James Bond cancels 'No Time to Die' Premier due to virus
James Bond Latest release No Time to Die premier has been cancel due to the outbreak of deadly coronavirus which is scheduled on Beijing as well as promotion tour, as per Chinese reports.
No Time to Die, due for UK release on April 3, will be Daniel Craig’s last as 007 and was expected to be the highest-grossing Bond movie to date, Chinese cinemas and huge swathes of the world’s second-largest economy have been shut since the country’s lunar new year holiday last month. Even if theaters reopen in April in time for the film to screen, Chinese fans will be unable to catch Craig and the film’s other stars in the flesh, as they have been advised to stay out of the country at that time, a Chinese report said.
The releases for all Valentine’s Day films in the country and most of its other February titles have been canceled.
China is one of the most important overseas markets for the Bond franchise and was the highest-grossing overseas territory for its last installment, “Spectre,” other than the U.K. That film, also starring Craig, made $881 million worldwide, $84 million of which came from China.
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