New TV present ‘007: Road To A Million’ brings Bond-like duties to screens

From scaling mountains and cranes to coming face-to-face with crocodiles and snakes, contestants journey the world tackling James Bond-inspired challenges in new TV journey collection “007: Road To A Million” within the hope of profitable 1 million kilos ($1.2 million).

Nine pairs of individuals, together with nurses, retired cops, siblings, pals and a married couple, search to scoop the prize by answering 10 questions set by “The Controller”, portrayed by Scottish actor and Succession star Brian Cox, and hidden world wide.

“The idea is really to put ordinary people into a James Bond adventure and we didn’t quite know how that would work out,” govt producer David Glover instructed Reuters.

“It’s thrilling because… they’re really not James Bond but they have heart and they’re lovely and… they’re heroic in their own way.”

In the present, Cox watches the contestants from afar face daunting stunts to get to the briefcase carrying their questions, every value rising quantities of cash.

Cox mentioned that when he first heard in regards to the 007 present “I went ‘oh, perhaps they will ask me to do a villain’ and I believed ‘no they cannot do this as a result of they have not received a James Bond but’.

“So it was a flight of fancy for a while and then I realised it was this thing and… I thought ‘well maybe if I do this, it’s probably the nearest I’ll ever get to (being a Bond villain),'” Cox mentioned.

The collection begins with brothers James and Joey Bone, who’re the primary to wade via a loch within the Scottish Highlands looking for their starter query.

“It is a bit of a cliche, but it’s just once in a lifetime… we couldn’t imagine doing anything like this,” James Bone mentioned.

Bond movie producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson are govt producers on the present, which launches globally on Prime Video on November 10.

Asked in regards to the seek for the brand new James Bond after actor Daniel Craig wrapped his tenure because the suave spy, Broccoli mentioned: “Not that at the moment. Watch this space.”