New James Bond Film Will Be Written by Creator of ‘Peaky Blinders’

The director got here first, and now it’s the screenwriter. MGM simply introduced that Steven Knight, the creator of Peaky Blinders, has been employed to put in writing the following James Bond film, which can be directed by Denis Villeneuve.

Information of Knight’s hiring was first reported by Deadline earlier than being confirmed by the official 007 account. In accordance with the commerce, since Villeneuve’s hiring, producers Amy Pascal and David Heyman (who’re shepherding the franchise) have been specializing in discovering the proper author. A number of folks met on the challenge, and Knight was their selection, however he needed to be authorized by Villeneuve. The pair met final week, simply as Villeneuve got to work on Dune: Half Three, and he gave the seal of approval.

If Steven Knight sounds acquainted, there are just a few causes. After all, the largest is that he created the huge interval gangster present, Peaky Blinders, which might converse a bit to how he’d deal with a spy movie like Bond. On the movie facet, he’s been doing largely status scripts for movies akin to Jap Guarantees, The Hundred Foot Journey, Allied, Spencer, and Maria. He additionally wrote and directed Serenity, however not the sci-fi Joss Whedon movie. He did the notorious one starring Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway. So that they haven’t all been winners.

Knight was additionally one of the many writers who took a crack at Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s Rey-centric Star Wars film. So he’s flirted with large franchises earlier than however actually will get a serious one right here. Oh, and don’t confuse him with Steven DeKnight, who did Spartacus and Netflix’s Daredevil. Totally different guys.

So, what’s subsequent for this film? Properly, with Villeneuve off making Dune, Knight will work on the script with the understanding that, as soon as the director begins to wrap up one film, the script can be in strong form so he can transfer to this film. Which means casting for the primary character, which is clearly probably the most thrilling factor about this complete course of, wouldn’t be till someday subsequent 12 months.

Denis Villeneuve is directing a James Bond script by Steven Knight, produced by Amy Pascal and David Heyman. Not a foul lineup, and issues are simply getting began. What do you suppose?

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