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
James Bond (Dynamite Entertainment) months later, the title was unveiled as "Black Box", which oddly enough resets the issue numbering of the eponymous "James Bond" series from that of the 2015 run. The art is illustrated by Rapha Lobosco, and the comic made its debut on 1 March 2017 as "James Bond (2017)" issue #1. With the development of the story and the elements used in the first issue, Percy told he was influenced by the film series in writing the structure of the story, "The Spy Who Loved Me" and "Spectre" being the most of the recognizable citations, while reflecting on the inner