THE subsequent Bond movie may relocate 007 from MI6 in London to Birmingham.
Its writer Steven Knight has a long-standing love affair with the Midlands, the residence of his smash hit Peaky Blinders and drama This Town.
Now the display large is contemplating a Brummie background for the spy’s subsequent outing.
Steven advised The Sun: “I’m loving working on the Bond film — I’m tempted to set it in Birmingham.
“I’m always tempted to do that on everything I work on!”
Knight has been drafted in by Amazon MGM Studios, which purchased artistic management of the Bond franchise for £790million final 12 months.
Sharing an update at the launch of the Peaky Blinders Underworld immersive sport, he went on: “Writing this movie is like working for King and nation. I really feel prefer it’s my obligation.
“Seriously, I’m such an enormous fan of the complete Bond franchise. To be capable of be the one who is writing the subsequent one is genuinely an honour and it’s a dream.
“Making Peaky Blinders has been amazing and doing Bond is beyond that.”
Director Denis Villeneuve, whose credit embrace Dune and Blade Runner 2049, will shoot the movie.
The hunt for a new Bond is now in full swing, with Wuthering Heights star Jacob Elordi, Callum Turner, 36, Harris Dickinson, 29, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, 35, all mentioned to be in the operating.
Daniel Craig was the final Bond, relinquishing the role after the launch of his fifth movie in the franchise, No Time to Die, in 2021.
The subsequent movie is not going to be launched for two extra years — making it the longest hole between 007 motion pictures of their 64-year historical past.
Amazon executives have earmarked spring 2028 for the spy’s return, which means followers can have waited for seven years.