As the new James Bond film, ‘No Time to Die’ hits the cinemas, we take a behind the scenes look at the background to this long-awaited box office hit.
No Time to Die, the new James Bond film, finally premiered on September 30th 2021 after several delays due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This is Daniel Craigs 5th and final appearance in the James Bond movies and has been eagerly awaited by fans across the world.
With a whopping budget of between $250 – 301 million dollars, the producers are hoping that cinema goers will return to watch films in the cinema after over a year of closures due to the pandemic. The director Cary Joji Fukunaga said: “I was so happy people are getting to see it in a cinema. We made this, especially shooting on Imax and all the work we did on sound, all the sequences were meant to be seen larger than life on the big screen and shared with audiences for that contagious feeling of emotions when you’re in a cinema.”
Starring alongside Daniel Craig is Rami Malek as Safin (the villain) whilst Ralph Fiennes continues in his role as M, and featuring Naomi Harris as Miss Moneypenny. The new theme song is written by Billie Eilish and has reached number 1 in the UK. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attended the premier in London at the Royal Albert Hall, along with other members of the royal family. ‘No Time to Die’ was filmed in many locations across the world, including Jamaica, London, Scotland and Italy.
The film starts with James Bond happily retired in Jamaica when his old friend, Felix Leiter, from the CIA comes to find him, asking for help. He must rescue a kidnapped scientist which turns out to be much more dangerous than expected, leading Bond on the trail of a mysterious villain who's armed with a dangerous new technology.
The film has had excellent reviews so far, including Kevin Maher of The Times who said: "It's better than good. It's magnificent. Craig is a towering charismatic presence from opening frame to closing shot, and he bows out in terrific, soulful, style."
Meanwhile The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw described the film, "epic barnstormer" which delivers "pathos, action, drama, camp comedy, heartbreak, macabre horror, and outrageously silly old-fashioned action".
"It is of course a festival of absurdity and complication, a head-spinning world of giant plot mechanisms," he said, but concluded the film as a whole is "very enjoyable and gleefully spectacular".
In cinemas across the country ‘No Time To Die’ will surely deliver some great escapism for the British public who are in much need of some light entertainment.
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