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
Stromberg (TV series) of "Bernd Stromberg" by German dictionary publishing company Langenscheidt shortly before the third season.<ref name="Chef - Deutsch / Deutsch - Chef. Klartext am Arbeitsplatz"></ref> The book is a bestseller in Germany and topped the non-fiction charts of Der Spiegel. In December 2011 one million Euro was collected with a crowd funding project to create a feature film of "Stromberg". Production was started in spring 2013, according to producer Ralf Husmann. The film was the highest-grossing film in Germany for its first two weeks of release. Stromberg (TV series) Stromberg () is a German television series which is produced by Brainpool