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Farewell performance for Daniel Craig: "No Time to Die" comes to the cinema at the end of September
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Whoever dies last, dies best: The latest James Bond adventure "No Time to Die" (No Time to Die) is finally coming to cinemas.
The world premiere of the film, which has already been postponed several times due to the corona pandemic, is now scheduled for September in London, as the filmmakers announced on Friday.
Waiting for the new 007 flick - probably the last one with Daniel Craig as a secret agent on Her Majesty's behalf - had become a test of patience for millions of fans around the globe.
The 25th film from the Bond series was originally scheduled to hit theaters in April 2020.
Because of the pandemic, it was first postponed to November and later to April.
Now the official 007 Twitter account said: "The world premiere of #NoTimeToDie will take place on Tuesday, September 28, 2021 in the @RoyalAlbertHall in London."
In addition to Daniel Craig, producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli as well as director Cary Joji Fukunaga are expected on the red carpet.
The US production studio MGM had previously announced that the film would hit theaters worldwide on October 8th.
"No Time to Die" is just one of dozens of large-scale film productions whose release has been repeatedly postponed due to the pandemic.
The flick is set to be the final Bond adventure with actor Craig in the lead role.
Other actors from "No time to die": Oscar winner Rami Malek, Lashana Lynch, Léa Seydoux and Christoph Waltz.
At the end of May it became known that Amazon had bought Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) film studios for $ 8.45 billion.
The world's largest online retailer thus acquired the rights to many cinema classics - including the James Bond films.
However, the great James Bond is not dwarfed by the TV series, as long-time 007 producer Barbara Broccoli made clear in an interview.
“We make films.
We make films for the cinema.
That's what we do, ”Broccoli told the British film magazine“ Total Film ”.
Co-producer and rights holder Michael G. Wilson added, "We have withstood calls for a 007 television series for 60 years."
kik / AFP