Bond frontrunner Callum Turner has stepped down from the production firm he set up with wife Dua Lipa
Callum Turner. Producers Barbara Broccoli and her co-producer have yet to make a formal announcement on who will succeed Daniel Craig as Bond.Dua Lipa and Callum Turner. Companies House records show Turner resigned as a director of their joint production company, Twentytwo Films Ltd, with the departure taking effect in December 2025.
Actor Callum Turner, 36, stepped down as a director of Twentytwo Films Ltd on 10 December 2025, with Dua Lipa subsequently appointing lawyer David Farquharson as his replacement. Screen tests at Bray Studios in Berkshire reportedly took place over the weekend, with between three and five actors reaching the final stages. Denis Villeneuve is set to direct, with Steven Knight writing the script for the Amazon MGM production.
Turner, Jack Lowden and Josh O'Connor — all 36 — are among the confirmed finalists, with at least one further candidate unidentified.
Turner is reportedly 'making all the right moves' to land Bond, with the role described as 'all-consuming'.
Turner has repeatedly refused to comment, telling Esquire: 'I don't know anything, so I can't comment.'
