New No Time To Die images reveal the return of an iconic Timothy Dalton era James Bond car. The 25th Bond movie, featuring the final appearance of Daniel Craig as the legendary secret agent first introduced in Ian Fleming’s novels, was supposed to release in April 2020 but the coronavirus pandemic forced the movie to be postponed all the way to November.
So, fans will have to wait awhile longer to find out how Craig’s tenure as Bond wraps up. It’s already been teased that the film will tie up Bond’s relationship with his brother Blofeld (Christoph Waltz), while revealing more about his mysterious Spectre love interest Madeleine Swann (Lea Seydoux). And of course the movie has a new villain in Safin, played by Oscar-winning Bohemian Rhapsody star Rami Malek. The film will also feature the usual array of recurring characters, including M (Ralph Fiennes), Moneypenny (Naomie Harris) and Felix Leiter (Jeffrey Wright), along with a pair of new female characters, the British agent Nomi (Lashana Lynch) and the CIA agent Paloma (Ana de Armas). The movie should have a little more feminine touch than usual overall, with Phoebe Waller-Bridge stepping in to punch up the script.
And of course what would a James Bond movie be without a memorable vehicle or two? A new batch of No Time To Die images indeed reveals one of the cars set to be featured in the new film, and it’s a vehicle that will be familiar to long-time fans of the series. See the new photos in the space below (via James Bond/Twitter) along with a vintage image of the car’s first appearance in a Bond movie:
The car in question is an Aston Martin V8 Vantage, which went into production in 1977 and sported a top speed of 170 MPH. Aston Martin of course is a company that’s long been associated with Bond, beginning with the DB5 that was driven by Sean Connery in Goldfinger (and later by Craig himself in Casino Royale). In fact, No Time To Die features four different Aston Martin vehicles, including the above pictured V8 Vantage, which was originally driven by Dalton in 1987’s The Living Daylights. Of course, Bond’s version of the car was tricked out with numerous gadgets including missiles, lasers, retractable skis and a rocket booster.
Bringing back another iconic Bond vehicle is indeed just one more way No Time To Die is connecting to the series’ past, in a way that feels like an attempt to really put a bow on Craig’s tenure as Bond. With a reported running time of 163 minutes, No Time To Die happens to be the longest Bond movie yet made, also making the film feel like a culmination of some kind. The future of the Bond series may be very much in doubt with Craig leaving and the culture continually shifting, and if No Time To Die is in fact the end of an era, it seems Craig and company are pulling out all the stops to make sure 007 goes out with an appropriately massive bang.
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