"Peaky Blinders" creator Steven Knight has been hired to write Denis Villeneuve's upcoming James Bond movie for Amazon MGM Studios

As mentioned, Knight, who created the Cillian Murphy-starrer Peaky Blinders, is the new addition to the upcoming James Bond film after Villeneuve's announcement as the director. Knight will be joining as the writer and is set to begin the writing process for the film.

The director came first, and now it’s the screenwriter. MGM just announced that Steven Knight, the creator of Peaky Blinders, has been hired to write the next James Bond movie, which will be directed by Denis Villeneuve.