Bond 26's Reboot Is Actually Harder After No Time To Die's 007 Death

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The conclusion of Daniel Craig’s era prompts anticipation of a franchise reboot for Bond 26, but the death of 007 in No Time To Die actually makes such a prospect harder than expected. Craig’s Bond was introduced in the form of a reboot, with Casino Royale’s black and white opening sequence featuring the first target of his license to kill. The 2006 film reignited the franchise, initiating a serialized story that developed the character of Bond and has now concluded his arc in tragedy.

Since Craig’s introduction as Bond, the franchise has deviated from gimmicks while still incorporating an appropriate level of nostalgia. Through a gritty aesthetic, the films have added a layer of realism to a franchise that is historically uninterested in the plausibility of its storylines. With this has come expositions of James Bond’s mortality. Bond films have long had an affinity for flirting with the concept of Bond’s death, but usually to emphasize the exact opposite: that James Bond simply doesn’t die. Skyfall continued this trope in a more realistic fashion, showing Bond using his presumed death as an opportunity to escape the world of espionage. The 2012 film was also attentive to Bond’s fragility in returning to service having not properly recovered, emotionally or physically. No Time To Die took this aspect of dramatization to an unprecedented extent with 007 meeting his demise. The character sustains, as James Bond will return, but the explicit visualization of his mortality presents a real problem for Bond 26.

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While Bond’s death might seem the perfect foundation for a reboot by wiping the slate clean, this was not deemed necessary for Casino Royale. The