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The release for ''No Time to Die'' was originally scheduled for November 2019, but was pushed back to February 2020, and then to April 2020 after Boyle's departure.<ref name="production start" /><ref name="auto" /><ref>{{cite web|title=No Time To Die World Premiere date announced|url=https://www.007.com/no-time-to-die-world-premiere-date-announced/|website=007.com|date=20 January 2020|access-date=21 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127152810/https://www.007.com/no-time-to-die-world-premiere-date-announced/|archive-date=27 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> The film's premiere in China and a countrywide publicity tour had been planned for April 2020, but these were cancelled due to the [[2019–20 coronavirus outbreak in mainland China|COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/02/no-time-to-die-tour-of-china-scrapped-because-of-coronavirus-issues-1202861030/|title=‘No Time To Die’ China Premiere And Tour Scrapped Because Of Coronavirus Issues|first=Bruce|last=Haring|date=16 February 2020|accessdate=16 February 2020|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216174737/https://deadline.com/2020/02/no-time-to-die-tour-of-china-scrapped-because-of-coronavirus-issues-1202861030/|archive-date=16 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> By March 2020, [[2019–20 coronavirus outbreak|the global spread of the virus]] prompted a joint [[open letter]] from two ''James Bond'' [[Fansite|fan sites]] that were addressed to the producers. The letter asked that the film's release be delayed to minimise the risk of spreading the disease and to ensure the film's commercial success.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/no-time-to-die-coronavirus-james-bond-delay-daniel-craig-release-date-mi6-hq-a9370166.html|title=No Time to Die: Open letter calls for Bond film to be postponed yet again amid coronavirus fears|first=Ellie|last=Harrison|work=[[The Independent]]|date=3 March 2020|accessdate=3 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303000131/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/no-time-to-die-coronavirus-james-bond-delay-daniel-craig-release-date-mi6-hq-a9370166.html|archive-date=3 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Bond fans ask for film delay due to coronavirus|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51720354|work=BBC News|date=3 March 2020|access-date=3 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303192422/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51720354|archive-date=3 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
On 4 March 2020, MGM and Eon Productions announced that after "thorough evaluation of the global theatrical marketplace"<ref>https://www.007.com/no-time-to-die-postponed/</ref> they had postponed the theatrical release of ''No Time to Die'' until 12 November 2020 in the United Kingdom and 25 November 2020 in the United States.<ref name="nov 20 1"/><ref name="nov 20 2">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/james-bond-no-time-to-die-coronavirus-1203523859/|title=James Bond Sequel 'No Time to Die' Postponed Due to Coronavirus Outbreak|first=Brent|last=Lang|date=4 March 2020|accessdate=4 March 2020|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> ''[[Deadline Hollywood]]'' reported from speaking with inside sources that the rescheduling was purely an economic choice and not directly related to the coronavirus. Shifting the film to November would match with the traditional window for Bond film releases since ''[[GoldenEye]]'', and MGM and Universal needed to assure strong performance across all international markets or could potentially lose the Bond franchise. Thus, the rescheduling was to make sure all movie theaters, particular those in China, South Korea, Japan, Italy and France that were shuttered due to the outbreak, were open and operational, and was not related to the safety of theater goers or employees over the coronavirus.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/03/no-time-to-die-release-date-moved-coronavirus-mgm-1202873876/|title=‘No Time To Die’ Release Date Moving To Fall In Hopes Global Theater Biz Back At Full Strength|first1=Anthony|last1=D'Alessandro|first2=Nancy|last2=Tartaglione|date=4 March 2020|accessdate=5 March 2020|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> At the height of the outbreak, an estimated seventy thousand theatres in China alone had been closed.<ref name="atlantic delay">{{cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/03/coronavirus-hollywood-james-bond-movie/607528/|title=The James Bond Movie Was Unusually Vulnerable to the Coronavirus|first=David|last=Sims|work=[[The Atlantic]]|date=6 March 2020|accessdate=6 March 2020}}</ref>
 
Revised worldwide release dates were not published at the time of the announcement.<ref name="nov 20 1">{{cite web|title=No Time to Die Postponed|url=https://www.007.com/no-time-to-die-postponed/|website=James Bond 007|accessdate=4 March 2020|date=4 March 2020}}</ref> Universal Pictures brought forward the release of animated film ''[[Trolls World Tour]]'' to replace ''No Time to Die'' in its release schedule.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/03/trolls-world-tour-opening-easter-no-time-to-die-coronavirus-release-date-change-1202874398/|title=‘Trolls World Tour’ Fills Easter Void Left By ‘No Time To Die’|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|date=4 March 2020|website=[[deadline.com]]|language=en|access-date=4 March 2020}}</ref>