Steven Knight to pen Bond 26

Zekidk

Steven Knight (CBE) is a leading British screenwriter, producer, and director. He is the creator, executive producer, and writer of BAFTA-winning television series Peaky Blinders, starring Cillian Murphy, as well as further hit series, including the Emmy-nominated Taboo (BBC/FX), the Emmy-nominated See (Apple TV+), the BAFTA-nominated SAS Rogue Heroes (BBC), and A Thousand Blows (Disney+), This Town (BBC), The Veil (FX), and All the Light We Cannot See (Netflix), which earned multiple nominations including for Best Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television at the 2024 Golden Globes. Knight also co-created the international game show phenomenon Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/entertainment/amazon-mgm-studios-james-bond-screenwriter-steven-knight

ImpertinentGoon

So it's official. Interesting choice. Good that Villeneuve was the one to make the final call it seems.
I'll copy my comment I just posted in another thread:

Knight is very much home run or swing and miss for me. Which - come to think of it - is something I've been clamoring for for years. Get creators with a vision and go for it, instead of trying to make everything by committee. And now that they do that I get a little freaked out

I've never really watched Peaky Blinders and some of the Fandom around it is annoying to me, but it's obviously a huge success. And I really like SAS and Eastern Promises. Maybe not the greatest hit rate, but there aren't that many working writers who have a handful of stone cold classics in the bag.

Will be really interesting to see how he matches with Villeneuve. Could be gold, could be major disfunction .

Like I said, they are going for it.

Edit:
Oh, and this really is the Not-F***ing-Around-Crew. They are going for big names. There's still a slim chance they are doing all this to prop up an unknown actor, but my instincts are going more and more towards it being someone already very well established. Just please not Elordi or Holland...

M_Balje

Also confirmd on 007.com, like there did before with Denise too. https://www.007.com/steven-knight-to-pen-next-james-bond-film/

And funny enough i sugest Steven Knight in November 2013... Also as directer. When Denise was hired as directer discus that mabey wil take Dop of Pawn Sacrifice (2014) who is written by Steven Knight.

He wrote movies directed by directers who remourd or asked to direct Bond movie and also wrote movie for Michael Apted. He wrote four movie's (Eastern Promises, Closed Circuit, The Hundred-Foot Journey, Allied) that i already have in my collection.

Mabey the focus be on Serenity, Allied, Pawn Sacrifice.

Closed Circuit get 6/10 from me. Possible directer or the independent studio (= les known/cheaper studio and producer) is problem in this case. It is nice that MGM and Eon and Sony give QOS a change and like said before i see a bit of QOS in Venom 2. Possible thanks to Andy Serkis too.

My moost worried is stil Amazon/American part and in connection with Warner. Not complete trust Sony (Amy Pascal). Also a bit about casting for same reason as iam worried about Amazon. I always liked that we get unknown/less known people, serious and silly-fantasy elements in plot or chooses. Of course we have David Heyman, but stil be afraid he wil be overruled, see the fact that so far Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beast 4&5 are canceld where he include lost it a bit. Stil hope he and some other chooses be last wish of Barbara and Michael.

Daniel Craig has elements/symbol that Harry Potter have too and Denise made movies / talking about with elements that Daniel Craig have too made me excited.

The symbol of Daniel Craig era is at same time a weakness too, but also Die Another Day i only have seen 5-6 times.

DarthDimi

In order to keep things organized, I suggest we continue in this thread for now.

Thanks, guys.