The creator “Peaky Blinders”, Steven Knight, was hired to send James Bond's script for Denis Villeneuve to the Amazon MGM Studios.
Amy Pascal and David Heyman produce the new 007 film about Pascal Pictures or flowering films. Tanya Lapointe becomes Executive Produce.
Knight is the best known as the creator, executive producer and author of the Hita-designed gangster drama series “Peaky Blinders” with Cillian Murphy. The British screenwriter, the producer and the director's TV resume also contains such celebrated shows as “See” (Apple TV+), “Sas Rogue Heroes” (BBC), “Thousand Beats” (Disney+), “This City” (BBC), “The Tree” (FX) and “Everything we do not see” (Netflix). He also has the international game show “Who wants to be a millionaire?” Carried.
Knight's first produced film “Dirty Pretty Things” by Stephen Frears won four Bifas, the Humanitas Prize for Film from 2005 and received a nomination for the Oscar for the best original screenplay. Knight also wrote the screenplays for the Oscar-nominated films “Promise Eastern” and “Spencer” as well as three films, which he also directed: “Hummingbird”, “Locke” and “Serenity”. The upcoming projects include the “Peaky Blinders” feature film, which is highly expected, for Netflix and the historical drama series “House of Guinness”, which will also debut the streamer.
Villeneuve was officially hired last month with the 26th excursion by Helm James Bond, and diversity The studio then reported that a screenwriter with some hurry when the studio eyed a potential publication date of 2028. (In view of the film's scale, everything would be impossible earlier.
The development of a new Bond raten has been a high priority since the acquisition of MGM and its lucrative film library in 2021. At the beginning of this year, Amazon MGM achieved creative control over the franchise of long -term stewards, producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson.
Knight is represented by Caa, United Agents and Davis Law Group.