Enye yezisulu zokuqala zobhubhane leCoronavirus kwakuyifilimu ngoJames Bond "hhayi isikhathi sokufa", okudluliselwa ekwindla. Umqondisi we-Carey Fucunaga izithombe ezikhulunywa nge-The Bountalrist Senthotion Magazine. Ngesikhathi sengxoxo, wathi isenzo sefilimu kungenzeka ngendlela engalindelekile kakhulu:
Ngifunga uNkulunkulu, ngaba nomqondo omuhle kakhulu wokuthi izehlakalo zefilimu zivela emgqonyeni we-villain yefilimu yokugcina ("007: i-spectrum"). Kunendawo yesehlakalo, lapho ekhanda likaJakobe lingena ngalo inaliti, okufanele amphoqe ukuthi akhohlwe konke, kepha khona-ke usindisa indlela eyisimangaliso. Ngacabanga: Kuthiwani uma konke okwenzeka kusekhanda lakhe kuphela ngenkathi ehleli eboshwe esihlalweni sezokwelapha.
Kuyacaca ukuthi uFukunaga akazange athole imvume kubantu abanamalungelo okuthola i-franchise ekuhlolweni okunesibindi, uma kungenjalo ngeke abelane ngemicabango ngaphambi kwe-premiere. Kepha kufanele uvume ukuthi akubanga nakujika okunjalo kwesakhiwo kunoma iyiphi i-movie mayelana nesibopho. Mhlawumbe umbono uvele kuMqondisi ngemuva kokusebenza ngochungechunge oluthi "Maniac", lapho iqembu lamavolontiya lathola umuthi kuzo zonke izifo zengqondo.