Mad Dog
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Opening China release date and cast marketing appearances in China were announced today to be delayed due to the virus. No new release date determined. .
As a longtime Bond fan, I'm annoyed. My spring just got a lot less interesting.
Just goes to show that international dollars are way more important than domestic ones to these studios now.
With the amount of money they're going to have to spend on kickstarting the marketing campaign in the fall (which they will have to do, because if immediate Bond fan reaction is anything to go by, a lot of excitement has gone up in smoke with this announcement), added to the advertising blitz they've already paid for, the movie is going to have to make even more than it would have if it had been released in April under normal circumstances. And they had April essentially to themselves, but they won't in November.Obviously this is about maximizing profits, but we won’t get more of these movies we love if they all bomb.
Don't Bond movies get released in November for the most part?
Harrumph. This has nothing to do with prevention and all about maximizing profits. They are entitled to do so, but I'm entitled to think that decision sucks.
Ever since GOLDENEYE, Bond's been a November franchise, yes. NO TIME TO DIE's original release date was November 2019, then got pushed to February 2020, then April, and now November again... a full year after originally intended.
It should be worth mentioning that days before this was announced, there were fan petitions asking for the delay to ensure maximum safety.
It should be worth mentioning that days before this was announced, there were fan petitions asking for the delay to ensure maximum safety.
There is a theory making the rounds about the reason the film has been delayed. Coronavirus is a part of it but they theory goes that the plot of the film is about a deadly virus that's threatened to be released into the public and it's being deemed to be in poor taste given the current environment.
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