Update []:
A full "completed trailer" for the LEGO James Bond game by TT Games has now been uploaded. It was supposedly codenamed "Project Gold" (thanks, The LEGO Videogame Museum on X):
Original Story:
The LEGO video games have tapped all sorts of IP over the years, but one project that never did see the light of day was a James Bond entry.
TT Games was at one point working on its own brick-based spin-off of the 007 franchise and now footage of this pitch has surfaced online. It shows the famous agent in many iconic scenes facing off against characters like Oddjob and Jaws, driving a variety of different vehicles and utilising all sorts of gadgets.
Ultimately, The LEGO Group didn't feel the IP was "suitable" as a LEGO game and the mission to adapt this series to the brick world ended. Although this video was discovered within data of LEGO Dimensions, this pitch was apparently for a standalone project.
Although it looks like 007 might have missed out on a LEGO video game adaptation, LEGO actually did release a new game earlier this month in the form of LEGO Horizon Adventures. We awarded it 6 out of 10 - calling it a "beautiful but basic build of Sony's series".
If you are still wanting a LEGO or James Bond fix, you could always replay GoldenEye 007 via the Switch Online + Expansion Pack service, or check out our LEGO game guide - covering IP such as Star Wars, Marvel, and even original LEGO games.
Would you have been interested in a LEGO adaptation like this? Let us know in the comments.
[source reddit.com]
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I could see it more as one of the Lego Dimension packs rather then a stand alone game. Still I think it would have been a good addition to the Lego games either as a stand alone or as part of the Dimension series.
Bond really looks like Chase McCain from Lego City Undercover here.
Would've loved a James Bond Lego game in some way or the other, too bad it didn't happen!
They made a Lego James Bond Aston Martin. Looking at the properties they did adapt, I think they could have found a way. Indiana Jones has lots of gunfights and killing, and they managed that. In terms of the bed-hopping shenanigans (as they did with Tony Stark in the Lego Avengers game), just leave that out and focus on gadgets, gunfights, chases and puzzles. Seems like a perfect fit to me.
That would have been really good. I would urge them to have another go.
Yeah, reminds me of the "LEGO legend", Chase McCain. Ha.
I need a Lego Uncharted game more than anything.
Simpsons, perhaps?
The reason they didn't go with this was that James Bond was at the beginning of the Daniel Craig era, which was extremely dark and edgy, much more than every Bond film before except perhaps the Dalton ones. The Daniel Craig films are borderline R-rated films, especially Casino Royale.
The LEGO Bond babe was just too much for them.
@Tasuki Seeing as we got mission impossible possible this seems to make the most sense not that a game is out of the question.
man do I miss Lego dimensions, we got so many awesome Lego figures of properties that never got sets like mission impossible, beetlejuice, and at the time I think sonic.
@Snatcher As far as Lego was concerned, that was Sonic's debut
@Agenerationofgens Too flat
That would of sold well tt loss at the end of the day. Obvious got money to lose. I would of bought this
That looks amazing! Very nostalgic of the films.
Plenty of violence in Indiana Jones, Pirates of the Caribbean and other series they've covered.
@Dee123 Yes, but those are either old fashioned or fantasy (Star Wars). James Bond is quite 'modern'. Which goes against Lego's anti weapon rule. Which disallowes modern weapons.
Indiana Jones is pretty much a grey area. Because it's actually post-ww1. But Lego Indiana Jones does not have guns.
A real shame welll never get to experience the satisfying pop of xenia onatopps’ leg vice. This property would have been a great fit I think. They could have toned it down enough I think to make it suitable maybe for e10 or something. There’s a LOT of movies they’d have to work with with everything from jetoacks, shark tanks, actual tanks, and the power of voodoo. I believe we missed out on something good here.
Bummer. With Lego series being practically the Simpsons/Shrek of video games, it frankly feels like there's little that couldn't be adapted to "suit the brand", especially after variably moody IPs like Batman. And IMHO there can never be too much vehicular gameplay in this franchise.
For those of you who've yet to play Lego City: Undercover, it's about £3 on the eShop until tomorrow.
Ya know, not every LEGO game has to be E rated. Totally would have played this.
No.
I just want something like LEGO CITY UNDERCOVER or LEGO games without using popular franchise.
I mostly do not like popular stuffs like star Wars, Jurassic park, marvel, harry Potter.
I want something neutral without branding, like LEGO SPORTS or LEGO WORLD BUILDER without weirdo looking outfits / costumes.
@Samalik I was so excited as I had been wanting a sonic Lego figure for a while!
As much as I like the one we have it does make me wish Mario had one too.
When I first saw the picture I thought it was from Lego city undercover; he looks exactly like Chase McCain 😂
@Dee123 True, besides, what actual violence happens in-game? The worst that happens to a character in Lego-games is that they fall apart, minifig-style.
LEGO Goldeneye could've been real 😭😭😭😭
Hope it wasn't based on No Time to Die...that movie is awful
I think beyond any concerns about the series being too violent or sexy or whatever for Lego to adapt, the main issue is just that 007 just isn't that popular with kids anymore. The game wouldn't have sold very well!
They sooooo need to bring this back. Bond is perfect for the style of the series (at least the only slapstick style before voice acting). I don’t care if it’s not big with kids, Lego games by this point are over 20 years old and hit more than one demographic.
You know, maybe that LEGO James Bond image is the reason we didn't get it. As others have pointed out, I don't see James Bond, but instead I see "shiny" Chase McCain, as in Pokémon shiny.
Amazing.. It was probably going to be a chapter based game, each levei being a different movie. I saw The Spy Who Loved Me, Live and Let Die, Goldfinger, Dr No, Moonraker, Goldeneye, The Man with the Golden gun. Would have loved It!
That's one secret agent, shaken AND stirred.
Absolutely love the original LEGO games and 007 would've made an excellent addition to the lineup. I wish TT Games would go back to making smaller, level-based entries instead of the overly bloated Skywalker Saga.
LEGO has come a looooong way from when that video looks like it was made. I could see them doing it these days, especially the Sean Connery movies
@Snatcher I loved Lego Dimensions, easily my favorite Lego game. I have been wanting to play it as of late too but I don't remember what I did with the portal.
Right before they discontinued Lego Dimensions a dollar store in my are was selling the packs for a dollar each. I was able to get so many of them and sadly I wasn't able to use cause as I said I lost the portal piece.
I wish they would rerelease it but just have the sets as in game DLC. Granted I understand that it requires building some of the sets in real time for the story, but they can easily change that ton where you build it in game kinda like MySims or Minecraft.
So does this mean there won’t be a Lego Silence of the Lambs?
Instant buy if this came out!
I love that their concept trailer implies doing all 23 movies (at the time) at once.. James Bond could have been a massive undertaking and franchise potential, specially if you do 2 Bond actors per game and then a Complete version at the end.
I think it could have worked, but not with the newer Daniel Craig films, just the earlier iconic ones. @Paulo had a pretty good list. Might have been too many films for them to work with. I don’t think the sex and violence would have been a problem, most of the more iconic stuff is action sequences to start the movies.
Now that I think about it have there been a lot of Bond games? I can’t think of any besides Golden Eye but I feel like they could work, either as stealth Hitman type games or action oriented like Metal Gear or Uncharted. Must be some licensing issues going on.🤷🏻♂️
Would be great to have a James Bond LEGO game. They could get around the more ‘adult content’ with the same innuendo they do it the other games.
Maybe throw in a humorous nod to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang to cover your Ian Fleming bases…..
@rjejr They've been making James Bond games since at least 1983. There's a lot of them.
I know the late '80s movies got home computer games, but probably after GoldenEye's success, it feels like every Bond movie after got a game.
There's even been some games that weren't directly tied to a movie, like Agent Under Fire and Nightmare.
There were even a couple games based on the James Bond Jr. cartoon spinoff. (yes, they did in fact at one point make a children's cartoon with the IP, in the early '90s) The NES game looked kind of interesting from Nintendo Power's review but I've heard the SNES game was trash.
I'd buy that for a dollar.
That would have been great! And Bond is pretty kid suitable for most of it’s entries surely, as much as Batman and more so than Horizon at least. Plus it looks so far along in the trailer as well, what a waste of TT games time!
Oh well, Lego decide these things. Just seems like a huge wasted opportunity!
Honestly I think it's a missed opportunity, a Lego James Bond game would have been great
@KingMike Thanks. I did not know about the kids cartoon. Think I'm glad I didn't. I PC gamed a bunch in the 90s, can't recall any Bond games though I don't doubt you. Does "Spy Hunter" count? 😂
If Indiana Jones fits, Bond would too.
@rjejr thanks for the reply. All movies I mentioned were not my list, but were in the trailer and therefore must have been planned for the game, among others. Would have been great though.
@sanderev Do they? I seem to recall rocket launchers in Lego Indiana Jones and pistols in Lego Pirates of the Caribbean.
Why doesn't that surprise me? Bond films aren't just action packed films, but also have the devil's tango, IYKWIM. I do think it would've been cool though!
man this would have been awesome.
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