It’s not surprising that James Bond news tends to dominate the wider spy conversation, and this week was no different. Steven Knight, the Peaky Blinders creator hired to script Denis Villeneuve’s 007 reboot for Amazon MGM, recently confirmed that a draft is finished: “I’m nodding silently,” he said.Pressed separately on whether the famously unfilled lead role of 007 had quietly been cast, Knight replied, “I cannot speak about this subject. Much as I would dearly love to,” which naturally sent the rumor mill into another spin cycle.

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