No Time to Die trailers raise hopes that 007 is returning at last!
London, UK - This is no time for yet another delay: after several postponed release dates, the long-awaited James Bond film No Time To Die looks set to follow through with its promised cinema release, going by the two new trailers that just came out.
Starring Daniel Craig as 007 one last time, the much-delayed thriller is set to hit cinemas as early as September 30 in some countries, but many fans will be preparing for more disappointment after makers made several late delays to the release during the pandemic.
The film is a direct sequel to the previous movie, Spectre (2015), and saw two different, approximately two-and-a-half-minute clips released on Tuesday on the official 007 YouTube channel.
The US trailer begins with clips from Craig's first Bond outing Casino Royale from 2006 and the three subsequent films.
Finally, we catch a glimpse of some of the scenes from No Time to Die, notably the return of the Aston Martin with machine guns behind the headlights.
The international trailer, which consists only of scenes from the new action thriller, features Q (Ben Whishaw), among others, who complains to Bond: "Can I just have one nice evening, please, before the world explodes?"
End of the road for the best Bond yet?
No Time to Die is the fifth 007 film starring Craig and is said to be the 53-year-old's final appearance as the British secret agent. He holds the record as the longest-serving James Bond, having held the role for 15 years, longer than his late predecessors Sean Connery and Roger Moore, as well as the others.
The 25th James Bond film was originally scheduled to be released in October 2019. However, due to the change of director from Danny Boyle to Cary Joji Fukunaga and the closure of cinemas during the pandemic, the start date was postponed several times.
After four delays, a group of fans called Team Bond even launched a crowdfunding campaign to reverse the delay.
Ambitiously, they were looking to gather 607 million pounds (the equivalent of $718 million) in donations to buy the rights to the action thriller starring Daniel Craig and bring the film to television before Christmas 2020.
"Come on, Bond! Where the hell are you?" says M, the head of British intelligence, in the latest trailers for No Time To Die. For many fans, this is a cry from the heart.
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