The Buzz : Everything You Need To Know Today Apr 19th

Merge 104.8  |  19 April 2021

The new James Bond film No Time To Die is set to have the world’s biggest premiere with a monster budget after the film’s original release was delayed by a year due to the pandemic. MGM and the film’s producers are said to have set aside £10 million for a grand event in the UK in September. Since the pandemic began, movie bosses have opted to push back its release date rather than be released at a time when cinemas are either closed, or forced to open with limited capacity.

 

The director of Fast & Furious 9 has said that Hobbs and Shaw are still part of the Fast & Furious family. The characters in the spin-off are played by Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham. They aren’t confirmed to come back in any upcoming movies, but Justin Lin isn’t ruling it out. Bringing back Hobbs and Shaw makes sense considering how large of roles they’ve taken on in the franchise recently.

 

NASA has rescheduled the first flight of its Ingenuity Mars helicopter to later today. It first arrived on Mars on February 18th and has seen its first flight delayed a few times. It was scheduled to take flight last week, but date was pushed back after Ingenuity experienced a minor software glitch. Once it does take off, Ingenuity will climb about 10 feet, hover for 30 seconds before turning midair and descending back to the surface.

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