The next Bond film: No Time to Die mashes up Aston Martins, Gatling guns, Ars Technica

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Premiere trailer answers “why another Bond film” by looking like five films in one.

Sam Machkovech –Dec 4, 3: 52 pm UTC

                      The Aston Martin DB5, one of the Bond franchise’s most iconic cars, returns forNo Time to Diewith some modifications …



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                      … particularly these Gatling guns, which, like the headlamps, can retract.

                      Daniel Craig returns for his umpteenth Bond role since taking the part in 2006 ‘sCasino Royale.



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                      The DB5, before its guns come out.

                      And the DB5 afterward. Time to pop donuts and shoot everyone.

                      Meanwhile, Craig’s newest co-star, Lashana Lynch, rolls up in a black Aston Martin DB 11.

                      But it’s this 1980 s-era Aston Martin, briefly teased in a hard-to-see garage shot, that has us most excited .

                      Car, motorcycle, and four-wheeler chases abound in the trailer.

                      For good measure, they also blow up a boat.

                      It’s hard to capture in screenshot form, but the way this motorcycle leaps over a crowd looks quite good in the trailer.

                      It’s not a Bond trailer without at least a couple of apparent villains. Christoph Waltz plays one of them.

                      Mirrors, of course.

                      “You gave up everything for her. When her secret finds its way out, it’ll be the death of you.”

                      “I could be speaking to my own reflection,” Rami Malek says to Daniel Craig during his reveal sequence. As in, yep, Bond sure does kill a lot of people, doesn’t he.

                      Malek in full costume.

                      This has some realGoldeneyeN 64 vibes, doesn’t it?

                      Time to die? Nope, time to jump.

                      Lashana Lynch is seen packing heat throughout the trailer.

                      More of Craig and Lynch.

                      We’ll have to wait and see exactly what Ana De Armas brings to her role of shooting guns and kicking people while wearing a cocktail dress. But, like, can’t a girl get some pants for that kinda work?

                      Setting up for battle.

                      Aiming down sights.

                      Methinks someone gets into a fight shortly after this moment.

                      The iconic tunnel-aim moment.

Ahead of this year deluge of December film releases, MGM showed up with a trailer for Daniel Craig’s fifth go at the James Bond franchise:No Time to Die, slated to launch in April 2020. From what we can tell, this 2.5-minute clip sure looks like 0 07 material, with car chases, globe-trotting action, and hints that nobody is to be trusted.

As is to be expected from Bond films, this one sees everybody peeling around in Aston Martin automobiles. The iconic DB5 takes center stage in a chase scene that bookends both halves of the trailer, clearly reinforced to withstand a ridiculous amount of bullets. It also includes a very Bond-ian tweak: a mechanism in the headlamps that can cycle the light bulbs out and a pair of Gatling guns in. Couple that update with Bond’s driving skills in a parking lot and you have quite the 360 – degree turret. (Take that, Mandalorian.)

We also see new Bond series co -star Lashana Lynch roll into town in a DB 11, which Ars car editor Jonathan Gitlinhas personal experience with, along with a hard- to-discern Aston Martin model that Craig reveals by quickly yanking a cover. That model certainly has a 1980 s vibe, and we look forward to said car driving very fast in the April 2020 Film.

The rest of the trailer goes down the usual Bond-tease route of setting up a pair of apparent villains (the returning Christoph Waltz, a brand-new Rami Malek) and a tangled love interest — in this case, Léa Seydoux (Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol,Death Stranding), who returns to the Craig-as-Bond universe after 2015 ‘sSpecter. For more on what we can tell about these new series actors, along with more of the trailer’s bangs, booms, and vrooms, check out the above caption-filled gallery, or watch the trailer yourself below.