James Bond 25 DELAYED? ‘Daniel Craig’s final 007 UNLIKELY to release in 2019’ – Here's why

Last year Eon productions announced James Bond would return in November 2019.

While fans speculated over whether Craig would return or not, the 50-year-old actor confirmed the movie will be his last as 007 on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Now Boyle is gearing up to direct, but it looks like a clash with his other project will delay Bond 25.

According to Variety, Universal Studios have set September 13, 2019 as the release date for the Richard Curtis romantic comedy he’s shooting this summer with Lily James.

This release date is two months before Bond 25 is set to hit cinemas, sparking speculation the film will be pushed back into 2020.

Interestingly MGM are not ready to confirm Boyle as Bond 25’s director, although it appears it’s all but a done deal since he’s already working on the movie and hopes to shoot at the end of the year after wrapping on his comedy.

However presumably due to this other commitment, it looks Bond 25 will be pushed back into 2020.

Variety reports: “ MGM announced last summer that it would open Bond 25 on November 8, 2019 [in the US], but it’s unlikely to do so.”

Boyle is working on the story for Bond 25 with his Trainspotting screenwriter John Hodge.

So presuming they go ahead with the movie, Bond producers will be dumping Neal Purvis and Robert Wade.

The screenwriting pair have already penned a script for Bond 25, but it looks like Barbara Broccoli wants to go with Boyle and Hodge’s story instead.

Crucially this will make Bond 25 the first 007 movie since 1997’s Tomorrow Never Dies to not have been penned by Purvis and Wade.