Collage of the posters for The Spy Who Loved Me and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
The original script for the James Bond reboot following Roger Moore’s departure in the 1980s sounds more like an Indiana Jones movie than a Bond movie. Whenever a Bond actor retires from the role, the producers don’t just have to find a new actor to don the tuxedo; they have to come up with a way to reinvent the franchise.
An Unmade James Bond Script From The 1980s Sounds Suspiciously Like Indiana Jones It's A Jungle Adventure About A Search For Lost Gold Close ✕ Remove Ads Maibaum and Wilson’s unproduced script would’ve been an origin story revolving around a twentysomething Bond. Motivated by his family legacy, Bond would join the Secret Intelligence Service and embark on a mission to Asia with an older agent — the current 007 — who would mentor him.
✕ Remove Ads Although Maibaum and Wilson were happy with their script, it ended up being scrapped by producer Albert R. Broccoli. Broccoli did like the script, but he felt that the underlying premise was fundamentally flawed. He thought audiences would reject a story about a rookie Bond still learning the ropes, especially after the box office failure of Young Sherlock Holmes.
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