Key Takeaways
- A trailer for an alleged Lego James Bond game has surfaced online.
- This trailer was reportedly created as a pitch to The Lego Group for a potential greenlight.
- Lego allegedly scrapped the idea on the grounds that James Bond was far too violent and sexually suggestive to turn into a Lego game.
Lego has had plenty of crossovers with popular franchises in the past, including Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Marvel, Pirates of the Caribbean (the best one), DC, and lots more. If it’s a massively famous, popular IP, then chances are there’s a Lego game about it, though one franchise that Lego has never gone near in video game form is James Bond.
Lego has a physical set for James Bond in the Aston Martin DB5, but it’s never been tempted to turn the franchise into a video game. However, what appears to be a trailer for a canceled Lego James Bond game has now surfaced online, as it seems as though developer Traveler’s Tales wanted to use the world’s most famous spy in his own video game.
James Bond Canceled Lego Game Trailer Reportedly Leaks
This trailer was recently shared on the Legogaming subreddit by user Kecskecske6, and is a fairly rough selection of clips from presumably in-game cutscenes, all with that iconic James Bond theme tune playing over the top. We don’t know exactly how many movies this game would have covered, though there are scenes based on the likes of A View To A Kill and Live and Let Die.
As for why this game was canceled, Legogaming subreddit mod LEGOGameMuseum apparently has the answer. In the Reddit post, they explain that this was an idea for a full James Bond game that was scrapped, and that this trailer was produced as a potential pitch for The Lego Group to potentially greenlight. It was allegedly made during the final year of Lego Dimensions in 2016, when many at Travelers Tale knew that the game would no longer be supported.
Unfortunately, it was The Lego Group itself that allegedly scrapped the idea of this game, as it felt that the James Bond IP was far too violent and sexually charged to be adapted into a Lego game. That was back in 2016 though, and with collaborations such as Lego Horizon Adventures being made, you do wonder whether the idea could be revisited and adapted to be more family friendly.
In any case, it’s kind of disappointing to see a Lego James Bond game was scrapped, but at least James Bond fans will be eating well fairly soon, as Hitman developer IO Interactive has had their own game based on the spy in the works for quite some time. We haven’t seen much of it yet, though we could be due a reveal with The Game Awards right around the corner.
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