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DEVELOPING · 22 OCT → 30 OCT 2026 · 9 EDITIONS · 25 OUTLETS

James Bond search reportedly narrows as actors prepare for screen tests

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 12 25 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 23 Oct 14:26 UTC · James Bond Candidates Reportedly Set for Final Screen Tests 23 Oct 18:17 UTC · Reported James Bond finalists set for London screen tests 24 Oct 18:19 UTC · James Bond search reportedly narrows as actors prepare for screen tests

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 3 HEADLINES

  1. 23 Oct, 14:26 UTC

    James Bond Candidates Reportedly Set for Final Screen Tests

  2. 23 Oct, 18:17 UTC

    Reported James Bond finalists set for London screen tests

  3. 24 Oct, 18:19 UTC

    James Bond search reportedly narrows as actors prepare for screen tests

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Callum Turner · 3 outlets
  • Jack Lowden · 3 outlets
  • James Bond · 3 outlets
  • Daniel Craig · 3 outlets
  • Casino Royale · 2 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Nothing new took hold after the first third.