“No Time to Die” Theatrical Poster
In No Time to Die, Bond – Daniel Craig, returning as 007 for the 5th and reportedly the last time – has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter (Jeffrey Wright) from the CIA turns up asking for help. The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.
Directing is acclaimed filmmaker Cary Joji Fukunaga (True Detective, Sin Nombre) off a screenplay credited to Scott Z. Burns (The Bourne Ultimatum), Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag creator, writer and star), Neal Purvis (Casino Royale) and Robert Wade (Spectre). Singing the theme song for No Time to Die is award-winning
singer/songwriter, Billie Eilish.
Other cast members include Ralph Fiennes, Lea Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, Naomi Harris, Rory Kinnear and Christoph Waltz. New faces will include Ana de Armas, Dali Benssalah, Billy Magnussen, Ana De Armas, David Dencik, Lashana Lynch, and the film’s villain, Rami Malek.
Originally, Danny Boyle (Transporting) director was attached to direct No Time to Die, but after creative differences with Bond producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli (rumors suggest that Craig wanted to “kill Bond for a spectacular finale” and Boyle quit over the “ridiculous” plot plans of doing so.), EON and MGM enlisted Fukunaga. Bond producers mutually decided it would be better to go back to the project they planned to make with venerable 007 scribes Purvis and Wade, in turn, ditching Boyle’s Trainspotting screenwriter John Hodge.
No Time to Die hits theaters on October 8, 2021. Check out the Final Trailer below, as well as the Trailer for the New documentary Being James Bond, which will stream exclusively on the Apple TV app as a free rental.
Hardy, yes. Nolan, no… maybe… depends. The dude knows his craft and he makes slick looking films, but his style is way too gimmicky for me. I’d like to see Matthew Vaughn (Kingsman: The Secret Service) do a Bond flick. Perfect pacing. Clever. Snappy. No mind-numbing theories. Pure entertainment. Judging from the first Kingsman, he’s already proved that he can capture the essence of a classic spy film; Kingman was essentially a borderline spoof/dedication to Bond to begin with, so he can get the job done with very little effort. Wouldn’t mind seeing Craig return one more time.
No. And No.
You can’t just say NO and leave. That’s so filipino of you.
Tom Hardy would be excellent. He’s just gotta loose some of that bulk. 🙂
That would be cool, but age aside, he seems a bit soft for non-action elements of Bond.
Or Brosnan, hell imagine if the next era was a reinvention of Brosnan where he plays an older Bond
Totally agree with you there. 🙂
Dang, I didn’t know Hodge was writing too. Sounds like they might’ve actually loosened the leash on this one a little.
If Malek is the villain, does that mean Christophe Waltz isn’t back? I read that he signed a deal for this film including a stipulation that he’d only reprise his role if Craig came back.
He’s in this film in a smaller role. He was in the last trailer.
The names BOND, Kind of become humourless to appeal to the Chinese market that doesn’t get British humour-BOND.
Timothy Dalton was the only one with balls. All the other can f… off. James Bond…2019…come on…
Kind of become humourless to appeal to the Chinese market that doesn’t get British humour
🤭
Yeah, those Evil Chinamen again. It’s true that those James Bond with Craig were 100% British humor. Casino royale was a hilarious mix of Monty Python and Benny Hill.
“creative differences” in Hollywood.
Yeah, right, Danny Boyle wanted to make a good movie, the producers said “Get the fuck out of this franchise!”.
I wanted Boyle to direct it too, but this Cary Joji Fukunaga guy (True Detective, Sin Nombre) guy has a good track record.
“creative differences” in Hollywood… Yeah, Danny Boyle wanted to make a good movie.