Even the most cynical Hollywood insider was stunned in February 2020 when word spread that MGM and Eon — home of the James Bond film franchise — were postponing the release of No Time to Die because of the COVID-19 pandemic. "It was the first big Hollywood movie to be delayed — and then the wheels came off," recalls Erik Lomis, a veteran exec who is president of distribution at United Artists Releasing, a joint venture of MGM and Annapurna that is rolling out the Bond pic in North America in October.
By March 20, almost every indoor theater across North America was ordered shut, sparking the biggest box office disruption in Hollywood history.
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