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In No Time To Die, 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.
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PG-13 for Sequences of Violence and Action, Some Disturbing Images, Brief Strong Language and Some Suggestive Material
RELEASE DATE: September 30, 2021 (UK) October 8, 2021 (US)
Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and Cary Joji Fukunaga
The James Bond novels and stories written by Ian Fleming, and the 24 James Bond motion pictures produced by Danjaq, LLC and its predecessors in interest
Daniel Craig, Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux, Lashana Lynch, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Christoph Waltz, Ralph Fiennes
Rory Kinnear, David Dencik, Ana de Armas, Billy Magnussen and Dali Benssalah
Cary Joji Fukunaga
Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and Cary Joji Fukunaga and Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Michael G. Wilson, p.g.a. and Barbara Broccoli, p.g.a.
Hans Zimmer
Steve Mazzaro
Featuring the title song “No Time to Die” written by Billie Eilish & Finneas O’Connell, produced by Finneas O’Connell and Stephen Lipson.
Orchestral arrangement by Hans Zimmer with Johnny Marr on guitar.
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Where once the James Bond films played as separate adventures, linked by characters both malevolent and benign, EON Productions wanted the Daniel Craig series to unfold as a unified whole. Quantum Of Solace (2008) picked up immediately after Casino Royale (2006), which had tracked Bond’s initiation into the life of a double-O agent. Skyfall (2012) slotted into the series to reveal important aspects of Bond’s early life.
Now, the 25th film in the EON series, No Time To Die, begins in the aftermath of Spectre (2015) where the film’s conclusion saw Bond (Craig) and Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux) drive away in the Aston Martin DB5.
When Bond makes his first appearance in No Time To Die, he and Madeleine are in Matera, a rocky, hilltop city perched atop Southern Italy. According to series producer Michael G. Wilson, the narrative was always going to pick up with the Bond and Madeleine relationship. “The question was when,” he says.
Fellow producer Barbara Broccoli explains: “There was the debate on how we continue telling the love story and explore the themes that have become so pivotal across the Daniel Craig movies.”
“With No Time To Die there was a strong story to finish off, lots of loose ends to tie up,” says Craig. “I think we have managed to tell that story and get everything rounded up.”
Themes exploring secrets, betrayal and trust have stitched together the last four films and they propel the narrative towards its thrilling conclusion in No Time To Die. After the heartbreak he suffered with the loss of Vesper Lynd (Eva Green) in Casino Royale, his fluctuating relationship with M and MI6, and the pain inflicted by the revelations imparted by Blofeld (Christoph Waltz), Bond has taken another risk, letting down his guard with Madeleine as he bids to try and love again.
