Variety, Deadline and Euronews all confirmed by late June that Nina Gold had been auditioning actors for weeks, with screen tests set for August.
The auditions market resolved on concurrent reporting by Variety and Deadline in June 2026 that auditions had started.
Every change of Bond actor has gone the same way. The old Bond leaves, and after a search full of leaks the studio names the new one. What changes is the time in between. It has ranged from two months to nearly two years. This search has already run far longer.