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No Time to Die is an
upcoming spy film directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga,
and the twenty-fifth installment in the James Bond series to be produced by Eon Productions.[2] The film
features Daniel Craig in
his fifth outing as the MI6 agent James Bond.[3] Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw, Rory Kinnear, Jeffrey Wright and Léa Seydoux reprise their roles from
previous films, with Rami Malek, Ana de Armas, Lashana Lynch, David Dencik, Dali Benssalah and Billy Magnussen joining the cast. It will
be the first film in the series to be internationally distributed by Universal
Pictures, following the expiration of Columbia Pictures' contract after Spectre.
Development of the film began and confirmed
in 2016. Universal Pictures and United Artists Releasing acquired
the distribution rights internationally; in the United States, United Artists
Releasing holds the rights, and Universal will also release the film on home
media domestically.[4] Danny Boyle was originally attached to
direct and co-write the film with John Hodge;
both left due to creative differences in August 2018. Fukunaga was announced as
Boyle's replacement a month later. After Hodge's exit, Purvis and Wade,
alongside Fukunaga, Burns and Waller-Bridge wrote what became the final version
of the script. The majority of the cast had signed on by April 2019. Principal
photography lasted from April to October 2019.
The film is scheduled for theatrical
release on 2 April 2020 in the United Kingdom and on 8 April in the United
States.
James Bond has left active service when his
friend, the CIA officer Felix Leiter, enlists his help in the search
for a missing scientist. When it becomes apparent that the scientist was
abducted, Bond must confront a danger the likes of which the world has never
seen before.[2]
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Rami Malek as Safin.[6] Producer Barbara Broccoli described the character
as "the one that really gets under Bond's skin. He's a nasty piece of
work".[6]
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Léa Seydoux as Dr. Madeleine Swann,[7] a psychiatrist and Bond's love interest who
assisted him in his mission in the film Spectre
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Ana de Armas as Paloma.[9] De Armas described
her character as "irresponsible" and "bubbly" and playing a
key role in Bond's mission.[10]
Development of No Time to Die began
in the spring of 2016. As Sony Pictures' contract to co-produce
the James Bond films with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Eon Productions expired with the release
of Spectre,
another major film studio was
expected to land the distribution rights to release the film. In April
2017, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures and Annapurna Pictures entered
a bidding competition to win the distribution rights. It was announced that MGM
had secured the domestic, digital and worldwide television rights to the film.
Universal was announced as the international distributor of the film and holder
of the rights for physical home entertainment distribution.[13][14]
Cary Joji Fukunaga,
director of No Time to Die.
The scriptwriters Neal Purvis and
Robert Wade—who had worked on every Bond film
since The World Is Not
Enough—were approached to write the script in March 2017.[15] Sam Mendes stated that he would not
return as director despite the success of his previous two Bond films, Skyfall and Spectre.[16][17] Longtime
favourite Christopher Nolan ruled
himself out to direct.[18][19] By July 2017, Yann Demange, David Mackenzie and Denis Villeneuve were courted to direct
the film.[20] In December 2017,
Villeneuve opted out of the role due to his commitments to Dune.[21] In February
2018, Danny Boyle was
established as a frontrunner for the directing position and Boyle's original
pitch to Broccoli and Wilson saw John Hodge brought
onto the project and writing a screenplay based on Boyle's idea, with Purvis
and Wade's version scrapped.[22] Hodge's draft was
greenlit, Universal secured the film's distribution rights, and Boyle was
confirmed to helm the film with a production start date of December 2018.[23] However, Boyle left
the production in August 2018 due to creative differences,[24] and the film's
release date became contingent on whether they could replace Boyle with a
suitable director within sixty days. A spokeswoman for Hodge confirmed that he
also was no longer involved. With Boyle's departure, several directors from
film and television were considered for the position,[25][26][27][28] and Cary Joji Fukunaga was
announced as the new director in September 2018 via the official James
Bond Twitter account.[29] Fukunaga became the
first American in the history of the series to direct an Eon James Bond film.[30][a] Linus Sandgren was hired as
cinematographer in December 2018;[31] Dan Romer was hired as composer in July
2019.[32]
With Boyle's departure, Purvis and Wade
were brought back to rework the script in September 2018.[33] Casino Royale screenwriter Paul Haggis was brought in to rewrite
Purvis and Wade's script in November 2018.[34][35] Scott Z. Burns was brought on to work on
the screenplay in February 2019. At Craig's request, Killing Eve writer and creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge provided
a script polish in April 2019 to add more humour and to make the characters
more believable.[36][37][38] Waller-Bridge is
the second female screenwriter credited with writing a Bond film
after Johanna Harwood co-wrote Dr. No and From Russia
with Love.[39][b] Producer Barbara Broccoli announced that Bond's
attitude towards women would change in No Time to Die as a
response to the Me Too movement.[39] Waller-Bridge
argued that the character of Bond had to stay true to its original creation and
that it was the responsibility of the wider film industry to treat women more
respectfully.[42]
Spectre was speculated to
be Daniel Craig's final outing as Bond.[43] In May 2016, it was
reported on several websites and news platforms that Craig had received a
$100 million offer from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to reprise his role of Bond in
two more films, but turned it down, suggesting that Spectre would
likely be his final Bond film.[44] Craig denied having
made a decision but praised his time playing Bond thus far, describing it as
"the best job in the world doing Bond". He further denied that $150 million
was offered to him for the next two Bond instalments.[45] He stated that the
fact he had not made any decisions on returning to the role in the past was
because of his focus on other projects such as Logan Lucky.[5][46] In August 2017,
Craig confirmed he would return for his final appearance as Bond while on The Late
Show with Stephen Colbert.[47] In July 2018, Craig
travelled to the United States to visit the Central
Intelligence Agency's headquarters in Langley, Virginia, to find out more about how
the intelligence agency operates. The CIA said, "Mr. Craig met with our
leadership and workforce, who explained that real-life espionage is a lot more
'cloak' and a lot less 'dagger' than presented in the entertainment world of
spy v spy".[48]
Rami Malek plays the film's villain
Safin, who is described as "a nasty piece of work" and "the one
who really gets under Bond's skin".
Numerous reports indicated that Christoph Waltz had signed on to return
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld for
further 007 films on the condition that Craig returned as Bond.[49] Despite Craig's
definite casting as Bond, Waltz announced that he would not return as Blofeld
in October 2017.[50] During Danny
Boyle's time as director on the film, a leaked casting sheet described the
villain role as a "cold and charismatic Russian" and the Bond girl role as a "witty and
skillful survivor". Production also sought after a henchman of Māori descent with "advanced combat
skills".[51] These ideas presumably
changed shape following Boyle and Hodge's exit. In December 2018, Fukunaga
revealed in an interview that Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris and Ralph Fiennes would all be reprising
their roles in the film, with Fukunaga not ruling out a possible return from
Waltz's Blofeld.[7] Fukunaga also
revealed that Léa Seydoux would
be reprising her role as Madeleine Swann,[7] making her the
second actress to portray a Bond girl in successive films, after Eunice Gayson portrayed Sylvia Trench
in Dr. No and From Russia
with Love. Rory Kinnear returned as Bill Tanner, as did Jeffrey Wright as Felix Leiter.[8] Wright makes his
third appearance in the series after Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace and becomes the
first actor to play Felix Leiter three times.[citation needed]
Ana de Armas, Dali Benssalah, David Dencik, Lashana Lynch, Billy Magnussen and Rami Malek were announced as cast members
in a live stream, at Ian Fleming's Goldeneye estate
in Jamaica.[52] This live stream on
25 April 2019 marked the official start of production.[8] Malek was further
announced as playing the film's
villain.[53] In an interview
with Digital Spy,
Malek revealed that his character would not be connected to any religion or
ideology.[54]
Production was scheduled to begin on 3
December 2018 at Pinewood Studios,[55] but filming was
delayed until April 2019 after the departure of Boyle as director.[29][56] The film is the
first in the series to have sequences shot with 65MM IMAX film
cameras.[57]
No Time to Die features the Aston Martin Valhalla.
Filming locations included Italy, Jamaica,
Norway and London, in addition to Pinewood Studios.[58] In addition scenes
were filmed in the Faroe Islands in late September 2019.[59] Production commenced
in Nittedal, Norway, with the second unit
capturing scenes at a frozen lake.[60] Principal photography
officially began on 28 April 2019 in Port Antonio, Jamaica.[61][62][better source needed] Daniel Craig
sustained an ankle injury in May whilst filming in Jamaica and subsequently
underwent minor surgery.[63][64] Production was
further interrupted when a controlled explosion damaged the 007 Stage at
Pinewood Studios and left a crew member with minor injuries.[65][66] Production returned
to Norway in June 2019 to shoot a driving sequence along the Atlantic Ocean Road featuring
an Aston Martin
V8 Vantage.[67] Aston Martin also confirmed that
the DB5, DBS
Supperlegera[68] and Valhalla models
would feature in the film.[69] Production then
returned to the United Kingdom, where scenes featuring Craig, Fiennes, Harris
and Kinnear were filmed around London, including Whitehall and Hammersmith.[70][71][72]
In July 2019, filming took place in the
town of Aviemore and in the surrounding Cairngorms
National Park area in Scotland.[73] Temporary
accommodations were constructed in a car park in the town for the production
crew of around 300.[74][75] Some scenes were
also captured at the Ardverikie House Estate and on the banks
of Loch Laggan, just outside the park.[76] There was further
filming at Buttersteep Forest, Ascot, during August 2019.[citation needed]
The second unit moved to Southern Italy in late August, where they
began to shoot a chase sequence involving an Aston Martin DB5 through the
streets of Matera. The main unit, Craig and Seydoux arrived in early September
to film scenes inside several production-built sets, as well as further
sequences in Maratea and Gravina in Puglia.[77][78]
Between 8 and 25 September, some scenes
were shot in the town of Sapri in southern
Italy, including the town's "midnight canal" and train station. The
name of the city has been changed to "Civita Lucana" for the film.[79]
No Time to Die was originally
scheduled for release on 8 November 2019. Following Danny Boyle's departure,
the release date was pushed back to 14 February 2020.[29][81] The release date
was pushed once again to 8 April 2020. The film is due to be released outside
North America on 3 April.[2]
The film entered production under the
working title Bond 25. No Time to Die was
announced as the name of the film via the official James Bond website and social media accounts on 20 August 2019.[82][83] No Time to Die shares
its title with a 1958 film directed
by Terence Young,
produced by Albert R.
"Cubby" Broccoli and written by Richard Maibaum,[84][85] the original
director, producer and writer of the James Bond films.
The 007 logo appeared on the Red Bull Racing cars in the place of the
Aston Martin logos at the 2019 British Grand
Prix.[86] The cars also had
Bond-themed number plates on the underside of their rear wings. Max Verstappen had the number plate from
the Aston Martin DB5 from Goldfinger while Pierre Gasly’s car featured the Aston Martin V8 plate from The Living Daylights.[87] Both drivers wore
special racing overalls with a print of the classic single-breasted dinner
suit.[88]
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