have to face the secrets of those close to him.