MGM has just released the final international trailer forNo Time To Die. The 25th installment of the James Bond franchise features Daniel Craig’s fifth and final turn as 007, and the new trailer, which reveals different footage fromthe U.S. version, serves in part to remind us that the wait for this movie is almost over.
The notion that Bond is caught in the middle of a larger mystery, that all of his villains are connected, and that his greatest enemy might be some twisted mirror image of himself are ideas that the franchise has been playing with since Craig stepped into the role, but they gather added weight with the knowledge that this is his final film. The trailer certainly adds to the sense that this is the biggest threat Bond has ever faced. Prominently featuring returning playersLéa Seydoux,Ben Whishaw,Christoph Waltz, andRalph Fiennes, as well as new-to-the-franchise faces inLashana LynchandAna de Armas, even the cast is huge.
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Directed byCary Joji Fukunagafrom a screenplay he wrote withNeal Purvis,Robert Wade, andPhoebe Waller-Bridge, the film garnered headlines in March of 2020, when it became one of the first todelay its release in response to the COVID pandemic, even as doing so reportedly cost MGMmore than $30 million. Its release date was revisedagainandagainandagain. MGM reportedly consideredselling the film to a streaming servicein light of all of the delays, rumors that were strengthened when news broke thatAmazon was acquiring the company, though producersBarbara BroccoliandMichael G. Wilsonquickly asserted their insistence thatthe franchise would remain in theaters. The current plan certainly seems to be on firmer ground, witha red carpet premiereplanned at the Royal Albert Hall.
No Time To Diearrives in U.K. theaters on September 30 and U.S. theaters on October 8. Check out the new international trailer below:
Here’s the official synopsis for the film:
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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