With few exceptions, the James Bond franchise has never made a big deal about continuity, but Daniel Craig's tenure as the secret agent has shaken that up somewhat. Characters and events from CASINO ROYALE, QUANTUM OF SOLACE, SKYFALL, and SPECTRE have carried over and been referenced to, especially in SPECTRE, when it was revealed that Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Christoph Waltz), the author of all of Bond's pain, had been the true power behind the villains of the previous movies, and it seems that trend will continue in NO TIME TO DIE.
While speaking with Collider recently, Ben Whishaw, who plays tech-mastermind Q in the franchise, teased that NO TIME TO DIE will serve as something of a conclusion to all of Daniel Craig's Jame Bond movies.
It’s Daniel’s last film as James Bond, so I think what they can look forward to is a kind of summing up, I guess, of all of the previous Bond films that Daniel’s done. There are strands from all of the films in it, kind of reaching a conclusion.
This isn't exactly surprising, especially as we know that Christoph Waltz will be back as Blofeld, but it will be interesting to see just how director Cary Fukunaga will be weaving these threads together for Daniel Craig's fifth and final James Bond film. Ben Whishaw also teased that Fukunaga approached NO TIME TO DIE almost "as if it were an independent film." Just one with a $250 million budget no doubt.
NO TIME TO DIE will continue on where SPECTRE left off, with James Bond having left active service to begin a new life with Dr. Swann (Léa Seydoux), but Bond is soon brought back into action when Felix Leiter (Jeffrey Wright) comes calling to enlist his help in searching for a missing scientist. When it becomes apparent that the scientist was abducted, Bond must confront a danger the likes of which the world has never seen before in a villain armed with dangerous new technology.
NO TIME TO DIE will hit theaters in the United Kingdom on April 2, 2020 and on April 8, 2020 in the United States.