RW461 - James Bond Rewatch - No Time to Die

In this episode of the James Bond 007 Rewatch, Cory and Nathan walk a deadly line as they discuss "No Time to Die."

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The Music of No Time To Die:

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 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.

Our Favourite Trivia:

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 the UK and on 8 October 2021 in the US after being delayed by Boyle's departure and, later, by the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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 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 minimize the risk of spreading the disease and to ensure the film's commercial success.

​​Development 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 a month later. 

Fukunaga became the first American to direct an Eon Productions Bond film and the first director to receive a writing credit for any version.

Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace screenwriter Paul Haggis turned in an uncredited rewrite in November 2018, with Scott Z. Burns doing the same in February 2019. At Daniel Craig's request, Phoebe Waller-Bridge provided a script polish in April 2019. 

Some concepts changed during development with Fukunaga. An early unrealised idea he considered 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.

Daniel Craig has said that he would retire from the role of James Bond if he felt he was too old to play the character. Craig has also said that it has become harder to be fit enough for the role and that there has been more use of doubles for action sequences.

This is the first James Bond movie to be shot with an IMAX Camera. Previous Bond films exhibited in IMAX theaters were converted by up-scaling to the IMAX format.

Reportedly, James Bond actor Daniel Craig personally hand-picked Cuban actress Ana de Armas to play Paloma in this Bond movie, after working with her on Knives Out (2019), which first released about only four months before No Time to Die was originally meant to release.

Lashana Lynch had not watched any of the Bond films prior to taking part in this one. So, once her casting had been confirmed, she did precisely that and watched all of them during her preparations for the role.

For the Italy set vehicle chases, the production utilized about 8,400 gallons or 31,797 litres of Coca-Cola poured on ancient streets in Matera. It was used for the motorbike jump scene in order to make the ramp surface sticky so as to deter the bike from sliding. Stunt coordinator Lee Morrison came up with the spectacular wall jump, performed by stuntman, Paul Edmondson. To perform the stunt, Edmondson rides up an 8m ramp at approximately 60kmh (37mph), gets airborne over a wall and lands on a cobbled terrace. This scene, along with the bridge attack jump, are two of the movie's signature stunts.

All three James Bond movies to film in Jamaica: Dr. No (1962), Live and Let Die (1973), and No Time to Die (2021), have featured the CIA agent Felix Leiter. He is played in each of these films by different actors; Jack Lord, David Hedison, and Jeffrey Wright respectively.

Jamaican actress Grace Jones, who starred as May Day in A View to a Kill (1985), was going to make a cameo appearance in this film during the Jamaica scenes, however she quit shortly after shooting began upon learning how small her part was. Two of this movie's actresses: Lashana Lynch and Naomie Harris, are of Jamaican descent.

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