No Time to Die - 2020

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No Time to Die is the 25th installment in the James Bond film series produced by Eon Productions and is directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga. The film stars Daniel Craig in his fifth and final performance as MI6 agent James Bond. The screenplay was written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Fukunaga, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge. The movie features an ensemble cast including Léa Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Christoph Waltz, Ralph Fiennes, Rami Malek, and Lashana Lynch.

Development for the film began in 2016, with Danny Boyle originally attached to direct and co-write with John Hodge. However, they left the project due to creative differences, and Fukunaga was announced as the replacement director in September 2018. Filming took place from April to October 2019 under the working title of Bond 25. The official title was announced in August 2019.

No Time to Die was originally scheduled for release in April 2020 but was postponed worldwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The movie is now set to release on November 12, 2023, in the United Kingdom and on November 25, 2023, in the United States. This film will be the first in the James Bond series to be distributed internationally by Universal Pictures, with United Artists Releasing holding the rights for North America, including worldwide digital and television rights. Universal will also release the movie on physical home media worldwide.

Updated Premise: In a post-Blofeld world, James Bond has retired from active service, but is recruited by his friend Felix Leiter, a CIA officer, to help find a missing scientist, Valdo Obruchev. As Bond delves deeper into the investigation, he discovers that Obruchev was abducted and faces a danger unlike any other he has faced before.

Updated Distribution Rights: With the release of Spectre, Sony Pictures' contract to co-produce James Bond films with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and Eon Productions expired. In April 2017, several major studios, including Sony Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures, and Annapurna Pictures entered a bidding war for the coveted distribution rights. Ultimately, MGM secured the North American, digital, and worldwide television rights through its distribution arm, United Artists Releasing. Meanwhile, Universal Pictures won the international distribution rights and obtained the rights for physical home entertainment worldwide.