 Broccoli commissioned a number of writers to work on the script, including Stirling Silliphant, John Landis, Ronald Hardy, Anthony Burgess, and Derek Marlowe.The British television producer Gerry Anderson also stated that he provided a film treatment (although originally planned to be "Moonraker") very similar to what ended up as "The Spy Who Loved Me".Eventually, Richard Maibaum provided the screenplay, and at first he tried to incorporate ideas from all of the other writers into his script.