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The tortuous development process of the next 007 adventure left many fans of the franchise shaken and stirred.
With the film now shooting, here’s what we know for sure aboutNo Time to Die.
Who is playing James Bond?
“Yes,” he told the late-night star on CBS.
“I couldn’t be happier.”
A couple of years earlier, it looked as if Craig had voluntarily relinquished his license to kill.
“I don’t know what the next step is.
I’ve no idea.
Not because I’m trying to be cagey.
Who the f knows?
At the moment, we’ve done it.
I’m not in discussion with anybody about anything.
If I did another Bond movie, it would only be for the money.”
“We’ve been discussing it.
We’ve just been trying to figure things out,” he said.
Craig later said he felt this will be his last outing as the MI6 agent.
“I think this is it.
I just want to go out on a high note.
I can’t wait.”
Who is directing?
But that wasn’t always the plan.
In March 2018, it wasreported thatTrainspottingand28 Days Laterfilmmaker Danny Boylehad revealed he would direct the next Bond movie.
“And it all depends on that really.
I am working on a Richard Curtis script at the moment.
We hope to start shooting that in six or seven weeks.
Then Bond would be right at the end of the year.
But we are working on them both right now.”
“We’ve got an idea.
“And it all depends on how it turns out.
It would be foolish of me to give any of it away.”
Then, on Aug. 21 of that year, it was revealed that Boyle had departed the project.
What exactly were those creative differences?
No Time to Dieis written by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade, Scott Z. Burns with Fukunaga andFleabagcreator-starPhoebe Waller-Bridge.
The latter reportedly polished the script at the request of Craig.
“I think that’s bollocks.
I think he’s absolutely relevant now.
It has just got to grow.
He needs to be true to this character.”
Whats it about?
The film finds Bond no longer on active service and enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica.
Who else is in it?
Franchise newbies include Ana de Armas, Billy Magnussen, Dali Benssalah, David Dencik, and Lashana Lynch.
According to a report in theDaily Mail, Lynch will take over Bond’s 007 title.
The film’s villain will be portrayed by Oscar-winner Rami Malek.
How has the shoot been going?
It is fair to say the production has suffered a couple of moments which left participants shaken.
When will it be released?
No Time to Diewas originally set to be released in the U.S. on Nov. 8, 2019.
Who will replace Daniel Craig?
Whoever takes over the role islikely to be male.
In October 2018, Barbara Broccoli toldThe Guardian, “Bond is male.
He’s a male character.
He was written as a male and I think he’ll probably stay as a male.
And that’s fine.
We don’t have to turn male characters into women.
Let’s just create more female characters and make the story fit those female characters.”
This post has been updated with more details onNo Time to Die.
