James Bond Canceled Lego Game Trailer Apparently Leaked

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A trailer for a supposed Lego James Bond game has surfaced online.
Apparently this trailer was created as a pitch to The Lego Group for a potential green light.
Lego reportedly scrapped the idea on the grounds that James Bond was far too violent and sexually suggestive to make 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), DC, and more. If it's a very famous and popular IP, then chances are there will be a Lego game about it, although one franchise that Lego has never approached in video game form is James Bond.

Lego has a physical set for James Bond in the Aston Martin DB5, but has 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 appears developer Traveler's Tales wanted to use the world's most famous spy in its own video game.

James Bond Canceled Lego Game Trailer Apparently Leaked

This trailer was recently shared on the Legogaming subreddit by user Kecskecske6, and it's a pretty rough selection of clips from presumably in-game cutscenes, all with that iconic James Bond theme song playing over the top. We don't know exactly how many movies this game would cover, although 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, the Legogaming subreddit mod LEGOGameMuseum seems to have 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 get the green light. It was supposedly made during the final year of Lego Dimensions in 2016, when many at Travelers Tale knew the game would no longer be supported.

Unfortunately, it was the Lego group themselves who allegedly scrapped the idea for this game as they felt that the James Bond IP was far too violent and sexually charged to be adapted into a Lego game. Still, that was in 2016, and with collaborations like Lego Horizon Adventures, you wonder if 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 scrapped, but at least James Bond fans will be eating well soon enough, as Hitman developer IO Interactive has their own game based on the spy in the works for quite some time. some time We haven't seen much yet, though there could be a reveal with The Game Awards just around the corner.