Delayed Release Was No Time To Die For Jaws
No Time To Die may not be hitting screens until next April, but even Jaws should have surfaced at cinemas earlier than it did.
Originally it was planned for the Steven Spielberg film to be released upon the world for Christmas 1974, but with the filming schedule ballooning from 55 days to 159 - thanks to uncooperative mechanical sharks and ever changing weather whilst filming on the sea - that didn't happen.
Daniel Craig’s 5th and final outing as 007 was scheduled for release this November
We know we are in unprecedented times, so release dates being pushed back for the likes of No Time To Die - the 25th James Bond film - and Wonder Woman 1984 aren't anything to be unexpected, even if they do keep on being Reset, we know it makes sense for our safety and the box office.
Whether come next April, when the final Daniel Craig 007 film has been moved to, there will be any cinemas left for it to open into is another matter. We hope so.
But, pandemic or not, film delays are nothing new and delays in filming and the release of Jaws didn't do it any harm. Of course, that was a very different world and entertainment model, there wasn't even VHS nevermind bluray, streaming services or video on demand (VOD).
Jaws would go on to be released in the US on June 20, 1975, it becoming the first film to pass the $100 million barrier in domestic box office. It would be released in the UK until December 26, Boxing Day, that same year.
Although there still is one Jaws film that we keep getting delays on, Jaws 19. Wasn't that meant to be in cinemas back in 2015?
As James Bond nears his 60th cinematic year, this is no time to die for the franchise, it's more delay another day.
Written by Dean Newman
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