Steven Knight tease us with his plans for the next era of James Bond.
Amazon MGM Studios confirmed on Thursday that this confirmed this Peaky Blinders Mastermind Knight will take over the script for the 007 film from Denis Villeneuve. Ritter, also the author of Netflixs House of GuinnessDisney A thousand blows and Angelina Jolie-Star 2024 MaryPresent spoke with BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast on Friday to talk more.
“It has always been on my Bucket list and it is fantastic to be invited – I can't wait to get started,” said the Englishman. “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.”
When Knight was asked who could be taken on by Daniel Craig against Ian Fleming's iconic role by Daniel Craig, he replied: “This is a very, very good question, and one that I cannot give you the answer.”
Knight's commitment came when he was invited to a meeting with the producer Amy Pascal – but was not said why.
“I quickly discovered what it was about and was very excited and hopeful,” he continued. “And then the process is … You do some meetings, you will discuss some ideas and then find out that you have it. I found out some time ago, but it was announced last night what is great.”
Knight agreed that it was a “high pressure” parent, but added: “You just have to do what you can do as best you can.”
A large number of names were shown for the next bond with rumors that Jacob Elordi, Tom Holland and Harris Dickinson are all in the race. At the beginning of this week, Taron Egerton excluded himself from the race after he announced Collider that he was “too chaotic” for the role.
duneVilleneuve was confirmed to lead the next edition after Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson officially handed over the rights to Amazon this year.
“I grew up with my father with James Bond films,” enthused the Canadian in an explanation after the news was broken. “I am a die-hard bond fan. For me it is a sacred territory. I intend to honor the tradition and open the way for many new missions.