James Bond in film of the funding for the Bond films, fell into financial difficulties following the box office failure of "Heaven's Gate" (1980), bringing uncertainty to the future of the funding. The situation was resolved in May 1981, when Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquired United Artists. Following "For Your Eyes Only", Roger Moore had expressed a desire to stop playing James Bond. His original contract had been for three films, a requirement fulfilled with "The Spy Who Loved Me". Subsequent films had been negotiated on a film-by-film basis. The producers engaged in a semi-public quest for the next actor to play Bond, which would be for
The Spy Who Dumped Me film's comic agenda" and also commented that ""The Spy Who Dumped Me" isn't just painfully unfunny—it criminally wastes the comic talents of Kate McKinnon." Richard Brody of "The New Yorker" praised the film stating, "Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon riff gleefully in the ample and precise framework of Susanna Fogel's effervescent action comedy", while Justin Chang of the "Los Angeles Times" also gave a positive review saying, ""The Spy Who Dumped Me" [is] a fast, funny Europe-trotting buddy caper". Johnny Oleksinski of "The New York Post" opined it was nice to see McKinnon used properly in a movie and that