Asked about the upcoming film by Radio Times magazine<\/a>, Knight said: “I can\u2019t talk about it”, before being quizzed on some more general aspects of the 26th film in the long-running franchise. <\/p>\n What to Read Next<\/p>\n On whether he would be injecting some of his trademark grit into the new project, the writer said: “We\u2019ll see, we\u2019ll see\u2026 You don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen until you start writing.”<\/p>\n Speaking about who might play the coveted role of 007, Knight said he didn’t know and would pen the script without an actor in mind. <\/p>\n Kate Green\/\/Getty Images<\/p>\n Related: Best streaming services<\/a> <\/p>\n Questioned whether he was writing the script with no one in mind, Knight replied: “Er… yes.”<\/p>\n The writer further called writing the new Bond “exciting and thrilling” to The Sunday Times<\/a>, before touching upon his writing technique.<\/p>\n “I have no plan of how I\u2019m going to get there,” he said. “Though I do know this character\u2019s going to do this, this, and then they\u2019re going to die, or they\u2019re going to become king. So that\u2019s the plan.”<\/p>\n Back when his involvement in the British spy franchise was announced, Knight promised a “better, stronger and bolder” Bond storyline for fans.<\/p>\n “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,” he said during an interview on the BBC Five Live Breakfast show<\/a>.<\/p>\n MGM\/Nicole Dove\/\/Universal<\/p>\n Related: Lesley Manville hailed as “simply spectacular” in “gripping” new spy thriller<\/a><\/p>\n “I’m hoping that, being a Bond fan for so many years, it will be imbued into me and I will be able to produce something that’s the same but different, better, stronger and bolder,” he added.<\/p>\n Although a lead actor is yet to be announced, things are falling into place for the next Bond movie, with director Denis Villeneuve already confirmed as director<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Some of my earliest movie-going memories are connected to 007. I grew up watching James Bond films with my father, ever since Dr No with Sean Connery. I’m a die-hard Bond fan. To me, he’s sacred territory,” the Dune director said in a statement.<\/p>\n The new edition of Living Legends is here! Buy Gaga in newsagents or online<\/a>, priced at just \u00a38.99.<\/p>\n Reporter, Digital Spy<\/p>\n Harriet is a freelance news writer specialising in TV<\/a> and movies<\/a> at Digital Spy.\u00a0<\/p>\n A horror enthusiast, she joined Digital Spy after working on her own horror website, reviewing films and focusing largely on feminism in the genre.\u00a0<\/p>\n In her spare time, Harriet paints and produces mixed-media art. She graduated from the University of Kingston with a BA in fine art, where she specialised in painting. She also has an MA in journalism from Birkbeck University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Peaky Blinders boss Steven Knight has offered an update on the new James Bond movie, revealing whether he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[1105,21302,1107,93,61,60,1135,270,21301],"class_list":{"0":"post-25024","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-content-type-news","9":"tag-contentid-bd604ab5-9ae5-490f-9ed2-c6549535effe","10":"tag-displaytype-standard-article","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-locale-gb","15":"tag-movies","16":"tag-shorttitle-peaky-blinders-boss-update-on-new-james-bond-movie"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"steven](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/steven-knight-67b4920462614.jpg\" "\\"Steven")
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