No Time to Die (2021 film)

Daniel Craig's fifth and final Bond film.

No Time to Die is the 25th Bond film, released in 2021 as the sequel to Spectre and the last of Daniel Craig's five. A retired Bond is pulled back in by the CIA to rescue a kidnapped scientist and uncovers the bioterrorist Lyutsifer Safin (Rami Malek), who plans to kill millions with DNA-targeting nanobots. Cary Joji Fukunaga directed and co-wrote it with Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

Quick Facts

Director

Cary Joji Fukunaga

Producer

Michael G. Wilson; Barbara Broccoli

Screenplay

Neal Purvis
Robert Wade
Cary Joji Fukunaga
Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Story

Neal Purvis
Robert Wade
Cary Joji Fukunaga

Based on

James Bond, Ian Fleming

Music

Hans Zimmer

Cinematography

Linus Sandgren

Editing

Elliot Graham; Tom Cross

Lore & Background

Danny Boyle and John Hodge left in August 2018 over creative differences before Fukunaga took over. Filming ran from April to October 2019; the release was then delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic until a Royal Albert Hall premiere on 28 September 2021. Billie Eilish sang the title song and Hans Zimmer wrote the score. It was the only Craig Bond not co-produced by Columbia and the last released by MGM before Amazon bought the studio in March 2022.

Did You Know?

Its release was pushed back by Danny Boyle's departure and then by the COVID-19 pandemic.
It was the only Bond film released by United Artists Releasing.