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132-525: No Time to Die is a 2021 spy film and the twenty-fifth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions , starring Daniel Craig in his fifth and final portrayal of fictional British MI6 agent James Bond . The plot follows Bond, who has left active service with MI6, and is recruited by the CIA to find a kidnapped scientist, which leads to a showdown with a powerful and vengeful adversary armed with

264-406: A "conventional weapons death" felt inappropriate considering that Bond had been able to "escape from everything else". Craig said the team tried to create a sense of tragedy and weight by using Safin's bioweapon, which killed "the only thing that Bond wants in life ... to be with the people he loves". After Spectre , there was speculation that it would be Craig's final Bond film. Immediately after

396-462: A "moving conclusion". Kevin Maher of The Times wrote: "It's better than good. It's magnificent"; he later named the film one of the best films of 2021. Barry Hertz of The Globe and Mail wrote that the film "makes sure that my eyes are following each and every oh-whoa stunt. As well as guaranteeing that I actually care about whether (or, really, how) Bond gets out of this one." Mick LaSalle of

528-624: A $ 119.1 million box office from 54 countries, including the UK, Brazil, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico and Spain, besting its $ 90 million projections. It was the first film since the COVID-19 pandemic that crossed $ 100 million in an overseas debut without the China market. The Hollywood Reporter stated the premiere was the biggest in the United Kingdom since the pandemic began. In

660-476: A bit more successful if we think of it instead as a tribute to the Craig era, and to the star himself." Michael O'Sullivan of The Washington Post gave the film three out of four stars, writing that it was "a bit too long and a bit too complicated", but added that it was "also a fittingly complicated and ultimately perversely satisfying send-off for the actor". Peter Rainer of The Christian Science Monitor gave

792-578: A cumulative total of $ 49.2 million according to Artisan Gateway. It became the highest-grossing non-Chinese film of 2021 outside the United States and Canada on 14 November, earning an estimated $ 24 million for a cume of $ 558.2 million, which included $ 126 million in the United Kingdom, $ 70 million in Germany and $ 57.9 million in China. It also opened to an $ 8.2 million weekend in Australia, which

924-460: A direct connection to SPECTRE. It is also revealed that Blofeld is really Franz Oberhauser, whose father Hannes adopted Bond after the latter was orphaned at age 11, and who murdered his father and faked his own death. Using SPECTRE, Blofeld attempts to gain control of a global surveillance program called Nine Eyes. Bond, M, and Q manage to stop them and Blofeld is captured by MI6 and sent to prison for his crimes. This iteration of SPECTRE returns in

1056-405: A frozen lake, but he rescues her. Years later, after Blofeld's arrest, Swann travels to Matera with James Bond . She persuades Bond to visit his ex-lover Vesper Lynd 's nearby grave in order to aid in getting over her. While there, the tomb is blown up and Bond is attacked by Spectre operatives led by Primo, a mercenary with a bionic eye and, while fleeing with Madeleine, the latter receives

1188-473: A live stream, at Ian Fleming 's Goldeneye estate in Jamaica. The event was on 25 April 2019 and marked the official start of production. The film is the second to unite de Armas with Craig, after Knives Out (filmed in 2018). Malek was further announced as playing Safin, the film's villain , and the actor revealed in an interview that his character would not be connected to any religion or ideology. After

1320-420: A missile strike on the facility. Bond confronts Safin, who flees with Mathilde but later releases her, while Swann escapes Primo and reunites with Bond and Mathilde. Nomi kills Obruchev by kicking him into an acid pool, then escorts Swann and Mathilde off the island. Bond kills Safin's remaining men, including Primo, and opens the silo doors for missiles launched from HMS Dragon to penetrate. Bond rushes back to

1452-479: A nanobot dose to assassinate Blofeld. Meeting Swann in Belmarsh, Bond unknowingly infects himself with Swann's nanobots. Swann becomes too distressed to face Blofeld, and she flees, telling Bond only that she is going "home." Blofeld reveals to Bond that he planned the explosion at Vesper's grave to make Bond believe that Swann betrayed him. Enraged, Bond briefly strangles Blofeld before relenting, unknowingly allowing

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1584-454: A nearby forest. Bond orders Swann and Mathilde to hide while he confronts Ash and his forces. He defeats Ash's men before killing Ash, avenging Leiter's death, but Safin kidnaps Swann and Mathilde. Q provides Bond and Nomi with a submersible glider to infiltrate Safin's headquarters, a missile base on a disputed island near Japan that has been converted into a nanobot factory. Bond and Nomi plan to rescue Swann and Mathilde before ordering

1716-405: A number, and the beautiful foreign agent who comes to love the hero. Lang's Dr. Mabuse films from the period also contain elements of spy thrillers, though the central character is a criminal mastermind only interested in espionage for profit. Additionally, several of Lang's American films, such as Hangmen Also Die , deal with spies during World War II. Alfred Hitchcock did much to popularize

1848-486: A pandemic by the World Health Organization prompted a joint open letter from two Bond fan sites addressed to the producers. The letter asked that the release be delayed to minimise the risk of spreading the disease and to ensure the film's commercial success. On 4 March 2020, MGM and Eon Productions announced that after "thorough evaluation of the global theatrical marketplace" they had postponed

1980-550: A phone call from Blofeld congratulating her on her work. Bond accuses Swann of betraying him to the organisation and sends her away on a train, telling her they will never meet again. Five years later, Spectre agents extract MI6 scientist Valdo Obruchev, who secretly works for Safin, from a London laboratory under the guise of a kidnapping and steal Project Heracles, a programmable DNA-targeting nanobot bioweapon developed under M 's oversight. Retired and living in Jamaica , Bond

2112-514: A plan to ruin British agriculture with biological warfare . Blofeld, with a weakened SPECTRE, would appear for the final time in the twelfth novel, You Only Live Twice (1964). By this point, the organisation has largely been shut down, and what remains is focused on maintaining Blofeld's alias as Dr. Guntram von Shatterhand and his compound in Japan. In the films, the organisation often acts as

2244-406: A plan to humiliate and kill James Bond as revenge for the death of Dr. No. After being absent from the third film, Goldfinger (1964), SPECTRE returns in the fourth film, Thunderball (1965), which closely mirrors the events of the novel, and subsequently is featured in the following films. During the events of the fifth film, You Only Live Twice (1967), they attempt to incite a war between

2376-420: A remake of his 1934 film of the same name . He followed this up in 1959 with North by Northwest (1959), widely considered one of the most influential works within the spy genre. The peak of popularity of spy films is often considered to be the 1960s when Cold War fears meshed with a desire by audiences to see exciting and suspenseful films. The espionage film developed in two directions at this time. On

2508-553: A second to death with a garrote and shot a third through the heart with a compressed-air pistol. In the film, Number 9 is electrocuted for embezzlement at the Thunderball meeting where he and Number 11 report on the proceeds from a narcotics-related operation. The merciless killing of assistant Helga Brandt in You Only Live Twice , for failing to kill James Bond, similarly horrifies visiting Red Chinese agents; she

2640-695: A sign of Fleming's warnings about Nazi fugitives after the Second World War , as first detailed in the novel Moonraker (1954). In the novels, SPECTRE begins as a small group of criminals, but in the films it is depicted as a vast international organisation with its own SPECTRE Island training base capable of replacing the Soviet SMERSH . In the novels, SPECTRE is an organised crime enterprise led by Blofeld. The organisation's executive consists of 21 individuals, 18 of whom handle day-to-day affairs. Members are drawn in groups of three from six of

2772-516: A technology capable of killing millions. It was directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga from a screenplay he co-wrote with Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Phoebe Waller-Bridge , based on a story conceived by Purvis, Wade and Fukunaga. Léa Seydoux , Ben Whishaw , Naomie Harris , Jeffrey Wright , Christoph Waltz , Ralph Fiennes , and Rory Kinnear reprise their roles from previous films, with Rami Malek , Lashana Lynch , Billy Magnussen , Ana de Armas , David Dencik and Dali Benssalah also starring. It

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2904-535: A third party in the ongoing Cold War . Their objectives have ranged from supporting Dr. Julius No in sabotaging American rocket launches, holding the world to ransom, and demanding clemency from governments for their previous crimes. The goal of world domination was only ever stated in You Only Live Twice when SPECTRE was working on behalf of an unnamed Asian government. This is strongly implied to be Red China , who earlier backed Auric Goldfinger in

3036-476: A worldwide power is in the novel Thunderball . In it, SPECTRE attempts to conduct nuclear blackmail against NATO . Apparently disbanded afterwards, SPECTRE is said to be active again in the next book, The Spy Who Loved Me , although the organisation is not involved in the plot. In On Her Majesty's Secret Service , the second chapter of what is known as the "Blofeld Trilogy", Blofeld has revived SPECTRE where he attempts to carry out biological warfare against

3168-687: A writing credit for any version. Fukunaga had been considered for Spectre before Mendes was hired, and afterwards had expressed an interest to Broccoli and Wilson about directing a future Bond film. Linus Sandgren was hired as cinematographer in December 2018. Purvis and Wade were brought back to start working on a new script with Fukunaga in September 2018. Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace screenwriter Paul Haggis turned in an uncredited rewrite in November 2018, with Scott Z. Burns doing

3300-547: Is Charlotte Gray , based on the novel by Sebastian Faulks . Also during the period, there were many detective films ( The Thin Man Goes Home and Charlie Chan in the Secret Service for example) in which the mystery involved who stole the secret blue-prints, or who kidnapped the famous scientist. In the mid-1950s, Alfred Hitchcock returned to the spy genre with The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 film) ,

3432-473: Is contacted by CIA ally Felix Leiter and State Department agent Logan Ash, who ask for Bond's help rescuing Obruchev from a Spectre party in Cuba . Bond initially declines but later accepts after Nomi, his successor as Agent 007, tracks him down and warns him not to interfere with her own extraction of Obruchev and puts him in contact with M, who refuses to answer his questions about Heracles. Bond infiltrates

3564-498: Is dropped into a pool of piranha , which quickly eat her alive. Previously, in From Russia with Love, Kronsteen was killed with a poisoned shoe knife in front of Rosa Klebb to motivate Klebb to complete her mission with no further delays. Blofeld prefers to accuse another operative as a decoy, keeping his victim calm inside the trap before executing them. In the original Bond novel series, SPECTRE's first and last appearance as

3696-590: Is heard briefly in the opening scene. Louis Armstrong 's version of " We Have All the Time in the World " is a recurring theme included three times within the score and originally appeared in On Her Majesty's Secret Service , recalling both love and loss experienced by Bond following a similar poignancy in this film. The track is played in full during the closing credits . The Sony Pictures contract to coproduce

3828-469: Is his daughter. The missiles destroy the facility, and Bond dies in the resulting explosion. Later, at MI6, M, Moneypenny , Nomi, Q, and Bill Tanner drink to Bond's memory. Driving Mathilde to Matera, Swann begins to tell her about her father, James Bond. Additionally, Hugh Dennis and Priyanga Burford portray scientists working at an MI6 laboratory. Mathilde Bourbin and Coline Defaud appear as Madeleine Swann's mother and young Madeleine respectively in

3960-524: Is next mentioned in the tenth novel, The Spy Who Loved Me (1962), when Bond describes investigating their activities in Toronto before the story begins, though they play no part in the story itself. The organisation's third appearance is in the eleventh novel, On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1963) where Blofeld, hired by an unnamed country or party—though the Soviet Union is implied—is executing

4092-411: Is off guard. SPECTRE is headed by the criminal mastermind Ernst Stavro Blofeld who usually appears accompanied by a Chinchilla Silver Persian cat in the films, but not in the books. In both the films and the novels, Emilio Largo is the second in command. It is stated in the novel that if something were to happen to Blofeld, Largo would assume command. Largo appears in the 1961 novel Thunderball ,

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4224-417: Is the first James Bond film to be distributed by Universal Pictures , which acquired international distribution rights after the expiration of Sony Pictures ' contract following the release of Spectre in 2015. United Artists Releasing holds the rights for North America, as well as worldwide digital and television rights; Universal also holds the worldwide rights for physical home media. Development on

4356-702: Is the most famous of film spies, but there were also more serious, probing works like le Carré's The Spy Who Came in from the Cold that also emerged from the Cold War . As the Cold War ended, the newest villain became terrorism and more often involved the Middle East . The spy film genre began in the silent era , with the paranoia of invasion literature and the onset of the Great War . These fears produced

4488-500: Is the organization disbanded afterwards like in the novel. SPECTRE is shown but never mentioned by name in the game GoldenEye: Rogue Agent . Instead it is referred to as a "powerful criminal organisation." It is depicted as being much more powerful than it was in any of the films or books, possessing a massive undersea black market known as "The Octopus", a large lair built into an extinct volcano, resembling Karl Stromberg 's Atlantis lair from The Spy Who Loved Me . Also included are

4620-405: Is to instigate conflict between two powerful enemies, namely the superpowers , hoping that they will exhaust themselves and be vulnerable when it seizes power. SPECTRE thus works with, and against, both sides of the Cold War. For example, in the film Thunderball , it simultaneously blackmails a Japanese double agent , distributes Red Chinese narcotics in the United States, kills a defector to

4752-402: The James Bond novels by Ian Fleming were adapted into an increasingly fantastical series of tongue-in-cheek adventure films by producers Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli , with Sean Connery as the star. They featured secretive and flamboyant supervillains, an archetype that would later become a staple of the explosion of spy movies in the mid-to-late 1960s. The phenomenal success of

4884-550: The San Francisco Chronicle wrote that the film "takes its place among the best of the entire series", and concluded "Craig leaves the series in a mammoth, 163-minute extravaganza that audiences will be enjoying for decades. It's a lovely thing to see." K. Austin Collins of Rolling Stone described the film as being "just fine: sometimes intriguing, sometimes not, sometimes boring, sometimes not", adding: "It's

5016-569: The Bond films with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Eon Productions expired with the release of Spectre in 2015. In April 2017, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures , 20th Century Fox , Universal Pictures , and Annapurna Pictures entered a bidding competition to win the distribution rights. MGM secured the North American, digital, and worldwide television rights to the film through its distribution arm United Artists Releasing . Universal became

5148-592: The Bond series leads to a deluge of imitators, such as the eurospy genre and several from America. Notable examples include the two Derek Flint films starring James Coburn , The Quiller Memorandum (1966) with George Segal , and the Matt Helm series with Dean Martin . Television also got into the act with series like The Man from U.N.C.L.E and I Spy in the U.S., and Danger Man and The Avengers in Britain. Spies have remained popular on TV to

5280-618: The Mr. Moto series, based on the books of John P. Marquand . In the 1940s and early 1950s, several films were made about the exploits of Allied agents in occupied Europe, which could be considered a subgenre. 13 Rue Madeleine and O.S.S. were fictional stories about American agents in German-occupied France. There were several films based on the stories of real-life British S.O.E. agents, including Odette and Carve Her Name With Pride . A more recent fictional example

5412-594: The fourth-highest-grossing film of 2021 and the third-highest grossing Bond film. In addition, it earned several other box-office record achievements, including becoming the third-highest-grossing film of all time in the UK . The film was nominated for three awards at the 94th Academy Awards , winning Best Original Song , and received numerous other accolades . A young Madeleine Swann witnesses her mother's murder by Lyutsifer Safin. Swann's father, Mr. White , had been ordered by Ernst Stavro Blofeld to assassinate Safin's family. Swann shoots Safin and flees, falling into

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5544-649: The 1940s to the James Bond films of the 1960s and to the high-tech blockbusters of today, the spy film has always been popular with audiences worldwide. Offering a combination of exciting escapism , technological thrills, and exotic locales, many spy films combine the action and science fiction genres, presenting clearly delineated heroes for audiences to root for and villains they want to see defeated. They may also involve elements of political thrillers . However, there are many that are comedic (mostly action comedy films if they fall under that genre). James Bond

5676-723: The 1950s. The strict codes of loyalty and silence, and the hard retributions that followed violations, were hallmarks of American gangster rings, the Italian Mafia, the Russian mafia , the Unione Corse , the Chinese Tongs and Triads , and the Japanese Yakuza and Black Dragon Society . During the events of Thunderball , SPECTRE successfully hijacked two nuclear warheads for ransom. The organisation

5808-452: The 1965 film version and its 1983 remake, Never Say Never Again , where he is renamed Maximilian Largo and is said to be Romanian rather than Italian. The SPECTRE cabinet had a total of twenty-one members. Blofeld was the chairman and leader because he founded the organisation and Largo was elected by the cabinet to be second in command. A physicist named Kotze (who later defected) and an electronics expert named Maslov were also included in

5940-566: The 2021 film No Time to Die , where they remain at large despite Blofeld's imprisonment and attempt to assassinate Bond in Matera . Five years later, the organisation kidnaps MI6 scientist Valdo Obruchev and takes "Project Heracles", a DNA -targeted bioweapon . Every high- and mid-level ranking SPECTRE member meets in Cuba, and it is revealed that Blofeld is still in control of the organisation, despite being imprisoned in Britain. Bond sneaks in to

6072-504: The British 1914 The German Spy Peril , centered on a plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament , and 1913's O.H.M.S. , standing for "Our Helpless Millions Saved" as well as On His Majesty's Service (and introducing for the first time a strong female character who helps the hero). In 1928, Fritz Lang made the film Spies which contained many tropes that became popular in later spy dramas, including secret headquarters, an agent known by

6204-616: The EON Films series, except for a cameo by a character implied to be Blofeld in For Your Eyes Only (1981) in which said character is killed. Partly owing to a copyright dispute between rival Bond producers Albert R. Broccoli and Kevin McClory , the character is never referred to by name and is credited as "Wheelchair Villain", though the closed captions for the film later refer to him as Blofeld. The organisation returns in

6336-482: The Middle East and Africa , surpassing F9 on 17 October. In China, the film opened to a $ 28.2 million weekend, displacing The Battle at Lake Changjin from the top rank on the country's box office, despite 13% of cinemas being closed due to China's policies against local COVID-19 outbreaks. It remained at the top of the box office charts during its second weekend despite a drop of 59%, earning $ 11.4 million for

6468-566: The Past ", which is a sequel to You Only Live Twice . In the EON Productions's James Bond series, which began in 1962 with Dr. No , SPECTRE plays a more prominent role. The organisation is mentioned as being affiliated with Dr. No , although the main organisation in the movie is No's personal army. In the novel, Dr. No worked for the USSR. In the films, SPECTRE usually replaced SMERSH as

6600-688: The UK and on 8 October 2021 in the US in 2D, RealD 3D , 4DX , ScreenX , Dolby Cinema and IMAX . The film also opened the same week in September in South Korea and the following week in October in Brazil, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands and Russia. China and Australia would see the release later in October and November 2021. The film had the highest box office opening weekend takings in

6732-409: The UK for any Bond feature. No Time to Die was originally scheduled for release in November 2019, but was postponed to February 2020 and then to April 2020 after Boyle's departure. The premiere in China and a countrywide publicity tour, planned for April 2020, were cancelled due to the early outbreak of COVID-19 in the country. By March 2020, the global spread of the virus and the declaration of

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6864-684: The UK. Scenes featuring Craig, Fiennes, Harris and Kinnear were filmed around London, including Whitehall , Senate House and Hammersmith . In July 2019, filming took place in the town of Aviemore and in the surrounding Cairngorms National Park area. Some scenes were also shot at the Ardverikie House Estate and on the banks of Loch Laggan , just outside the park. The forest scene was filmed in Buttersteep Forest in Windsor Great Park . In late August 2019,

6996-399: The US. The 31-day theatrical release window of the film is considered a relatively quick turnaround for a film of this size. One factor has been that Bond films attract an older audience and that demographic has been hesitant to return to cinemas during the pandemic. No Time to Die was the top-ranking film on Vudu and Google Play for two weeks and iTunes for five weeks. In the UK, it

7128-659: The USSR on behalf of the French Foreign Ministry , and threatens NATO with stolen nuclear weapons, while continuing ordinary criminal operations such as advising on the British Great Train Robbery . In both the film and the novel Thunderball , the physical headquarters of the organisation are in Paris, operating behind a front organisation aiding refugees named "Firco" ( Fraternité Internationale de la Résistance Contre l'Oppression ) in

7260-676: The United Kingdom. Blofeld's final appearance is in You Only Live Twice , where SPECTRE has largely disbanded. Later, the John Gardner Bond novel, For Special Services introduces a revived SPECTRE led by Blofeld's daughter, Nena Bismaquer. Although Bond ultimately prevents SPECTRE from reforming, the organisation continues under the leadership of Tamil Rahani to play a part in Role of Honour and Nobody Lives for Ever . The next Bond novelist, Raymond Benson , reintroduces Irma Bunt, Blofeld's assistant, in his short story " Blast From

7392-427: The United States and Canada and $ 613.3 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $ 774.2 million. It was the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2021 . Because of the combined production and promotional costs of at least $ 350 million, it was estimated that the film would have needed to gross at least $ 800 million worldwide in order to break even . No Time to Die ' s opening weekend set

7524-425: The United States and Canada, No Time to Die was projected to gross $ 65–85 million in its opening weekend. The film made $ 23.3 million on its first day, including $ 6.3 million from Thursday night previews (which included $ 1 million from Wednesday previews), the best total of the franchise. It went on to debut to $ 55.2 million, topping the box office and marking the fourth-best opening weekend of

7656-501: The United States and Soviet Union. In film number six, On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Blofeld develops a biological warfare program and plans to demand clemency and recognition of a claimed title of nobility. SPECTRE's final appearance is in the seventh film, Diamonds Are Forever (1971), where they attempt to forcibly disarm the Cold War powers. SPECTRE was dismantled for good after Diamonds Are Forever . Following Diamonds Are Forever , SPECTRE and Blofeld were retired from

7788-534: The United States to prevent Warhead 2000 AD from going into production. MGM/UA abandoned the claim after settling with Sony. McClory's Bond rights, including his rights in SPECTRE, were unaffected. On 15 November 2013, MGM and the McClory estate announced that they had formally settled the issue with Danjaq, LLC and MGM had acquired the full copyright to the characters and concepts of Blofeld and SPECTRE. Having lost its mantle of acronym, now simply called Spectre,

7920-425: The aftermath of a Warsaw Pact surge, waiting for the right moment for SPECTRE to have a reformation and resurgence. SPECTRE and its characters were at the centre of long-standing litigation between Kevin McClory and Ian Fleming over the film rights to Thunderball and the ownership of the organisation and its characters. In 1963, Fleming settled out of court with McClory, giving him the film rights to Thunderball;

8052-429: The control room when the silo doors suddenly begin closing, but is ambushed by Safin, who repeatedly shoots Bond and infects him with a nanobot vial programmed to kill Swann and Mathilde. Bond shoots Safin dead and reopens the silo doors, but realises that if he escapes, the nanobots he is infected with would kill Swann and Mathilde. Bond radios Swann to say goodbye, expressing his love for her and Mathilde, who she confirms

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8184-443: The delay of No Time to Die was the "last straw" for Cineworld following a string of other film delays and cancellations. In January 2021, the film was rescheduled to 8 October 2021. In February 2021, an earlier release date of 30 September 2021 was announced for the UK. In August 2021, it was announced that the release date in Australia was delayed from 30 September to 11 November 2021, in response to lockdowns in several states . It

8316-452: The directing position. Boyle's original pitch to Broccoli and Wilson saw John Hodge writing a screenplay based on Boyle's idea with Purvis and Wade's version scrapped. Hodge's draft was greenlit, and Boyle was confirmed to direct with a production start date of December 2018. However, Boyle and Hodge left in August 2018 due to creative differences. It was reported at the time that Boyle's exit

8448-404: The ending of the film, destroying SPECTRE once and for all. In 1983 Warner Bros. released Never Say Never Again starring Sean Connery, based on the same original source material as Thunderball . The film retells the basic story of Thunderball , albeit with some new characters and in an updated setting. It reintroduces both SPECTRE and Blofeld, although he is not the main villain and neither

8580-883: The film a weighted average score of 68 out of 100 based on 67 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale, while those at PostTrak gave it an 83% positive score, with 63% saying they would definitely recommend it. The film received praise from many film critics. Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian called it "an epic barnstormer" delivered "with terrific panache" and with "pathos, action, drama, camp comedy, heartbreak, macabre horror, and outrageously silly old-fashioned action". Robbie Collin of The Daily Telegraph described it as "extravagantly satisfying", "often very funny" with gadgets "both improbable and outrageous", and that it has been filmed with "gorgeous" cinematography, starting with "a sensationally thrilling and sinister prologue" and ending with

8712-433: The film began in 2016. Danny Boyle was originally attached to direct and co-write the screenplay with John Hodge . Both left in August 2018 due to creative differences, and Fukunaga was announced as Boyle's replacement one month later. Most of the cast had signed by April 2019. Principal photography took place from April to October 2019. Billie Eilish performed the theme song of the same name , while Hans Zimmer scored

8844-432: The film of the same name . Its long-term strategy, however, is illustrated by the analogy of the three Siamese fighting fish Blofeld keeps in an aquarium aboard SPECTRE's yacht in the film version of From Russia with Love . Blofeld notes that one fish is refraining from fighting two others until their fight is concluded. Then, that cunning fish attacks the weakened victor and kills it easily. Thus SPECTRE's main strategy

8976-477: The film that SPECTRE, and in turn Ernst Stavro Blofeld, have been the power behind the previous Craig villains; the Quantum organisation from Casino Royale and 2008's Quantum of Solace is revealed to be a subsidiary of SPECTRE, while Raoul Silva from Skyfall is shown to be affiliated with the organisation as well. In addition to Silva, Le Chiffre , Mr. White, and Dominic Greene are all revealed to have

9108-455: The film three out of five stars, writing: "It offers up the requisite thrills, stunts, and bad guys. Beautiful people abound, and 007 still knows how to fill out a tux." However, he questioned "Has James Bond become irrelevant?" Spy film Spy films show the espionage activities of government agents and their risk of being discovered by their enemies. From the Nazi espionage thrillers of

9240-470: The film's delay, the song was nominated for and won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards , on 14 March 2021, six months before the film's release date, because the song itself was released during the 2019–20 eligibility period, in anticipation of the film's original April 2020 release date. The song " Dans la ville endormie " by French singer Dalida

9372-483: The film's opening sequence. Brigitte Millar also reprises her role as Spectre chief Dr. Vogel from Spectre . Development of No Time to Die began in February 2016. In March 2017, screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade —who have worked on every Bond film since The World Is Not Enough (1999)—were approached to write the script by producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson . Purvis and Wade mapped out

9504-655: The film's production, reported a total production cost of £214 million. Filming locations included Italy, Jamaica, Norway, the Faroe Islands and London, in addition to Pinewood Studios. In March 2019, production started in Nittedal , Norway, with the second unit capturing scenes on a frozen lake. On 28 April 2019, principal photography officially began in Jamaica, including Port Antonio . In May 2019, Craig sustained an ankle injury while filming in Jamaica and subsequently underwent minor surgery. In June 2019, production

9636-424: The film's release, Craig had complained about the rigours of performing the part, saying he would rather "slash [his] wrists" than play Bond again. In May 2016, it was reported that Craig had received a $ 100 million offer from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to do two more Bond films, but turned it down. In October 2016, Craig denied having made a decision but praised his time in the role, describing it as "the best job in

9768-534: The film's theatrical run, and that it was an encouraging sign for upcoming adult-oriented pictures. The film fell 56% in its second weekend to $ 24.3 million, finishing second behind newcomer Halloween Kills . No Time to Die was re-released in IMAX for the weekend ending on 23 January 2022 as part of the 60th anniversary of the Bond film series. No Time to Die became the highest-grossing film of 2021 in Europe,

9900-613: The film, with Steve Mazzaro serving as score producer. After being delayed by Boyle's departure and later by the COVID-19 pandemic , No Time to Die premiered at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 28 September 2021. It was theatrically released on 30 September 2021 in the United Kingdom and on 8 October 2021 in the United States. The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed over $ 774 million worldwide, making it

10032-421: The film. In January 2020, Billie Eilish was announced as the performer of the film's theme song , with her brother, Finneas O'Connell , serving as co-writer as well as the track's producer. The song, which has the same title , was released on 13 February 2020. At the age of 18, Eilish is the youngest artist to record a Bond theme song. The song's music video was subsequently released on 1 October 2020. Despite

10164-539: The film. Fukunaga also said that Léa Seydoux would be reprising her role as Madeleine Swann, making her the first female lead to appear in successive Bond films. Rory Kinnear returns as Bill Tanner , as does Jeffrey Wright as Felix Leiter . Wright makes his third appearance in the series after Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace and becomes the first actor to play Leiter three times. Ana de Armas , Dali Benssalah, David Dencik , Lashana Lynch , Billy Magnussen and Rami Malek were announced as cast members in

10296-598: The first position on Redbox 's disc rental charts and second on its digital charts. According to the NPD Group, it sold the eighth-highest amount of DVDs and Blu-rays in 2021, and the second-highest in December 2021. In the UK, it ranked atop the Official Film Chart for three weeks. The film was the highest-selling title on disc in the country during 2021 with 1.15 million units being sold, including 717,500 DVD and Blu-ray units being sold within two weeks. It

10428-458: The first time in the Bond series history that a composer has been replaced during post-production, and the second major personnel change for the film after Boyle's departure. Steve Mazzaro produced the score, while Johnny Marr played guitar. The No Time to Die score album was set to be released through Decca Records in March 2020 but was delayed to 1 October 2021 to coincide with the release of

10560-532: The following weekend to become the third-highest-grossing film in the United Kingdom as well as the second-highest-grossing Bond film in the market with a gross of $ 129.9 million. No Time to Die has an approval rating of 83% based on 425 reviews on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , with an average rating of 7.3/10. The critics consensus states: "It isn't the sleekest or most daring 007 adventure, but No Time to Die concludes Daniel Craig's franchise tenure in satisfying style." Metacritic assigned

10692-407: The franchise. No Time to Die earned an additional $ 6.9 million on Columbus Day , bringing its four-day total in the United States and Canada to $ 62.2 million. Deadline Hollywood attributed the slight underperformance to the film's 163-minute runtime limiting the number of showtimes. TheWrap said that the opening was good news for cinemas, even if the studio did not break even during

10824-552: The global box office losses could have exceeded $ 300 million had the film stayed in its April 2020 slot. In October 2020, No Time to Die was delayed again to 2 April 2021. The decision to delay the release was made when it became apparent that theatrical markets, especially in the US, would not see full demand. After the delay was announced, the British chain Cineworld , the world's second-largest cinema chain, closed its cinemas indefinitely. Chief executive Mooky Greidinger said

10956-407: The group for their expertise on scientific and technical matters. Members are typically referred to by number rather than by name. In the novels, the numbers were initially assigned at random and then rotated up by two digits on a once-a-month basis to prevent detection; for example, if a SPECTRE operative is titled 'Number 1' in the present month, the security system will designate them 'Number 3' in

11088-465: The idea. During Boyle's time, a leaked casting sheet described the male leading role as a "cold and charismatic Russian" and the female leading role as a "witty and skillful survivor". Production also sought male supporting roles of Māori descent with "advanced combat skills". The idea of Bond having a child was introduced by Hodge and retained for the final script. Waller-Bridge was hired to revise dialogue, work on character development and add humour to

11220-528: The international distributor and worldwide holder of the rights for physical home media ( DVD and Blu-ray ) through its subsidiary Universal Pictures Home Entertainment , prior to its joint venture agreement in January 2020 with Warner Bros. Home Entertainment . No Time to Die had its world premiere at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 28 September 2021, and was released in cinemas on 30 September 2021 in

11352-422: The literary rights stayed with Fleming and thus allowed continuation author John Gardner to use SPECTRE in a number of his novels. In 1963, EON Productions producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman made an agreement with McClory to adapt the novel into the fourth James Bond film, also stipulating that McClory would not be allowed to make further adaptations of Thunderball for at least ten years after

11484-410: The main villain, although there is a brief reference to SMERSH in the second EON Bond film, From Russia with Love (1963). The film adaptation of From Russia with Love also features the first on-screen appearance of Blofeld, although he is only identified by name in the closing credits of the film and his face is not seen at all. SPECTRE also serves as the primary antagonist of the film, orchestrating

11616-481: The meeting and is ordered by Blofeld to be killed by the nanobots, but Obruchev secretly had the DNA changed from Bond to every SPECTRE member and anyone related to them, killing every SPECTRE member at the meeting. The main antagonist of the film, Lyutsifer Safin, seeks revenge against the organisation after Blofeld ordered Mr. White to murder his entire family. As the bioweapon kills SPECTRE members and their relatives around

11748-423: The most popular films include: Movie series ( franchises ) One-shots, sequels and remakes Some of the most popular television series include: Classic era Modern era SPECTRE SPECTRE ("Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion") is a fictional organisation featured in the James Bond novels by Ian Fleming , as well as films and video games based in

11880-549: The nanobots to enter Blofeld's system and kill him. Bond tracks Swann to her childhood home in Norway, where they reconcile, and he meets her five-year-old daughter Mathilde. Swann insists that Mathilde is not his child and shares intelligence that her father gathered about Safin and the island his family owned. The following day, MI6 alerts Bond that Ash is approaching his location. Ash and several armed thugs ambush Bond, Mathilde, and Swann as they flee in their car, pursuing them into

12012-546: The next month, 'Number 5' in the following month and so forth. However, in the EON films the number indicates rank within the organisation: Blofeld is always referred to as 'Number 1' and Emilio Largo, in Thunderball , is 'Number 2'. This particular example of numbering is perhaps deliberately borrowed from revolutionary organisations , where members exist in cells, and are numerically defined to prevent identification and cross-betrayal of aims. By deliberately drawing attention away from

12144-525: The ninth Bond novel, Thunderball (1961). When Fleming was writing the novel in 1959, he believed that the Cold War might end during the two years it would take to produce the film, and he came to the conclusion that the inclusion of a contemporary political villain would leave the film looking dated. Therefore, he thought it better to create a politically neutral enemy for Bond. Fleming's SPECTRE has elements inspired by mafia syndicates and organised crime rings that were actively hunted by law enforcement in

12276-476: The novels and "International Brotherhood for the Assistance of Stateless Persons" in the films. Organisational discipline is notoriously draconian , with the penalty for disobedience or failure being death. To heighten the impact of executions, Blofeld had been known to focus attention on an innocent member, making it appear his death is imminent, only to suddenly strike down the actual target when that person

12408-502: The novels was featured in the comic strips published in the Daily Express newspaper between 1958 and 1983. The organisation however didn't appear in the comic books until Eidolon , a miniseries published by Dynamite Entertainment in 2016, written by Warren Ellis and illustrated by Jason Masters. In this comic, SPECTRE has a World War II organisation that is mostly defunct. Loyalists endured as plants and sleeper agents in

12540-481: The one hand, the realistic spy novels of Len Deighton and John le Carré were adapted into relatively serious Cold War thrillers that dealt with some of the realities of the espionage world. Some of these films included The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965), The Deadly Affair (1966), Torn Curtain (1966), and the Harry Palmer series, based on the novels of Len Deighton . In another direction,

12672-469: The only way I could see for myself to end it all and to make it like that was my tenure, someone else could come and take over ... When he [Craig's Bond] goes, he can't come back." Wilson said it was "the fitting way to deal with a situation where a person is risking their life all the time. Eventually, the odds catch up with you." The production team considered several ways for Bond to die, including being shot by an anonymous shooter. However, Fukunaga said that

12804-418: The organisation and Blofeld were the main antagonists in the first Bond film released after the settlement, Spectre . Henchmen working for SPECTRE, one of its members, or directly for Ernst Stavro Blofeld: This is only a brief description of the numbers of each member. In the first book to include SPECTRE, Thunderball , it is stated that the numbers of each member changes periodically (it "advances round

12936-437: The pandemic, would be open and operational. In the early stages of the pandemic, an estimated 70,000 cinemas in China closed, and countries including Australia and the UK closed cinemas to minimise the spread of the virus. Variety said the studio had already spent $ 66 million on promoting the film, while The Hollywood Reporter wrote that the delay cost MGM $ 30–50 million in wasted marketing costs, estimating that

13068-425: The part had deterred him from returning to the role, having sustained injuries acting in earlier Bond films. With Craig's departure, Broccoli said that No Time to Die would "tie up loose narrative threads" from Craig's previous Bond films and "come to an emotionally satisfying conclusion". In December 2018, Fukunaga said that Ben Whishaw , Naomie Harris and Ralph Fiennes would all be reprising their roles in

13200-507: The party with Paloma, a Cuban agent assisting Leiter. Blofeld, overseeing the gathering from Belmarsh prison through Primo's bionic eye, disperses a nanobot mist to kill Bond. However, Obruchev has reprogrammed the nanobots under Safin's orders to kill the Spectre members instead. Outmaneuvering Nomi with Paloma's help, Bond brings Obruchev to Ash and Leiter aboard a trawler . Bond questions Obruchev over how Blofeld knew of his whereabouts and

13332-529: The personal structures of its members, such as Auric Goldfinger's Auric Enterprises facility and casino and Dr. No's Crab Key. SPECTRE also possesses extremely advanced technology, such as virtual reality and energy generators in its volcanic lair. Although the From Russia with Love game mirrors much of the plot of the eponymous film , it uses an organisation called OCTOPUS rather than SPECTRE to avoid copyright issues . A version of SPECTRE similar to

13464-613: The present day with series such as Callan , Alias and Spooks . Spy films also enjoyed something of a revival in the late 1990s, although these were often action films with espionage elements or comedies like Austin Powers . Some critics identify a trend away from fantasy in favor of realism, as observed in Syriana , the Bourne film series and the James Bond films starring Daniel Craig since Casino Royale (2006). Some of

13596-399: The rebooted Daniel Craig series of Bond films, which are set in an entirely separate universe to the earlier movies. In the 2015 film Spectre , the eponymous committee is simply referred to by that title. In the film, Bond is posthumously sent by Judi Dench 's M to assassinate Marco Sciarra, which in turn leads him on the trail of the organisation. It is revealed throughout the course of

13728-469: The release of Spectre it was reported that Christoph Waltz had signed on to return as Blofeld for further Bond films, on the condition that Craig returned as Bond. Despite Craig's definite casting as Bond, Waltz announced in October 2017 that he would not return as Blofeld, but did not give a reason for his departure. Waltz's casting as Blofeld in No Time to Die was not announced at the press launch but

13860-435: The release until 12 November 2020 in the UK and 25 November 2020 in the US. No Time to Die was the first major film affected by the pandemic. According to Deadline Hollywood , MGM and Universal needed to assure a strong performance across all international markets. It was hoped that the rescheduling to November would ensure all cinemas, particularly those in China, South Korea, Japan, Italy, and France that were closed due to

13992-406: The release. Although SPECTRE and Blofeld were used in a number of films before and after Thunderball , the issue over the copyright of Thunderball prevented SPECTRE and Blofeld from becoming the main villains in 1977's The Spy Who Loved Me . In 1983, McClory released a film based on his Bond rights entitled Never Say Never Again . In 1998, MGM/UA took legal action against Sony and McClory in

14124-538: The same in February 2019. At Daniel Craig 's request, Phoebe Waller-Bridge provided a script polish in April 2019. 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 . Barbara Broccoli was questioned about the MeToo movement at the Bond 25 launch event, where she stated that Bond's attitude towards women would move with

14256-427: The same universe. Led by criminal mastermind Ernst Stavro Blofeld , SPECTRE first formally appeared in the novel Thunderball (1961) and in the film Dr. No (1962). The international organisation is not aligned with any nation or political ideology , enabling the later Bond books and Bond films to be regarded as somewhat apolitical. The presence of former Gestapo members in the organization can be considered as

14388-528: The scientist looks to Ash, exposing him as a double agent working for Safin. Leiter is shot in the ensuing fight and trapped with Bond below deck while Ash flees with Obruchev after triggering explosives to sink the ship. Leiter dies of his wounds and sinks, but Bond escapes. Bond returns to London, seeking to interrogate Blofeld about Obruchev's employer, but Blofeld reportedly only speaks to his psychiatrist, Swann. MI6 arranges for Bond to visit Blofeld alongside Swann. Safin coerces Swann into infecting herself with

14520-407: The script. The character of Paloma was made more significant from originally being a simple contact; Purvis and Wade indicated this was probably written by Waller-Bridge at Fukunaga's request. No Time to Die is the first Eon-produced film in which Bond actually dies. Craig first proposed killing Bond in 2006, after the premiere of Casino Royale ; Broccoli agreed to the suggestion. Craig said, "It's

14652-664: The second unit moved to southern Italy where they began to shoot a chase sequence involving an Aston Martin DB5 through the streets of Matera , including a doughnut in Piazza San Giovanni Battista . In early September 2019, the main production unit, Craig and Léa Seydoux arrived to film scenes inside several production-built sets, as well as further sequences in Maratea and Gravina in Puglia . Scenes were shot in

14784-584: The spy film in the 1930s with his influential thrillers The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934), The 39 Steps (1935), Sabotage (1937) and The Lady Vanishes (1938). These often involved innocent civilians being caught up in international conspiracies or webs of saboteurs on the home front, as in Saboteur (1942). Some, however, dealt with professional spies, as in Hitchcock's Secret Agent (1936), based on W. Somerset Maugham 's Ashenden stories, or

14916-422: The story for the film in 2017. Sam Mendes stated that he would not return after directing Skyfall and Spectre . Christopher Nolan ruled himself out to direct. By July 2017, Yann Demange , David Mackenzie and Denis Villeneuve were courted to direct. In December 2017, Villeneuve decided against the role due to his commitments to Dune . In February 2018, Danny Boyle was established as frontrunner for

15048-415: The times and the films should reflect that. In a separate interview, Waller-Bridge argued that Bond was still relevant and that "he needs to be true to this character", instead suggesting that it was the films which had to grow and evolve, emphasising "the important thing is that the film treats the women properly". Some concepts changed during development with Fukunaga. An early unrealised idea he considered

15180-552: The town of Sapri in southern Italy throughout September. Locations included the town's "midnight canal" and railway station . The city is referred to as "Civita Lucana" in the film. In late September 2019, scenes were filmed in the Faroe Islands. The Ministry of Defence confirmed that filming took place around the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Dragon and a Royal Air Force C-17 aircraft, at RAF Brize Norton . No weapons were fired. The British Army 's Household Cavalry unit

15312-439: The true leader of the organisation, he is protected by masquerading as a target of lower importance, and the structure of the organisation is also obscured from intelligence services . Members who fail missions are immediately executed, usually in gory and spectacular ways. In the novel, Blofeld electrocutes one member in his chair for sexually molesting a girl who had been kidnapped by the organisation; he had previously strangled

15444-417: The world doing Bond". He further denied that $ 150 million was offered to him for the next two instalments. Eventually, Craig was paid $ 25 million for his involvement. In August 2017, on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert , Craig said that the next film would mark his final appearance as Bond. His position was reaffirmed between November 2019 and March 2020. Craig later acknowledged that the physicality of

15576-741: The world's most notorious organisations — the Nazi German Gestapo , the Soviet SMERSH , Yugoslav Marshal Josip Broz Tito 's OZNA , the Italian Mafia , the French - Corsican Unione Corse , and KRYSTAL, a massive Turkish heroin-smuggling operation. Coincidentally, the three from KRYSTAL are all former members of RAHIR, an intelligence agency previously run by Blofeld. The remaining three members are Blofeld himself and two scientific/technical experts who make their debut in

15708-402: The world, the organisation is destroyed. With Blofeld as the last surviving member of the organisation, Safin blackmails Madeleine Swann into infecting Blofeld with Heracles. Swann backs out after she unintentionally infects Bond, but the mission is a success when Bond attacks Blofeld, who is infected and dies. The remaining survivors of SPECTRE, (ie, Primo) defect to Safin, and are killed at

15840-419: Was also filmed. Filming of an action sequence with a seaplane took place at CMA CGM 's Kingston Container Terminal in Jamaica. Whishaw praised Fukunaga's directing work, saying "It was great and you know what was amazing is that he treated it, or was able to approach it, it felt to me almost as if it were an independent film. You know? And it was quite improvisational... we didn't do many takes". He added, "It

15972-520: Was also screened at the Zurich Film Festival on the same day as the world premiere and the first Bond film to be in the official selection at a festival. The release in China was on 29 October 2021. Universal Pictures Home Entertainment released No Time to Die on DVD , Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray in the UK on 20 December 2021 and in the US on 21 December 2021. It was available from digital download services on 9 November 2021 in

16104-459: Was also the highest-selling Blu-ray title of 2021 with 237,000 units sold, in addition to becoming the highest-selling title on 4K Blu-ray in the first week of release and selling the highest number of discs for any title in first week of release since 2017 with 621,000 Blu-ray and DVDs being sold. In addition, it sold a combined 780,000 units across digital platforms and retail in the final week of 2021. No Time to Die grossed $ 160.9 million in

16236-453: Was announced on 20 August 2019. Broccoli said: "We were struggling to find a title. We wanted a title that wouldn't give away anything but would be understandable, and after you see the movie, have a deeper resonance, because that's often what Fleming titles are all about." When Boyle was hired, he pitched the film to take place in present-day Russia and explore Bond's origins; he left the production after Broccoli and Wilson "lost confidence" in

16368-420: Was due to the casting of Tomasz Kot as the lead villain; however, Boyle later confirmed the dispute was over the script. The release date became contingent on whether the studio could find a replacement for Boyle within sixty days. Cary Joji Fukunaga was announced as the new director in September 2018. Fukunaga became the first American to direct an Eon Productions Bond film and the first director to receive

16500-659: Was further interrupted when a controlled explosion damaged the 007 Stage at Pinewood Studios and left a crew member with minor injuries. Also in June 2019, production went back to Norway to shoot a driving sequence along the Atlantic Ocean Road featuring an Aston Martin V8 Vantage . Aston Martin also confirmed that the DB5 , DBS Superleggera , and Valhalla models would feature in the film. Production then moved to

16632-419: Was introduced as Fukunaga felt that the original mask was dominating the costume. Paloma's costume, a navy Michael Lo Sordo gown, was chosen by costume designer Suttirat Anne Larlarb to enable the character to fight alongside Bond while still being dressed elegantly and formally for the black tie event in the plot. The film entered production under the working title of Bond 25 . The title No Time to Die

16764-504: Was revealed in the trailer in December 2019. Production was scheduled to begin on 3 December 2018 at Pinewood Studios , but filming was delayed until April 2019 after Boyle's departure. The film is the first in the series to have sequences shot with 65mm IMAX film cameras. Fukunaga and Sandgren pushed for using film over digital to enhance the look of the film. The budget was reported to be between $ 250 million and $ 301 million, while B25 Limited, Eon's subsidiary company created for

16896-398: Was the biggest opening for any film since December 2019. During the weekend of 19–21 November, No Time to Die overtook F9 to become the highest-grossing non-Chinese film of 2021, reaching a global cume of around $ 734 million as it grossed an estimated $ 2.6 million in the United States and Canada, as well as $ 13.4 million from 72 countries outside the two territories. It overtook Spectre

17028-453: Was the highest-selling digital title of 2021, with more than 430,000 units sold. Upon its release in disc format, No Time to Die debuted atop the " NPD VideoScan First Alert" chart for both the overall disc sales and Blu-ray sales in the US. According to The Numbers , it sold a combined 380,902 Blu-ray and DVD units in the first week for a revenue of $ 9.7 million. It was the top-selling-title on both charts for three weeks. It also debuted at

17160-401: Was the visual effects supervisor. Post-production concluded without further changes, as the film's release date was delayed. In July 2019, Dan Romer was announced as composer for the film's score, having previously worked with Fukunaga on Beasts of No Nation and Maniac . Romer left the film due to creative differences in November 2019. Hans Zimmer replaced Romer by January 2020. It is

17292-481: Was to have seen the film take place "inside Bond's head", while being tortured by Blofeld in Spectre , up until the end of act two of a three-act structure . Originally, Safin, the villain, and his henchman would wear masks based on Siberian bear-hunting armour. The henchman character was written out before filming, and Fukunaga requested changes to Safin's costume. A new mask based on Noh , a Japanese style of theatre,

17424-643: Was very light. Sometimes quite chaotic, but I'm very excited to see how he's constructed the final film". Principal photography wrapped up on 25 October 2019 at Pinewood Studios with the filming of a chase sequence set in Havana , Cuba. Production had intended to shoot the sequence earlier, but was forced to reschedule when Craig injured his ankle in Jamaica. Further pick-up shots at Pinewood were confirmed by Fukunaga on 20 December 2019. Visual effects for No Time to Die were created by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Framestore , DNEG , and Cinesite . Charlie Noble

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