“Peaky Blinders” creator Steven Knight has been hired to pen the script for Denis Villeneuve’s upcoming James Bond movie at Amazon MGM Studios.
Amy Pascal and David Heyman are producing the new 007 movie, via Pascal Pictures and Heyday Films, respectively. Tanya Lapointe will executive produce.
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Knight is best known as the creator, executive producer and writer of the hit BAFTA-winning gangster drama series “Peaky Blinders,” starring Cillian Murphy. The British screenwriter, producer and director’s TV resume also includes such acclaimed shows as “See” (Apple TV+), “SAS Rogue Heroes” (BBC), “A Thousand Blows” (Disney+), “This Town” (BBC), “The Veil” (FX) and “All the Light We Cannot See” (Netflix). He also co-created the international game show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”
Knight’s first produced film, “Dirty Pretty Things,” directed by Stephen Frears, won four BIFAs, the 2005 Humanitas Prize for Film and earned an Academy Award nomination for best original screenplay, among other honors. Knight also wrote the screenplays for the Oscar-nominated films “Eastern Promises” and “Spencer,” as well as three films that he also directed: “Hummingbird,” “Locke” and “Serenity.” Upcoming projects include the hotly anticipated “Peaky Blinders” feature film for Netflix and the historical drama series “House of Guinness,” which will also debut on the streamer.
Villeneuve was officially hired to helm James Bond’s 26th outing last month, and Variety subsequently reported that the studio was looking to attach a screenwriter with some haste as the studio eyed a potential 2028 release date. (Anything sooner would be impossible to pull off, given the film’s scale, sources said at the time.) The next step will be to lock in the actor who will fill the suave superspy’s Savile Row suits.
Development on a new Bond installment has been a high priority since Amazon acquired MGM and its lucrative film library in 2021. Earlier this year, Amazon MGM gained creative control of the franchise from longtime stewards, producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson.
Knight is represented by CAA, United Agents, and Davis Law Group.
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