If you consider a trailer an unforgivable spoiler, stop reading.
No Time to Die’s trailer — we can safely stop calling it a “teaser trailer” — debuted today. The 2:35 trailer may have answered some fan questions while raising new ones.
Confirmed: Nomi (Lashana Lynch) is a double-0 agent. More information: she and former agent James Bond (Daniel Craig) don’t get along, at least not at first.
“So stay in your lane,” she tells Bond. “If you get in my way, I will put a bullet in your knee — the one that works.”
Unconfirmed: Whether Nomi now has the 007 code number following Bond’s departure. There is a scene in the trailer where M (Ralph Fiennes) asks, “Where’s 007?” That would be a perfect setup to introduce Nomi as having Bond’s old code number — if the filmmakers choose to do so.
Seemingly confirmed: Christoph Waltz is back as Blofeld and is visited in prison by Bond. Given the franchise’s embrace of continuity, it looks pretty certain he is playing Blofeld again. He taunts Bond about Madeline Swann.
New question: What happened between Bond and Swann (Lea Seydoux) after the end of SPECTRE?
A number of scenes indicate the relationship between Bond and Swann got rocky, with questions about secrets.
New question: What is Rami Malek’s villain character up to?
That’s not really answered but there are a few intriguing lines from Malek’s character.
In the U.S., the trailer was unveiled on ABC’s Good Morning America show. Afterward, some of the main cast were interviewed but said little.
Lea Seydoux said Swann has secrets (which we knew already from the trailer). Lashana Lynch said Daniel Craig is her favorite James Bond (joining Rami Malek and director Cary Fukunaga who made that declaration previously). Malek said it was an honor to work with Craig. At least that talking point remains consistent.
Here’s the trailer:
UPDATE (12: 30 p.m., New York Time): I had a chance to re-watch the Good Morning America interview. Director Fukunaga says No Time to Die “carries on the tradition of the previous four films…We’re trying our best to wrap them up in a really exciting way.” He also says he hopes new generations discover Bond.
UPDATE (1:40 p.m. New York time): It turns out the entire No Time to Die segment on Good Morning America was sponsored by MGM. In other words, it was an informercial.
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The Spy Command 
I was totally underwhelmed. I have been eagerly anticipating it since the teaser footage and yet, I am not remotely excited after watching this. I guess it’s because of all this news about Bond conforming to the #MeToo era and this trailer confirming that this film will be a continuation of the underwhelming SPECTRE.
Another thing, it’s obvious who Rami Malek is portraying in this film. The trailer gives it away.
Just a thought: Lashana Lynch possibly in the gunbarrel opening (assuming it returns); not Craig? Any thoughts?
@Gary C:
Perish the thought. BLECH !
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