UK Theaters Hire Extra Staff to Cope with ‘No Time to Die’ Release

After a year and a half of delays and four release date changes, “No Time to Die” is finally upon us, which means Bondmania is about to begin.

With the 25th entry in the James Bond franchise hitting UK theaters on September 30 and US theaters on October 8, cinema chains are staffing up ahead of what looks to be the biggest opening weekend since the pandemic began.According to a new report out of The Guardian, theater chain Vue, which is showing Cary Fukunaga’s movie in all 91 of its locations, has “had to increase staff numbers by about 10%, adding about 450 new employees to its 4,500 regular work force.”“It is going to be the biggest opening weekend since the pandemic began,” said Tim Richards, the chief executive of Vue, which is the UK’s third-largest theater chain.

“Covid and changing consumer habits mean there are more advance bookings made now than we used to see,

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