James Bond fans are going to have wait a little longer for the super spy’s return.<\/p>\n
Bond 25<\/em> has, once again, pushed its release date from Feb. 14, 2020 to April 8, 2020. Daniel Craig’s next (and likely final) outing as 007 has also brought on The Bourne Ultimatum<\/em>\u00a0screenwriter Scott Z. Burns to rewrite the script, according to\u00a0The Playlist<\/a>.<\/p>\n The release date news broke via the official James Bond Twitter<\/a> account last Friday, on the heels of Universal Pictures pushing the release date of\u00a0Fast & Furious 9<\/em><\/a>\u00a0from April 10 to May 22, 2020 to better take advantage of the film’s international release window strategy. (This time around, Universal will be handling international distribution for the Bond sequel. The franchise’s long-standing home studio, MGM, will handle domestic.)\u00a0Bond 25<\/em> simply moved down into that free slot vacated by Dom and the gang.\u00a0Bond 25<\/em>‘s previous Valentine’s Day release date had some stiff competition from rival films \u2013 including\u00a0Legally Blonde 3<\/em> \u2013 and now James Bond has the Easter weekend all to himself. (It should be noted that\u00a0Bond 25<\/em> will be the first 007 adventure ever to open in April.)<\/p>\n Also, it’s likely the later release date is to help give the much-anticipated production the room new hire Burns needs to do production rewrites. Having previously been one of the writers on the third movie in Matt Damon’s Jason Bourne trilogy, Burns recently wrote and directed the CIA drama\u00a0The Report,\u00a0<\/em>which sold at Sundance this year to Amazon Studios.<\/p>\n