Overview
- Amazon MGM has confirmed the search for the next James Bond is active and the studio is keeping casting details tight.
- Producers Amy Pascal and David Heyman and director Denis Villeneuve began notifying actors in late June that they have advanced and are planning callback screen tests in August.
- Veteran casting director Nina Gold, hired in April, has been meeting lesser-known actors in recent weeks to add to the pool of candidates.
- Reports differ on how many will test, with estimates ranging from about five to seven up to the teens, and names such as Harris Dickinson, Callum Turner and Jacob Elordi have been floated but remain unconfirmed.
- Amazon MGM has built a new creative team around Villeneuve and writer Steven Knight, and the studio aims to name its Bond by year-end to keep production on track for 2027.