Daniel Craig is bowing out as James Bond after No Time To Die. But he's making his stint as 007 last as long as humanly possible. Not content with playing the MI6 for longer than any other actor, his swansong will also be the longest Bond film in the franchise, according to runtime details released by cinemas in the US and the Netherlands.
US cinema chain Regal has revealed that the 25th Bond film will clock in at 163 minutes – that's two hours and 43 minutes fact fans – which beats the previous longest Bond film, Spectre, by a quarter of an hour. Oddly enough, Craig's stint also includes the shortest Bond film, Quantum of Solace, which had a runtime of 106 minutes. It felt a lot longer, though.
Regal's No Time To Die runtime contradicts that released by a Russian cinema chain in January, but we're more confident that this is the correct number, since Pathe, a cinema chain in the Netherlands, has also just launched its booking page, which also lists the film as lasting 163 minutes.
“We aimed to do something extraordinary with this one,” Director Cary Joji Fukunaga gives a behind-the-scenes look at #NoTimeToDie pic.twitter.com/AGZhcv5hD4 — James Bond (@007) February 25, 2020
These runtime details land a day after the official Bond Twitter channel released a teaser feature with director Cary Joji Fukunaga, in which he revealed that at the start of No Time To Die, Bond's been retired for five years. Which is fair enough – since 007's debut in Dr No, he's been working for a 58 years. A bit of downtime is well-earned.
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jonmuller on February 26th, 2020 at 17:16 UTC »
I always say that a 90minute movie can be too long and a 3 hour movie can be too short. As long as the story justifies that runtime I have zero issue with it. I'm really looking forward to this
Cristobalsays5050 on February 26th, 2020 at 16:53 UTC »
For Bond I think it’ll work, especially if this is really it for Craig.
hildebrand_rarity on February 26th, 2020 at 16:48 UTC »
I personally like longer films as long as the story is worth it but I recognize that I may be in the minority here.