Hollywood is making 007 look like a coward – and more stale by the month
The pandemic has changed the film industry. By sticking to their outmoded guns, studios risk making their blockbusters look absurd
22 January 2021 • 4:25pm
A somewhat premature trailer for No Time to Die on the Piccadilly Lights in December
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No Time to Die has now been delayed for so long that the gap between Daniel Craig’s final two James Bond films will have been longer than Sean Connery’s entire original stint. Connery’s casting as 007 was announced on November 3 1961, and five years, seven months and nine days later, he was walking the red carpet at the premiere of You Only Live Twice. (Of course, he would return in 1971 when duty called and he was offered a £1.25 million cheque.)
The idea isn’t yet completely off the table. While I’m against it, nobody has come forward with a viable alternative to the fixture chaos inherent in a suspension.
That is the main problem now facing the FA: how is a situation which is becoming more and more problematic day by day going to sort itself?
The first issue is that there is no clear date as to when the competition can resume. Mid-February has been touted as when lockdown will end, but nobody really knows. Round five is set for February 28
th; but even if non-elite football can resume next month, the idea of getting rounds two, three and four in before the 28
This year I made unresolutions – I will not have a great idea for a new project, I will not eat more fruit, I will not hand-feed squirrels. It’s the only way forward, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams