Bond #25: NO TIME TO DIE

Extended sequence of Bond taking his Aston Martin to a garage because the clutch keeps slipping.

No time to release this film QUITE yet.

MGM, Universal and Bond producers, Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, announced today that after careful consideration and thorough evaluation of the global theatrical marketplace, the release of NO TIME TO DIE will be postponed until November 2020. pic.twitter.com/a9h1RP5OKd

— James Bond (@007) March 4, 2020

coronavirus situation worries re: Chinese cinemas, right?

Pretty much, there have been a lot of rumbling already, and if something similar happens here, well.

on the bright side, now I know I'll have a way to take my mind off of Trump winning for at least a few hours.

I can't think of another 'big' film being postponed so close to its release date. That may turn out to be the most memorable thing abt this movie.

There was that Arnold movie he had pushed back because of 9/11.

& what other 'big' films came out in the first two months of a pandemic?

There's Something About Malaria

Soderbergh is in town tonight to promote Frosé and hosting a "secret" screening of one of his movies first: really missing a trick if it's not Contagion.

I’m kind of suspicious that it’s not just a market issue. They brought Hans Zimmer in to do the score in January which seems like a little bit of a rush. No clue if this means they’re done editing and it’s going to sit there until fall or if this gives some breathing room on the work

I’m imaging some scenario where they saw the first cut with the complete score and it’s Zimmer doing the Moby remix of the Bond theme from the 90s with some orchestral flourishes

“Zimmer” meaning a flunkie from the Zimmer-haus obv

yeah, the speculation was Wallfisch, etc. would be on duty

Hang on.. does 'Zimmer' no longer mean he actually does the score? I'm obvs being real naive here.

like all great artists, he has a studio and signs his name on work

(he does credit collaborators)

youtube recommended billie eilish at some award show doing her new bond theme and it looked like zimmer was playing a synth with them for.. reasons?

Zimmer not a very good choice for Bond really - I can't think of any of his scores which have much in way of swagger.

I’ve decided doing donuts in the aston while firing the headlamp machine guns is the most ridiculous part of the trailer.

Right, we should link that new one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw2FOYjCz38

when I see this title, all I can think of is that spiritual we sang in All-State choir, "Ain't Got Time to Die"

is this ever coming out now? did they push it to next year?

I also wonder how many times Ana de Armas dropped the prop Uzi in that one pitch-and-catch scene.

xpost -- Still aiming for November.

jokes on you, it was a a real Uzi, and when it hit the ground, it fired and Brandon Lee got hit

it sure looks beautiful

oh man they have a shot of him shooting down a tunnel that intentionally looks like the opening crawl, sold

skeptical they're ever going to top Casino Royale in the modern Bond era, everything since that one has been frantic yet mediocre

I’m hoping Fukunaga delivers

hopefully they didn’t throw all the best action scenes in this new trailer because if there’s more of that in there... wow!

xp every future Bond will get a good debut and increasingly crappy further adventures

Matthew Lilard is

James Bnod

Throw in Bloomps as Bolfield and you've got a deal.

I don't expect Casino Royale to happen again. Skyfall quality would be enough.

All the car action in the trailer is a turn-off for me. Car action in movies after 1998 is either boring or incredibly fake.

rong

i mean a lot of car action is fake but Craig bond car action is great

like what are you even here for?

Bond card action. Baccarat games that last eight hours.

huit
BONK

post-Ronin, Bourne 1 had the best car action, other than that it's pretty dry

mission impossibles ALL have dope car sequences
john wick 1 2 and 3

Dur, DRIVE!

And, while Baby Driver can't stop patting itself on the back, the chases and general 'cars as destructive forces' moments are quality.

I want to know more about the crazy folding wing glider-submarine steel-throwing-star-looking thing

i was like O_O

IT LOOKS SO DOPE

James Bond in 2020 has to understand that he sucks and it doesn't matter to be relevant

Like, his best fung ku is overrun by Trump saying "fake news" so take it easy buddy

This definitely looks like the best/least self serious since CR.

163 minutes!

#NoTimeToDie Is Officially the Longest Bond and a Major Pain for ‘Venom’ https://t.co/hZ7ihn9gOS pic.twitter.com/9vnzlkg8yi

— IndieWire (@IndieWire) September 10, 2021

shit Bond's fighting Venom?

163 minutes? Sounds like ... plenty of time to die.