Full spoilers ahead for No Time to Die!

Daniel Craig’s James Bond literally goes out with a bang in No Time to Die, the 25th Bond movie and the fifth and final one starring Craig.

And while the finality of Craig’s Bond is not in question, some of the hows and whys of No Time to Die may have left some scratching their heads. After all, there were a lot of plot machinations for viewers to keep straight and pseudo-science being tossed around throughout the film.

So let’s break down how and why James Bond met his fate in No Time to Die.

Much of the final act of No Time to Die is spent on Bond and his fellow 00 Agent Nomi’s (Lashana Lynch) infiltration of the headquarters of villainous Lyutsifer Safin (Rami Malek). Located on an island in disputed waters between Russia and Japan, Safin’s lair is a former missile silo and submarine docking base (that boasts some old school, large-scale, Ken Adam-style production design). Bond and Nomi have three objectives: rescue Bond’s flame Madeleine Swann (Lea Seydoux) and their little daughter, Mathilde (Lisa-Dorah Sonne); destroy Project Heracles; and kill Safin.

After a series of brutal firefights and encounters, Bond rescues Madeleine and Mathilde, Nomi executes turncoat scientist Valdo Obruchev (David Dencik), and Safin seemingly flees his lair as the British navy prepares to risk an international incident just to destroy the island and Heracles. But in order for the missile strike to be effective, the base’s blast doors must be opened and that means someone has to get to the control room to open them.

Bond initially succeeds in doing that until they get word that the doors are somehow closing again. That means someone has to go back up there to get them open. Bond asks Nomi to get Madeleine and Mathilde out of there by boat while he deals with the blast doors, promising them all he’ll escape in time. But as Bond rushes through the Garden of Death to reach the blast doors, he’s shot multiple times by Safin, who did not flee the island after all …

James Bond Death Scene

As we saw in the sequence where Heracles was used to kill SPECTRE members but spare everyone else, Safin’s able to engineer the Heracles nanobots to kill people that share specific DNA. MI6 witnessed family members who made contact with deceased SPECTRE operatives who then died themselves because Heracles was targeted to kill those sharing specific DNA. And the nanobots, as Q (Ben Whishaw) makes clear, are permanent and can’t be removed from one’s system.

Safin got a sample of Madeline’s DNA from a strand of her hair while he held her and Mathilde hostage. During their brawl, Safin scratched Bond, infecting him with nanobots genetically encoded to Madeleine, and therefore also to her child’s DNA. This means Bond, the biogenetic weapon’s carrier, would cause their deaths if he ever returned to them. Possibly already mortally wounded by Safin’s gunfire, Bond kills Safin and hauls himself back up to the control room to reopen the blast doors shielding the lair.

Bond’s imminent self-sacrifice becomes clear to Q, who is in a plane flying nearby, as well as to M (Ralph Fiennes), Moneypenny (Naomie Harris), and Tanner (Rory Kinnear) tracking the events from back at MI6 headquarters in London. Having reopened the blast doors so that the British navy’s missile strike can succeed, Bond calls Madeleine to say goodbye. She, Nomi and Mathilde had made it to shore and can see the island from their position.

Bond thanks Madeleine for the gift she’s given him with their daughter and tells her he loves her. As the missiles rain down on the island, Bond stares out at the sun over the ocean as he is obliterated in the explosion. Madeline sobs as the island is destroyed in the missile strike and Nomi realizes Bond is dead.

Later, back at M’s office, Bond’s work-family — M, Moneypenny, Q, Nomi, and Tanner — raise a toast to him, with a glass of whisky set aside for Bond in his honor. M reads a passage from author Jack London: “The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.”

The film’s final scene shows Madeline and Matilde driving along the Italian coast, a similar view from the movie’s opening moments, five years earlier, where she and Bond were on a romantic getaway. Madeline tells Matilde a story about a man. “His name was Bond. James Bond …”

Will There Be Another James Bond?

Yes, although the producers say the search for the next Bond won’t begin until 2022. Given the amount of closure in this film, it seems the franchise will be rebooted again and with a whole new cast. But despite the finality of No Time to Die, the last words on-screen are the same last four words that have graced many past 007 films: “James Bond will return.”

Did James Bond’s death scene leave you shaken or stirred? What did you think of No Time to Die overall? Let us know in the comments. And for more on James Bond, check out our No Time to Die review and look back at the “next James Bond actors” that never actually got the role.

The final James Bond film starring Daniel Craig as 007 is now showing in some regions, and Craig is reflecting on his time in the role.

No Time To Die represents the end of 15 years of Craig playing Bond, a journey that started with Casino Royale back in 2006. Speaking to GQ, Craig said he hopes Bond has "changed a lot" while he's played the character, specifically noting his treatment of women.

“What I’ve always tried to do is never judge him. He’s flawed, and his attitude towards the world and towards women is questionable, and I think that’s interesting. The way we’ve tried to deal with it is to cast as many strong female characters as possible, and for him to go up against those people," Craig said.

Craig commended Judi Dench's performance as M, also saying that Bond's relationship with her, "informed who he is, but also exposes him for what he is."

The actor has also recently spoken out about the idea of casting a woman as the next Bond, saying, "Why should a woman play James Bond when there should be a part just as good as James Bond, but for a woman?” However, No Time to Die will star Lashana Lynch as a female 00 agent and we know the search for Craig's replacement will begin next year.

In the full interview, Craig also talks about his favorite stunts as Bond and the worst injuries he sustained while filming the Bond films over the last decade and a half. Craig recently reminisced on the time he broke Dave Bautista's nose on the set of Spectre.

In our No Time to Die review, we called Craig's swansong 'good', saying, "while Skyfall would have been a better send-off for him, No Time to Die is nonetheless a showcase for a complex and first-in-class performance from the best James Bond we’ve ever had."

Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN. You can find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.

Warning: Major spoilers follow for The Many Saints of Newark!

Fourteen years after The Sopranos went off the air in the most polarizing end scene in television history, we finally get a chance to revisit the legendary characters from the award-winning HBO series.

The Many Saints of Newark is a prequel story set in the Sopranos universe, albeit about 30 years earlier than where the series began. Available now to watch on HBO Max as well as in theaters, the film is already garnering reviews that range from lavish praise to harsh condemnation. That makes sense. When a show has as devoted a following as The Sopranos does, any new related project faces a mountain of unrealistic expectations.

That said, there are a number of scenes in Many Saints that almost seem gift-wrapped for fans, a way of saying, “Hey, we know you missed these guys. So here’s Silvio making sure nobody messes with his hair, and there’s young Artie Bucco foreshadowing his future in the restaurant business!”

But The Many Saints of Newark also manages to fill in several important character beats and plot points that were alluded to over the course of The Sopranos, while also answering one of the show’s biggest lingering questions… Read on for all the details on the mystery of Dickie Moltisanti, and the question of whether a sequel might be on the horizon.

The Many Saints of Newark: Who Killed Dickie Moltisanti?

Dickie (played by Alessandro Nivola) is the father of Christopher Moltisanti, Tony’s nephew. Dickie is the heart and soul of the movie, and much more of a father figure to young Tony Soprano (Michael Gandolfini) than his actual father, “Johnny Boy” Soprano (Jon Bernthal). Viewers of the series know Tony idolized Dickie; his name and his legend came up several times.

The most notable discussion of Dickie in The Sopranos was in 2002’s “For All Debts Public and Private,” Episode 40 of the series. That’s the one where Tony tells Christopher that a crooked cop named Barry Haydu killed Dickie on his front lawn on orders from Jilly Ruffalo as payback for gouging one of Ruffalo’s eyes out. The episode ends with Christopher killing Haydu in his house.

The thing is, the question of Haydu’s complicity in Dickie’s death has remained an open question for the past two decades. In the moments before Christopher kills him, Haydu claims he has no idea what Christopher’s talking about. He tells Christopher he’s being set up, before saying “I’m sorry” as Christopher shoots him. It’s clear that this incident was a way for Tony to solidify Christopher’s loyalty to him; what’s been less clear until now is how accurate the story Tony told Christopher is.

Indeed, as The Many Saints of Newark’s understated yet still shocking climax shows us, Haydu didn’t kill Dickie. Instead, Dickie is gunned down outside his house – in the driveway, not exactly on the front lawn – by a hired gun. (Dickie’s carrying TV trays when he dies, though Christopher had always been told growing up that his father was carrying a crib for his infant son in his final moments.) When the shooter calls his employer to confirm that “it’s done,” we learn who really had Dickie whacked.

It was Corrado “Junior” Soprano who ordered the hit.

Why Did Junior Kill Dickie Moltisanti?

The antagonism Junior feels towards Dickie grows throughout the movie. Young Junior (played by Corey Stoll) shares many of the characteristics we saw in his elder version on The Sopranos. He’s petty, vindictive and monumentally insecure. He’s jealous of Dickie’s style and swagger and the way he can command a room. Junior is often used as the punchline for jokes, especially by Dickie, who in one scene chides him for letting someone else insinuate Junior’s lady friend was stepping out on him. Another time, Junior falls and injures his back, and spots Dickie laughing at his misfortune. Junior felt disrespected, and he also viewed Dickie as a serious impediment to rising up the ranks of the DiMeo crime family. That combination led him to call for Dickie’s execution.

So now we know for certain that the killer cop story Tony told Christopher years later was false. Depending on one’s perspective and view of Tony’s manipulative nature – and he was a puppet master, to be sure – it was either a ruse to bring his erratic nephew back into the fold and get him under his thumb, a way to take out a problematic cop who was somehow on his To-Do List, or a combination of the two. Remember, at that point in the series, Tony and Christopher’s relationship had deteriorated badly. Tony didn’t trust Chris because of his drug problems, and the younger Moltisanti had serious doubts his uncle had his best interests at heart.

But in typical David Chase fashion, the resolution of this 19-year-old plot line still leaves certain questions unanswered. Specifically, why the cop told Christopher “I’m sorry” right before he was shot in “For All Debts Public and Private.” If Haydu didn’t shoot Dickie, what was he apologizing for?

Also left unanswered, and likely we’ll never know the truth to this, is whether Tony ever knew that his beloved Uncle Dickie was offed by his not-so-beloved Uncle Junior. It’s hard to imagine, but not impossible, to think Tony would let that kind of betrayal go without retribution. And it’s not like he didn’t have substantial animosity towards Junior at times anyway. So it appears unlikely that he knew the actual truth about Dickie’s murder. (Indeed, perhaps no one knew outside of Junior and the trigger man.)

But we can’t know for certain. And that’s kind of how The Sopranos always worked, didn’t it? It didn’t always give you all the answers you want, just the ones you need. Just like life.

Will There Be a Many Saints of Newark Sequel?

Speaking of unanswered questions and ambiguous endings, many fans are wondering if The Many Saints of Newark is the final bow for this franchise. Will there be more Sopranos, either as another feature-length prequel movie or a continuation of the TV series itself?

Neither Sopranos creator David Chase nor WarnerMedia have given any indication a sequel movie is in the works. On the one hand, the poor box office performance of The Many Saints of Newark would seem to eliminate any chance of the film spawning a whole series of period piece mafia movies. On the other hand, Chase recently signed a five-year first look deal with WarnerMedia. Even if the prequel isn't lighting up the box office, the studio may be happy with the prestige it brings the growing HBO Max service.

There are certainly more stories that could be told in the three decades between The Many Saints of Newark and the start of The Sopranos. The movie shows us the early origins of Tony's rise to power, but how did he evolve from teen slacker to underboss of the DiMeo crime family? The TV series only ever revealed a handful of details about Tony's life in the '80s and early '90s, such as the time Paulie Gaultieri helped Tony make his first sanctioned kill and become a made man in 1982. Assuming Michael Gandolfini has any continued interest in reprising the Tony role, that would make for a compelling spinoff movie.

Chase has tended to shoot down any possibility of a Sopranos sequel, seemingly preferring to leave the ending of the series and Tony's final fate ambiguous. And it's not as if James Gandolfini's tragic death in 2013 has helped the prospects of a sequel. But never say never. As it is, The Many Saints of Newark technically acts as a Sopranos sequel in the sense that it's narrated by Michael Imperioli's Christopher Moltisante from the afterlife. The movie closes with a callback to one of Christopher's most tragic lines from the TV series when he refers to Tony as "the man I went to Hell for."

But there was almost more on that front. Director Alan Taylor told NME that Edie Falco actually reprised her role as an older Carmela Soprano in a scene that was ultimately cut from the final edit. Presumably, that scene would have featured Carmela years after the events of the Sopranos finale and reflecting on her tumultuous history with the Soprano and Moltisanti families. Fans can always hope that leaves the door open for a true Sopranos sequel focused on Carmela rather than Tony.

Be sure to also check out Laura Sirikul’s IGN review of The Many Saints of Newark, and we’ve got a handy guide about 4 Key Things to Know before seeing the film as well. You can also read our interview with Sopranos and Many Saints director Alan Taylor.

Along with losing director Chris Columbus for the Five Nights at Freddy's movie, producer Jason Blum says series creator Scott Cawthon still hasn't agreed on a story after ten scripts.

Blum revealed the news in an interview with Collider. He said Cawthon hasn't agreed on a story and his production company can't move on without Cawthon's approval.

"We've written multiple scripts, and we've got where we're threading a needle, which is doing justice to Five Nights at Freddy's and making Scott [Cawthon] happy," Blum said. "The only way that we would go about it is giving Scott…I don't want to do something that Scott doesn't like. Let me say that a different way. I don't have the right to do anything Scott doesn't like. Basically, Scott has kind of like the equivalent of ‘final cut’ and it's taken longer than I hoped to get the right story."

A script was reportedly approved by Blum and Columbus in 2018, but Cawthon said he passed on it. In November 2020, Cawthon detailed ten drafts of Five Nights at Freddy's movie scripts in a post on Reddit. He said the tenth and final script he mentioned was the one they were going to film. Cawthon said filming would begin in spring 2021. But it seems the two parties are still working on a final script.

Blum also didn't give a reason for Columbus' departure and, when asked if there is a replacement, Blum said, "That is classified information." Columbus has been publicly attached as the director since February 2018.

Cawthon developed the original Five Nights at Freddy's game for PC and released it in 2014. The game has spawned numerous sequels with the tenth main installment, Security Breach, expected to come out by the end of 2021 after being delayed.

A Five Nights at Freddy's free-to-play beat-em-up was released earlier this year as an apology for Security Breach's delay.

IGN has rounded up a list of every video game movie and TV show in development including a Cyberpunk 2077 anime series and a Call of Duty movie.

Petey Oneto is a freelance writer for IGN.

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