It’s been virtually two years since Daniel Craig bowed out of the James Bond franchise so spectacularly on the finish of No Time To Die.

And because the joint Hollywood actors and writers strike continues it feels prefer it might be some time earlier than we now have a brand new 007 announcement.

Nevertheless, there’s been an enormous shake-up within the bookies' odds as Oppenheimer star Cillian Murphy’s possibilities of being the Atomic Bond have been sliced by an unbelievable 90 per cent.

The 47-year-old star of Christopher Nolan’s new WW2 blockbuster, who may effectively win the Best Actor Oscar subsequent 12 months, has seen his odds lower from 50-1 to 5-1 to be the brand new 007.

This means the Irish Peaky Blinders actor is now the fifth favorite in Paddy Power’s odds to be the subsequent Bond behind another scorching contenders.

The bookies Rachael Kane stated: “The James Bond franchise is long overdue another Irish star – Piers Brosnan did a great job as 007, and with such a big shift in Cillian Murphy’s odds, we might finally get another Irishman in the role.”

Interestingly, Nolan himself is now odds on at 1-2 to direct the Bond reboot.

Paddy Power added: “A Nolan and Murphy link up would be explosive, to say the least and if he does get the role after Oppenheimer, Cillian will hope he doesn’t ‘bomb’ as the next Bond.”

Ahead of Murphy’s 5-1 to be the subsequent Bond are Aaron Taylor-Johnson on 2-1, Henry Cavill on 5-2, Paapa Essiedu on 3-1 and James Norton on 7-2.

And not far behind the Oppenheimer star are additionally Regé-Jean Page on 11-2 and each Richard Madden and Tom Hardy on 9/1.

The Bond producers have made clear they’d be searching for an actor of their thirties, but when Nolan turns into concerned as director maybe he may persuade them to tackle an older Bond like Murphy.