Léa Seydoux returns as Madeleine Swann and Christoph Waltz returns as Blofeld (both from Spectre), Jeffrey Wright returns as Felix Leiter (last seen in 2008's Quantum of Solace). When it becomes apparent that the scientist was working on a deadly bio-technological weapon that has been stolen by Spectre then hijacked by another criminal group (and, worse, that said weapon was developed under the supervision of the chief of MI6, M himself), Bond must confront a threat the likes of which the world has never seen before, and it has connections to Madeleine's own past. Five years later, Bond's CIA friend Felix Leiter enlists his help in the search for a missing Russian scientist. Just as he was trying to build a happy new life with his newfound love Madeleine Swann, Spectre agents attacked them in Italy and they ended up separated. Burns and Phoebe Waller-Bridge.Īfter he had Spectre's leader Ernst Stavro Blofeld arrested, James Bond left active service, and a new agent 007, Nomi, replaced him. Franchise veteran screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade returned for the script, with the additions of Fukunaga, Scott Z.

No Time to Die is the twenty-fifth film in the James Bond series by Eon Productions, the sequel to Spectre and the fifth and final outing for Daniel Craig as Bond, directed by Cary Fukunaga and released in 2021. The one where Craig gets replaced as 007.