The delay in production of this movie involved legal issues with the script. Agente 007 - Thunderball: operazione tuono (1965) co-writer and producer Kevin McClory brought suit against the production company, EON Productions, stating that his script "Warhead" (later Mai dire mai (1983)) had been plagiarized for the nuclear submarine storyline. The injunction was ultimately rejected, and EON could proceed. However, the original name of the villain was changed from Stavros to Stromberg, due to the similarity between Stavros and Ernest Stavro Blofeld, a character belonging to McClory. An early version of the script intended to have Blofeld return as the villain for the first time since Agente 007 - Una cascata di diamanti (1971). Screenwriter Richard Maibaum's original draft featured an alliance of international terrorists entering S.P.E.C.T.R.E.'s headquarters and deposing Blofeld before trying to destroy the world for themselves, to make way for a New World Order. This script was deemed too political by Albert R. Broccoli. Several scenes, including the one where Bond and Anya meet each other in a Cairo bar, were written by an uncredited Tom Mankiewicz. According to him, the scene originally made reference to Tatiana Romanova of A 007, dalla Russia con amore (1963), but this was cut. If it had been left in, this movie would have included direct references to the Sir Sean Connery and George Lazenby eras of the Bond franchise. Other writers included John Landis, original Director Guy Hamilton, Stirling Silliphant, Cary Bates, Anthony Barwick, Anthony Burgess, Ronald Hardy, and Derek Marlowe. In total, twelve screenwriters worked on fifteen drafts.
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