Steven Knight, the screenwriter whose credits range from Eastern Promises to the current Tom Hardy drama Locke, has closed a deal to pen the sequel to World War Z for Paramount and Skydance. The project already has a director in Juan Antonio Bayona, who came on board in December and will now work closely with Knight on the script. Z was based on the novel by Max Brooks and one of the summer’s surprise hits, grossing $202 million domestically and $540 million worldwide.
