Peaky Blinders' creator Steven Knight is the screenwriter for the next 007 movie, which will be directed by 'Dune' filmmaker Denis Villeneuve

Earlier this week news broke that Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight was being eyed as the writer of the next James Bond film. On Friday, Aug. 1 Knight confirmed the rumors during an interview with BBC Radio 5's Live Breakfast while revealing he's "hoping that being a Bond fan for so many years" will bleed into his script.

A Knight-penned Bond adventure is massively exciting, although it's worth remembering that the film is still in the very early stages – in fact we’re still waiting on the announcement on who will be donning the tuxedo in the next Bond adventure following Daniel Craig’s retirement in No Time to Die.