James Bond in film Shanghai. Although set in Scotland, Bond's family home of Skyfall was constructed on Hankley Common in Surrey using plywood and plaster to build a full-scale model of the building, with some exterior scenes shot in Glen Etive and Glencoe. In September 2012 it was announced that Daniel Craig had signed to the role of Bond for the following two films, the first of which was "Spectre", funded by MGM and Sony. In March 2013 Mendes announced he would not return to direct the next film in the series, although he later decided to return. In July 2013 it was revealed
James Bond (comics) began to appear on a semi-regular basis for a few years, starting with an adaptation of "Licence to Kill" published in 1989 by Eclipse Comics and illustrated by Mike Grell, which was published in both trade paperback and hardcover edition. Grell would go on to write the miniseries "Permission to Die", the first James Bond comic book storyline not adapted from a previous work, which was published over a two-year period by Eclipse. In 1995, Topps Comics obtained the rights to publish an adaptation of the new Bond film, "GoldenEye", which was announced as a three-issue miniseries. The second issue