Bond fans beg producers to kill off spy after long casting delays blaming 'woke paralysis'

James Bond fans are sick of waiting for the next 007 film, so much so that they are they are begging producers to kill off the whole franchise .

It is three years since the last movie featuring the super spy was released . Since, producers have been hunting for a new leading man, with most major Hollywood actor having their name put into the offing.

Barbara Broccoli, 64, has told fans there is still no script, director or lead actor, the Daily Star reports, despite rumors Cillian Murphy would be cast in the role .

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It would take at least two years to release a film, even if a new creative team got to work today.

Fans have fumed online over producers taking too long to pick a new Bond, and the spy’s “wokeness”.

One said about the wait: “James Bond? James Bored… RIP 007.”

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Another huffed: “Just kill it off – he’s dead!”, while yet another Bond fan said about the delay: “Sure to be woke paralysis.”

One more hit out: “Craig and the current team of execs have killed Bond. It’s now too po-faced. Bond always differed from other spy movies, as it had a bit of humour and bawdiness.

“It needs to go back to the spirit of the original Connery/Moore movies.”

No Time To Die was slated as the wokest Bond in history, with the formerly heartless, womanizing spy getting so sentimental he sacrifices his life to protect his love and daughter.

Insiders say the delay over the next 007 film is due to complex cash deals.