Steven Knight was announced as a writer by Amazon's first James Bond Flick last night and this morning Peaky Blinders Creator gave his first reaction to the landing of the appearance in the BBC radio.
“It has always been on my Bucket list and it is fantastic to be invited. I can't wait to get started,” said Knight.
“I hope that it will be penetrating and I will be able to produce something that is the same, but different and better, stronger and brave.”
Knight will write the screenplay for Denis Villeneuve. However, the writer would not be pointed out who could appear as 007.
“This is a very, very good question, and one that I cannot give you the answer,” said Knight when he was asked by BBC Radio.
Amy Pascal and David Heyman produce the film while Tanya Lapointe Executive Produce Produce. While there were rumors about who could possibly play the coveted main role, sources said that the only focus in the past few weeks was who would write the script with a number of meetings with potential candidates. Knight is said to have been the number one goal in the past few weeks, but a final tax could only be given until he met with Villeneuve, which is currently filming the next dune Film. This meeting took place last week, where Villeneuve fully on board so that Knight got the job.
Knight is the creator, executive producer and author of the BAFTA award-winning series Peaky BlindersWith Cillian Murphy, as well as series like the Emmy-nominated leading role Taboo (BBC/FX) and See (Apple TV+), the BAFTA-nominated Sas Rogue Heroes (BBC) as well A thousand blows (Disney+), This city (Bbc), The veil (FX) and All the light that we cannot see (Netflix). He had previously been added to write a new one star Wars Feature, but switched off in October 2024.