{"id":22471,"date":"2022-09-22T17:48:55","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T15:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1710915"},"modified":"2022-09-22T18:01:15","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T16:01:15","slug":"007-producers-reveal-why-they-finally-agreed-to-james-bond-tv-series","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/007-producers-reveal-why-they-finally-agreed-to-james-bond-tv-series\/","title":{"rendered":"007 producers reveal why they finally agreed to James Bond TV series"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Patrick Cremona\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 22 September 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson have long been insistent that James Bond belongs exclusively on the big screen \u2013 but earlier in 2022 the pair green-lit a 007 television project for the very first time.<\/p>\n

007\u2019s Road to a Million is a reality adventure series that will see contestants competing in a range of exhilarating tasks to win up to \u00a31million, and in a new interview, Brocolli and Wilson explained why they decided to give it the go-ahead.<\/p>

\u201cPeople have always come to us about doing a TV show, [saying,] \u2018Oh, you should do a Bond challenge,\u2019\u201d Broccoli told Variety<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we always stayed away from it because we didn\u2019t want to put people in danger and have them do dangerous things because it\u2019s not for members of the public \u2014 it\u2019s for trained professionals.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t going to be dangerous to the participants is the key thing,\u201d Wilson added of the new series, which is currently in production.<\/p>\n

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The show is being filmed at various locations that feature in the Bond films, with the challenges testing the contestants\u2019 intelligence and endurance through physical obstacles and questions.<\/p>\n

And speaking about what fans can expect when the show launches, Broccoli continued: \u201cAudiences will get a big kick out of it, and that\u2019s why we agreed to do it. I mean, it surprised us as well as everybody else. Like, wow, we\u2019re gonna do this!\u201d<\/p>\n

However, both producers noted that the series shouldn\u2019t be seen as an indication that any future narrative Bond projects will be made for the small screen, with Wilson revealing: \u201cWe\u2019re trying to keep it theatrical.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, we\u2019re gonna keep it theatrical,\u201d added Broccoli. \u201cWe\u2019re not going to try; we\u2019ve got to do it. It\u2019s just a theatrical franchise.\u201d<\/p>\n

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