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Will the New James Bond ‘No Time to Die’ Still Open in November? Look to the UK

Now that “Black Widow” has left the November 2020 release schedule, a movie theater industry severely crippled by the COVID-19 pandemic is clinging to hope that MGM will move forward on plans to release the James Bond film “No Time to Die” in theaters in six weeks’ time. For now, MGM says plans haven’t changed, but a troubling resurgence of the virus in Bond’s homeland, the U.K., could threaten to change that. This past Friday, the number of daily new infections in Britain reached 6,800, a new high for the country since the start of the pandemic. In response, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has not yet closed businesses but has ordered a 10 p.m. curfew for restaurants, pubs and cinemas, though cinemas are allowed to schedule screenings that start prior to that curfew time. But as the second wave has escalated, The Times reports that Johnson is being caught between advisers who want him to close businesses, as he did this past spring to contain the virus and Tory Parliament members who want him to keep businesses open. One possible outcome if infection rates worsen is a nationwide lockdown of the country’s businesses for at least two weeks. That wouldn’t...

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