Overview
- Industry outlets report that multi-day screen tests began in London this week as the casting process enters its final phase.
- Jack Lowden, Callum Turner and Josh O’Connor are repeatedly named by trade reports as among the apparent finalists though producers have not confirmed any choices.
- The screen tests are said to include staged fight and stunt work, tuxedo camera presence and classic Bond dialogue reads to assess physicality and on-screen charisma.
- Denis Villeneuve is attached as director and Steven Knight as writer for Amazon MGM’s planned reboot, and casting will help set the new film’s tone and audience strategy.
- Idris Elba has publicly denied he is in contention and Amazon MGM has declined to announce casting details at this stage, continuing a long pattern of leaks and speculation around Bond replacements.