Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight will write the forthcoming James Bond film, Amazon MGM Studios has confirmed. The movie, which will be directed by Dune's Denis Villeneuve, is currently in development and being overseen by the studio after long-serving masterminds Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson stood down in February.

Knight told BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast: "It has always been on my bucket list and it's fantastic to be invited to do it - I can't wait to get started. "I'm hoping that, being a Bond fan for so many years,

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,