Bond 25-related odds and ends

Since last week’s announcement that Bond 25 was getting pushed back to Feb. 14, 2020, there have been some related moves by other studios.

–A third Kingsman movie has grabbed Bond 25’s former U.S. release date of Nov. 8, 2019, according to multiple outlets, including The Hollywood Reporter.

Baz Bamigboye, entertainment news scribe for the Daily Mail (known for his 007 scoops) said in a Sept. 21 tweet that the movie would be set in World War I.

In response to questions on Twitter, he specified the following day the film would be a prequel to the first two Kingsman movies. So we’ll see.

–Originally, Warner Bros. had an untitled movie based on DC Comics characters slated for Feb. 14, 2020. Subsequently, Warners named the project — Birds of Prey, with Margo Robbie as Harley Quinn — according to various outlets, including Deadline: Hollywood.  “Mr. Warner” also moved it up one week to Feb. 7.

Meanwhile, not directly Bond related, but Eon Productions boss Barbara Broccoli has a new non-007. It’s titled Till. The movie is “centered around Mamie Mobley Till, the mother of Emmett Louis Till, a Black teen who was lynched after being accused flirting with a white woman in the Jim Crow-era South,” according to a Deadline description.

Till will mark the feature film directing debut of Jesse Williams. Broccoli is one of five producers attached to the project, according to the Deadline story.