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While aJames BondTV show might sound like a profitable endeavor , one blank out flop proves that this would be a tough estimation . The James Bond enfranchisement ’s producer are famously averse to radical change . In late years , executive producer Barbara Broccoli confirmed that there would not be a female James Bond ( viaTHR ) , while manufacturer Michael G. Wilson toldTheWrapin 2021 that a Bond TV show was also off the cards . Broccoli reaffirmed this in an October 2023 interview , tell thata scripted video show in the James Bond cosmos was n’t a high-pitched priority for the enfranchisement ’s creators .
While this might vocalise like a lose opportunity , the producer may be right to ignore the clarion call of the modest screen as they center on makingthe upcomingBond 26finally find . As surprising as it might seem , a James Bond TV show is improbable to win for numerous reasons . Not only that , but a comparable TV series was already free to tepid reception , effectively test this gunpoint . Backin 2019 , another major undercover agent franchise attempt to branch out into television and fail . This misfire prove just how rugged it would be for the James Bond dealership to translate its timeless collection to television .
Treadstone Proved Big Spy Franchises Don’t Belong On TV
The 2019 seriesTreadstoneattempted to bring the Jason Bourne dealership to TV , but the show give out and was scrub after only one time of year . In the process , Treadstoneshowed that spy stories do n’t do work on televisionsince their fast - paced car following , exotic location , and brushing fight scenes all benefit from the big projection screen . If the ground shaky - River Cam world of Jason Bourne fell flat on the pocket-size screen , then the comparatively bizarre and over - the - top James Bond franchise would be guaranteed to fail . Although Bond has his morose moments , Bourne is the more serious fiber and his multi - movie arc theoretically seems well suited to a goggle box version than Bond ’s standalone adventures .
There ’ll be no Treadstone season 2 , as USA ’s Jason Bourne spinoff series has been cancel after just one season . Here are the reasons why .
Treadstonestruggled for numerous reasons , chief among them the fact that Bourne himself was n’t heavily involved . Since the Bond franchise has a self-aggrandising report to protect than the more late Bourne movies , there is no way a television show could include the lead histrion himself . As a result , any Bond television set show would be more likely to center on supporting stars like Miss Moneypenny , M , or Q , and this could get old fast . Alternatively , if a Bond TV spinoff focus on a unseasoned Bond , it would risk ruining his mystifying edge . One ofTreadstone ’s worst decisions was altering Bourne ’s backstory , and giving 007 a lustreless new origination could be even bad .
Treadstoneholds a " Rotten " 47 % score from critic onRotten Tomatoes .
Treadstone Couldn’t Bring Bourne To TV (And Bond Would Be Even Trickier)
chemical bond is n’t suited to television due to the lavish , bighearted - budget nature of his risky venture , the drawn-out runtimes of his motion-picture show , and the movie ' star - studded casts . Bourne did n’t have these upshot to manage with since the serial publication is less glamourous and gamey , butTreadstonestill failed to impress critics upon press release . believe what a tragedy Bourne ’s TV debut was , it ’s hard to believe that Bond ’s journeying to the small cover would be any more successful , and plenty of justifications for expecting 007 ’s show to be even worse . As a result , James Bondshould steer unmortgaged of TV after run across a fellow super - spy ’s franchise crash and burn on the medium .
seed : The Hollywood Reporter , TheWrap
