{"id":39476,"date":"2023-11-10T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T08:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1921190"},"modified":"2023-11-10T11:51:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T10:51:55","slug":"007-road-to-a-million-was-not-originally-planned-as-a-bond-spin-off","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/007-road-to-a-million-was-not-originally-planned-as-a-bond-spin-off\/","title":{"rendered":"007: Road to a Million was not originally planned as a Bond spin-off"},"content":{"rendered":"

The pilot for the reality show was originally made with no connection to the James Bond franchise. <\/p>

By James Hibbs\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 10 November 2023 at 08:00 AM<\/p>

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As James Bond fans get ready to watch the franchise\u2019s first ever reality TV spin-off, it has been confirmed that the competition series originally had no association to Bond<\/a> at all.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the launch for 007: Road to a Million<\/a>, executive producer David Glover explained that the original pilot episode did not contain any Bond elements and was simply \u201ca game show where people have to go on an adventure\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI took it in to\u00a0Dan Grabiner [Amazon Studios\u2019 Head of Originals for the UK and Northern Europe] and he said, \u2018It\u2019s a great show, but it needs another level, it needs something to kind of connect an audience to it.\u2019 And he said, \u2018Maybe we should hook up with some kind of IP or something.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u2018Well, the ultimate thing to hook it up to would be the James Bond franchise, because we talked about James Bond movies when we were thinking about it originally\u2019.\u201d<\/p>

He continued: \u201cDan sent the pilot to Barbara Broccoli, who I think watched it out of politeness, because she\u2019d seen hundreds of these kinds of pilots and never wanted to do one and was expecting to turn it down, but [she] really liked it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, James Bond producer Gregg Wilson added: \u201cWe get a lot of not very good proposals, which are often about emulating the character of Bond.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was a really refreshingly original take, which had real people but [gave] the opportunity to put them into a very heightened, James Bond-type experience. It just felt like a really fun premise.\u201d<\/p>\n