No Time To Die (Cary Joji Fukunaga, October 8, 2021) Movie • Page 43

I think it was implied she was a 00 but not confirmed she was 007.

 

Yeah, I guess it was "a source close to the film" and was never actually confirmed. But this new definitely broke last year and definitely caused controversy among the "Bond can't be a woman!" crowd on Twitter.

 

Well, I guess now we can officially say Bond isn’t a woman... but 007 is.

Super pumped for this still!

 

I just want to watch this movie!

 

Updated the release in the title.

 

https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/rami-malek-james-bond-no-time-to-die-interview

Rami talks about his baddie and rumors he may be someone else.

 

After today’s Wonder Woman news, I have a feeling this is going to be the next blockbuster to go with a simultaneous streaming & theatrical release, especially after the earlier rumors.

 

God I hope so

 

Honestly all major movies should do this until a vaccine is truly widely available (and really even further on than that).

Tenet was my most anticipated movie of the year, but I still don’t feel safe going to theaters... and theaters where I live in Southern California literally weren’t open at all for most of the time it was in theaters anyway. I ended up caving and making my first watch a shitty cam rip torrent, which was not at ALL ideal for a movie like that... and I would’ve gladly thrown money its way even if it had been a $30 VOD or whatever.

 

I still think this has the lowest chance of any upcoming blockbuster to go to streaming, but I'd be happy to be wrong.

 

Yeah, I have to imagine the Broccoli’s are fighting that tooth and nail.

 

Yeah the thing about Bond that is kind of amazing but also it's curse in this situation is that it might be the last major movie franchise that isn't actually owned by one specific conglomerate. It's still controlled by the Broccolis who setup distribution/production deals with different studios.

Thus, it can't just go to HBO Max like Wonder Woman can without a steeper price tag. But imho at this point they need to just cut their loses and release it somewhere. They are going to continue to lose more money by having it sit on a shelf and gain interest from the companies that financed it as it continues to be un-released for over a year

 

I just don't see what the rush would be at this point to release it on VOD, especially when it's shown to not be as remotely profitable as releasing it in theaters (Unless Apple buys it for a ton of money). Wonder Woman is understandable because it's owned by WB, which runs HBO Max. They can piggyback off of it to keep viewers subscribed for the "Justice League" Snyder Cut.

Sony and MGM can just sit on this until theaters open and stand to make more money than if they released it now.

 

Theaters probably won’t be opened fully until 2022 at this rate.

 

I can definitely understand what you’re saying from a financial perspective. Idk my original comment may have mostly been wishful thinking on my part. I do hope more studios embrace what WB is doing with Wonder Woman going into 2021, because I think it’ll be quite a while still before big movies can truly be profitable in theaters again. It may not make sense for every studio/film, and perhaps this is a scenario where it wouldn’t make much sense for them, but I also don’t think it’s very feasible for all the major blockbusters that have already been delayed to just keep getting pushed back endlessly with no major releases in sight. Some are going to have to cave and adapt, and I personally hope Wonder Woman’s dual release strategy becomes a trend going into next year.

 

I totally get your point and in a perfect world, I think it would happen. But I think we're at the point where unless the studio owns a streaming service or a streaming service is willing to pay for the rights that would make up for what it would lose at the box office, it's not going to happen.

The movies we've seen get dumped to VOD like "The Craft: Legacy" or "The Lovebirds" likely weren't going to make a ton of money. They were expendable. I could see Disney breaking down and releasing its current slate of MCU movies on streaming just so it won't have to catch up when theaters open. Something like Bond or "Ghostbusters," I just don't see the reason, even if they potentially wouldn't be released until 2022.

 

Variety reporting movies scheduled to come out in Q1 with $200M+ budget won't turn a profit so they'll most likely be pushed back yet again.

They reached out to MGM and Universal on "No Time To Die" and they issued a no comment.

Hollywood Prepares to Delay Another Slew of Blockbusters - Variety

 

extremely predictable

 

Give me this movie damnit.

 

sigh

 

"MGM screened the movie for streamers, with a reported asking price of $600M, but none of them were willing to pony up even half of that."

woof

 

lmao that's a ridiculous amount of money to ask for any film

like just hold it back until it's safe ffs how hard is this

 

Doesn't hurt for them to ask haha