James Bond Surprise: Robert Pattinson Screen Tested to Play 007
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"James Bond Surprise: Robert Pattinson Screen Tested to Play 007" is generating significant coverage in the Entertainment category, with 5 articles from 5 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include ScreenRant, Dark Horizons, The Sun and TheWrap. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (12)
- Robert Pattinson And Nicholas Hoult Round Out ‘James Bond’ Screen Tests Deadline · 8h ago
- Robert Pattinson and Nicholas Hoult, Who Previously Vied for the Role of The Batman, Now Up for James Bond 26 IGN · 8h ago
- James Bond Shocker: Robert Pattinson and Nicholas Hoult Late Contenders for 007 After Auditioning for Denis Villeneuve Yahoo · 8h ago
- Robert Pattinson Reportedly Tested for James Bond, Adding a Major Contender to the 007 Race Just Jared · 9h ago
- Robert Pattinson Emerges As Candidate to Play James Bond Consequence of Sound · 9h ago
- James Bond Casting: Robert Pattinson, Nicholas Hoult Tested for 007 Variety · 9h ago
- New James Bond Casting Report Reveals Unexpected Candidate to Play 007 MovieWeb · 9h ago
- Robert Pattinson Emerges As James Bond Contender In New Casting Shakeup ScreenRant · 9h ago
- Two Mystery Actors Also Up For James Bond Dark Horizons · 9h ago
- Unexpected new Brit star ‘lined up to be James Bond’ just days after final screentests, say bookies The Sun · 9h ago
- Batman as Bond? Robert Pattinson Screen Tested for 007 Role TheWrap · 9h ago
- James Bond Surprise: Robert Pattinson Screen Tested to Play 007 The Hollywood Reporter · 9h ago
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