Steven Knight was introduced because the scribe of Amazon’s first James Bond flick final night time, and this morning, the Peaky Blinders creator gave his first response to touchdown the gig on BBC Radio.
“It has all the time been on my bucket listing, and it’s improbable to be invited to do it. I can’t wait to get began,” Knight mentioned.
“I’m hoping that, being a Bond fan for thus a few years, it is going to be imbued into me and I can produce one thing that’s the identical however completely different, and higher, stronger and bolder.”
Knight will likely be writing the screenplay for Denis Villeneuve to direct; nevertheless, the author wouldn’t be drawn on who would possibly star as 007.
“That could be a very, excellent query, and one I can’t provide the reply to,” Knight mentioned when quizzed by BBC Radio.
Amy Pascal and David Heyman are producing the movie, whereas Tanya Lapointe will govt produce. Whereas there have been rumors about who may probably play the coveted lead function, sources informed us the one focus in current weeks has been who would write the script, with quite a lot of conferences happening with potential candidates. In current weeks, Knight is claimed to have been the primary goal, however a remaining sign-off couldn’t be given till he met with Villeneuve, who’s at present filming the subsequent Dune movie. That assembly befell final week, with Villeneuve absolutely on board for Knight to get the job.
Knight, is the creator, govt producer and author of BAFTA-winning sequence Peaky Blinders, starring Cillian Murphy, in addition to sequence together with the Emmy-nominated Taboo (BBC/FX) and See (Apple TV+), the BAFTA-nominated SAS Rogue Heroes (BBC), in addition to A Thousand Blows (Disney+), This City (BBC), The Veil (FX) and All of the Mild We Can’t See (Netflix). He had beforehand been connected to write down a brand new Star Wars function however dropped out in October 2024.
