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'''''No Time to Die''''' is a 2021 [[spy film]] and the twenty-fifth in the [[List of James Bond films|''James Bond'' series]] produced by [[Eon Productions]], starring [[Daniel Craig]] in his fifth and final portrayal of fictional British [[MI6]] agent [[Portrayal of James Bond in film|James Bond]]. The plot follows Bond, who has left active service with MI6, and is recruited by the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] to find a kidnapped scientist, which leads to a showdown with a powerful and vengeful adversary armed with a technology capable of killing millions.
It was directed by [[Cary Joji Fukunaga]] from a screenplay he co-wrote with [[Neal Purvis and Robert Wade|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 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 (2015 film)|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 the film began in 2016. [[Danny Boyle]] was originally attached to direct and co-write the screenplay with [[John Hodge (screenwriter)|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 [[No Time to Die (song)|of the same name]], while [[Hans Zimmer]] scored 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 the [[2021 in film#Highest-grossing films|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 [[List of highest-grossing films in the United Kingdom|third-highest-grossing film of all time in the UK]]. The film was nominated for three awards at the [[94th Academy Awards]], winning [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]], and received [[List of accolades received by No Time to Die|numerous other accolades]].
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A young [[Madeleine Swann]] witnesses her mother's murder by terrorist Lyutsifer Safin. Swann's father, [[List of James Bond villains#Eon Productions films|Mr. White]], had been ordered by [[Ernst Stavro Blofeld]] to assassinate Safin's family. Swann shoots Safin and flees, falling into a frozen lake, but he rescues her.
Years later, after Blofeld's arrest,{{efn|As depicted in ''[[Spectre (2015 film)|Spectre]]'' (2015)}} Swann travels to [[Matera]] with [[James Bond (reboot series character)|James Bond]]. She persuades Bond to visit his ex-lover [[Vesper Lynd]]'s nearby grave, where he survives an explosion orchestrated by [[SPECTRE]] operatives led by Primo, a mercenary with a [[Visual prosthesis|bionic eye]]. Bond and Swann escape together, but Bond ends their relationship, believing that Swann betrayed him.
Five years later, SPECTRE agents extract [[MI6]] scientist Valdo Obruchev, who secretly works for Safin, from a [[London]] laboratory and steal Project Heracles, a programmable DNA-targeting [[Nanorobotics|nanobot]] bioweapon developed under [[M (James Bond)|M]]'s oversight. Retired and living in [[Jamaica]], Bond is contacted by [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] ally [[Felix Leiter]] and [[United States Department of State|State Department]] agent Logan Ash, who ask for Bond's help extracting Obruchev from a SPECTRE party in [[Cuba]]. Bond declines but later accepts after Nomi, his successor as Agent 007, 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 the party with Paloma, a Cuban agent assisting Leiter. Blofeld, overseeing the gathering from [[HM Prison Belmarsh|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 [[Fishing trawler|trawler]]. Ash is revealed to be a double agent working for Safin, and he shoots Leiter and traps him with Bond below deck, fleeing with Obruchev after triggering explosives to sink the ship. Leiter dies of his wounds, 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
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 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 (James Bond)|Q]] provides Bond and Nomi with a [[submersible]] [[Glider (aircraft)|glider]] to infiltrate Safin's headquarters, a missile base in the [[Sea of Japan]] that has been converted into a nanobot factory. Bond and Nomi plan to rescue Swann and Mathilde before ordering 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,<ref>{{Cite web |title=NTTD Final Script |url=https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/No-Time-To-Die-Read-The-Screenplay.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125210510/https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/No-Time-To-Die-Read-The-Screenplay.pdf |archive-date=25 January 2022 |access-date=8 August 2022 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> 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 (D35)|HMS ''Dragon'']] to penetrate. Bond rushes back to the control room when the silo doors suddenly begin closing, but is ambushed by Safin, who infects him with a nanobot vial programmed to kill Swann and Mathilde. Bond shoots Safin dead and reopens the silo doors, but then
Later, at MI6, M, [[Miss Moneypenny|Moneypenny]], Nomi, Q, and [[Bill Tanner]] drink to Bond's memory. Driving Mathilde to Matera, Swann
== Cast ==
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* [[Billy Magnussen]] as Logan Ash: A CIA agent assigned by Leiter to support Bond in finding Obruchev.<ref>{{cite web |last=Warner |first=Sam |date=12 October 2021 |title=No Time to Die star responds to his character's big moment |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a37933336/no-time-to-die-billy-magnussen-logan-ash-twist/ |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB |access-date=22 November 2021 |archive-date=21 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121141234/https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a37933336/no-time-to-die-billy-magnussen-logan-ash-twist/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Christoph Waltz]] as [[Ernst Stavro Blofeld]]:<ref name="character info" /><br>Bond's arch-enemy and foster brother. He is the founder and head of the criminal syndicate SPECTRE and is now in MI6 custody. Fukunaga explained why Blofeld returns and teased the character's "new role" in the film by saying: "Blofeld is an iconic character in all the ''Bond'' films. He's in prison, but he certainly can't be done yet, right? So what could he be doing from in there and what nefarious, sadistic things does he have planned for James Bond and the rest of the world?"<ref>{{cite web |date=5 December 2019 |title=No Time To Die's Director Teases Blofeld's New Role |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2486121/no-time-to-dies-director-teases-blofelds-new-role |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005200949/https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2486121/no-time-to-dies-director-teases-blofelds-new-role |archive-date=5 October 2020 |website=CinemaBlend |access-date=10 July 2020}}</ref>
* [[David Dencik]] as Dr. Valdo Obruchev: A
* [[Rory Kinnear]] as [[Bill Tanner]]: M's [[chief of staff]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Davies |first=Matilda |date=28 November 2021 |title=Bond star reveals why he doesn't do stunts |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a38369478/james-bond-rory-kinnear-stunts/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324020752/https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a38369478/james-bond-rory-kinnear-stunts/ |archive-date=24 March 2022 |access-date=22 December 2022 |website=[[Digital Spy]] |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[Ana de Armas]] as Paloma: A CIA agent assisting Bond.<ref name="character info">{{cite web |last=Hewitt |first=Chris |date=4 December 2019 |title=No Time To Die Trailer Breakdown: Director Cary Joji Fukunaga On Daniel Craig's Final Bond Movie |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/no-time-to-die-james-bond-trailer-breakdown-interview-cary-joji-fukunaga/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204183646/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/no-time-to-die-james-bond-trailer-breakdown-interview-cary-joji-fukunaga/ |archive-date=4 December 2019 |access-date=4 December 2019 |website=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]}}</ref> De Armas described her character as "irresponsible" and "bubbly" and playing a key role in Bond's mission.<ref name="paloma nomi">{{cite web |last=Perry |first=Spencer |date=7 November 2019 |title=Lashana Lynch, Ana de Armas Reveal Bond Character Details for No Time to Die |url=https://comicbook.com/movies/amp/2019/11/06/lashana-lynch-ana-de-armas-reveal-bond-character-details-for-no-/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106194205/https://comicbook.com/movies/amp/2019/11/06/lashana-lynch-ana-de-armas-reveal-bond-character-details-for-no-/ |archive-date=6 November 2019 |access-date=7 November 2019 |website=[[ComicBook.com]]}}</ref>
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=== Accolades ===
{{Main|List of accolades received by No Time to Die}}
At the [[94th Academy Awards]], ''No Time to Die'' received nominations for [[Academy Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]] and [[Academy Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]], and won [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]],<ref name="Nordyke">{{Cite web |last=Nordyke |first=Kimberly |date=27 March 2022 |title=Oscars: Full List of Winners |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2022-oscars-winners-list-1235119314/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328200756/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2022-oscars-winners-list-1235119314/ |archive-date=28 March 2022 |access-date=23 October 2022 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> becoming the third Bond film to do so after ''Skyfall'' and ''Spectre''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Scott |first=Ryan |date=27 March 2022 |title=The Last Three Daniel Craig James Bond Films Won The Oscar For Best Original Song |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/812577/the-last-three-daniel-craig-james-bond-films-won-the-oscar-for-best-original-song/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328212150/https://www.slashfilm.com/812577/the-last-three-daniel-craig-james-bond-films-won-the-oscar-for-best-original-song/ |archive-date=28 March 2022 |access-date=18 April 2022 |website=[[/Film]]}}</ref> The film's other nominations include five [[British Academy Film Awards]] (winning one),<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Ritman |first1=Alex |last2=Szalai |first2=Georg |date=13 March 2022 |title=BAFTA Awards: ''Power of the Dog'' Wins Best Film, Director, ''Dune'' Dominates Crafts |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bafta-awards-2022-winners-list-1235109906/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422000929/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bafta-awards-2022-winners-list-1235109906/ |archive-date=22 April 2022 |access-date=19 November 2022 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> two [[Critics' Choice Movie Awards]] (winning one),<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jackson |first1=Angelique |last2=Shanfeld |first2=Ethan |date=13 March 2022 |title=Critics Choice Awards 2022: ''The Power of the Dog'', ''Ted Lasso'', ''Succession'' Win Big (Full Winners List) |url=https://variety.com/2022/awards/awards/2022-critics-choice-awards-winners-list-1235203301/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314035656/https://variety.com/2022/awards/awards/2022-critics-choice-awards-winners-list-1235203301/ |archive-date=14 March 2022 |access-date=23 October 2022 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> and a [[Golden Globe Award]] (which it won).<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Feinberg |first1=Scott |last2=Gajewski |first2=Ryan |date=9 January 2022 |title=''The Power of the Dog'', ''West Side Story'' Top Golden Globes in Private Ceremony Amid Ongoing Boycott |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/golden-globes-hfpa-kicks-off-celebrity-free-ceremony-amid-ongoing-boycott-1235071870/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414080717/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/golden-globes-hfpa-kicks-off-celebrity-free-ceremony-amid-ongoing-boycott-1235071870/ |archive-date=14 April 2022 |access-date=23 October 2022 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref>
== See also ==
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