Sean Connery as James Bond in a production still for Goldfinger (1964)
Director Cary Fukunaga leaning against an Aston Martin DB5 during production of No Time To Die (2020)
Directory Cary Fukunaga posted this photo to his Instagram profile leaning against an Aston Martin DB5 during production of No Time To Die (2020). He obviously knew what he was doing here, and I love it. I think he could pull off a villain role!
We have a title!
The official 007 social media pages have all updated with an awesome teaser reveal of the title for James Bond’s 25th adventure: NO TIME TO DIE
Check out the official Tweet here:
Daniel Craig returns as James Bond, 007 in… NO TIME TO DIE. Out in the UK on 3 April 2020 and 8 April 2020 in the US. #Bond25 #NoTimeToDie pic.twitter.com/qxYEnMhk2s
— James Bond (@007) August 20, 2019
And the YouTube clip here:
No Time To Die is set to premiere in the UK on April 3, 2020 and in the US on April 8, 2020.
Wow!
Daniel Craig as James Bond during filming for Bond 25
Daniel Craig returns as James Bond, 007 in Bond 25 for his fifth and final movie
Watch the entire press event here:
A synopsis of the movie (and not its title, unfortunately) was released:
Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter 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.
Paloma (Ana de Armas) is critically underutilized in No Time To Die (2021) and this 1 minute scene proves it!
Aside from the great chemistry between Paloma (Ana de Armas) and James Bond (Daniel Craig), this ass-kicking fight sequence was awesome! That amazing dress paired with those amazing legs made for an effective visual in the fight in Cuba after the Spectre party. Why on earth didn’t we see more of Paloma?! However, I do concede that the salud/booze shot sequence was a bit contrived and forced – not really sure why that made the final cut…
But despite her short on-screen time, I’d argue that Paloma and Bond’s chemistry rivaled or bested that between Bond and Madeleine Swann. Maybe it’s the dress, her naivete, cuteness, humor or a combination of it all that made Paloma stand out. Dare I say it’d be cool to see her return in a future Bond movie to further develop the Bond/Paloma work/personal relationship? It’d be more interesting than the tired and dreary Swann/child plotline we got from NTTD – Bond (and the audience) wasn’t enthused at the prospect!
Maybe in an alternate timeline as well – Swann is murdered, Mathilde doesn’t exist, Bond seeks his revenge with a Paloma assist and they get together. Kind of like the Vesper plot from Casino Royale (2006) without the backstabbing and the suicide, and a little more meaningful than the Anya Amasova/Tiple X relationship from The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). One can dream…
Paloma (Ana de Armas) and her legs in an awesome fight sequence from No Time To Die (2021)
In this short, dialogue-free sequence from No Time To Die (2021), James Bond (Daniel Craig) hops back on the double-oh saddle in style after getting lost at sea. In London, and on his way back to MI6, he visits a garage and dusts off an old Aston Martin V8 Vantage (hat-tip to Dalton’s Bond who drives it in The Living Daylights (1987) with the same license plate number, “B549 WUU”). We also see where he stores M’s infamous Jack the Bulldog figurine (“the whole office goes up in smoke and that bloody thing survives”) – obviously not in a prominent place and seemingly halfway in the trash.
In an oddly-edited shot, we see Bond turn on his invisibility superpowers and magically hop in the car, only to deftly spin his wheels on the way to the office. No offense to the Aston Martin DB5, but I was glad to see the unveiled automobile wasn’t the DB5. Overall, I think we are at capacity with the DB5’s onscreen time, and any more exposure or throwbacks to it in future movies would be overkill. I love the DB5, of course, and I get that it’s iconic and it deserved the exposure it has gotten, but now I think it’s time to move on.
In typical Craig Bond fashion, his car and any subsequent gadgets are tragically underutilized, and here we see it serve the minimal auto purpose – getting from point A to B in a commute. What a bummer! But at least we get to hear the Bond theme and we get an awesome shot of him exiting the vehicle in one of the most memorable shots from NTTD promo materials and arguably the coolest Craig has looked in his entire 007 career.
James Bond (Daniel Craig) looking suave AF in No Time To Die (2021)
Last night on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Daniel Craig was asked if he would return as James Bond, 007 in Bond 25. He was happy to officially announce that yes, he will be back. He also said (although anything can happen) that he believes it is his last James Bond movie. See the clips from the BM Twitter feed below:
He's back! Daniel Craig confirms on @colbertlateshow he will return as #JamesBond in Bond 25! pic.twitter.com/pJB9wYPxne
— BondMovies.com (@bondmovies) August 16, 2017
"This is it." Daniel Craig also says on @colbertlateshow Bond 25 will be his last! #JamesBond pic.twitter.com/DfwbDc2yq1
— BondMovies.com (@bondmovies) August 16, 2017
Daniel Craig will return for a fifth outing as James Bond, 007 in 2019, per the New York Times
Daniel Craig will play James Bond in at least one more film, which will be released in November 2019 https://t.co/2PTcsaGsa2
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 25, 2017
Q (Ben Whishaw) errs on the side of caution this time when handling a USB drive in No Time To Die (2021). The last time he flippantly connected one to a computer, a worm infected and spread into MI6’s computer network with disastrous effects in Skyfall (2012).
So this time around, Q ensures that he first attempts to access the unknown-origin USB via his “sandbox” computer – one that is completely isolated from his network and not connected to the outside world.
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Craig’s 007 is down on his luck after the kind of weird chase scene from No Time To Die (2021). He’s picked up by…007…(Nomi) in yet another car that should be getting more screen time in the movie, similar to Paloma. Wow, great revving of that ridiculous Aston Martin engine on the tarmac, I guess. Couldn’t have had a chase where Bond is the passenger and another 00 agent flexes their skill? Missed opportunity…and I distinctly remember these words enter my head about certain characters and parts of NTTD where screen times or parts of the movie were too short or not emphasized enough. I’d definitely say it’s one of my biggest gripes about the movie aside from (of course) the atrocious ending.
Anyways, back in this scene, Nomi does her best Mayday (O_o) impression ([]-[]) with some weird-ass (probably expensive) uncomfortable-looking sunglasses. Their conversation is interesting though: aside from his stern yet poignant “Where have you been?,” it was a little odd to hear Bond mention Swann’s (and his!) daughter and not speak up that she’s actually his child. Is he not proud of Mathilde? Is he embarrassed? Or does he just want to focus on the mission? Same goes for in the plane. M doesn’t mention that “Dr. Swann and her daughter” is actually Bond’s daughter as well, aside from telling Bond he “hopes they’re there.” If he doesn’t know, why wouldn’t Bond mention it? And if Bond has told no one, how would MI6 know to “give” the Aston Martin DB5 (which is a whole other ball of blah) at the end of the movie? It’s another scene in NTTD where a mention of Mathilde throws off the movie and detracts from its overall plot and flow. Stupid kid.
Luckily in this scene, however, Bond mentions the elephant in the room that exists whenever these two are together – namely, who is actually 007 now that Bond is back?
At the end of the car dialogue, Bond seems okay with passing the torch (“Thank you, 007.”), but getting in the plane, I think Q is about to welcome Nomi on as 007 but hesitates as Bond has passes by. Maybe Nomi can sense Bond wants 007 back or just feels it’s the right thing to do? During the movie, I enjoyed the back-and-forth and debate between them and M, but overall at the end, this small plot point wasn’t really as appealing or worthwhile. Instead, I’d have preferred Bond’s code name put on-hold (or retired?) and awarded to him on his return. Nomi would have been a better 002 or 0010 (yes, why not double-oh ten? The numbers have to go past 9, right? Could’ve put that question to bed…)
