Is ‘Sherlock Holmes 3’ Still Happening? What We Know

The Sherlock Holmes film bid is based connected the iconic fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The first movie was released connected December 25, 2009, with Robert Downey Jr. starring arsenic Sherlock Holmes and Jude Law starring arsenic Dr. John Watson. It follows Sherlock and Dr. Watson trying to halt Lord Henry Blackwood (Mark Strong) from gaining power of Britain. The sequel, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, came retired connected December 16, 2011 with respective returning formed members. The 2nd movie sees Sherlock and Dr. Watson traveling crossed Europe to halt Professor Moriarty (Jared Harris) from starting a World War. Guy Ritchie directed some play enigma enactment films.

Robert Downey Jr. successful ‘Sherlock Holmes’ (Photo: Everett Collection)

A 3rd movie successful the Sherlock Holmes franchise has been successful the works for implicit a decade. But the plans person stalled, owed to respective factors, and Sherlock Holmes 3 has not adjacent begun filming yet. The bully quality is Robert Downey has country successful his docket aft saying goodbye to his relation arsenic Iron-Man successful the Marvel Cinematic Universe aft 2019’s Avengers: Endgame. Since then, he’s filmed the upcoming 2023 movie Oppenheimer which is astir creating the atomic weapons that ended World War II.

Below, HollywoodLife has rounded up everything you request to cognize about Sherlock Holmes 3. Find retired if the movie is inactive happening and the imaginable spinoffs that are rumored to beryllium successful the works!

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Is Sherlock Holmes 3 Still Happening?

The publication for the third Sherlock Holmes movie was being written by Drew Pearce (who wrote Iron-Man 3) successful precocious October 2011, but Drew was replaced by Justin Haythe. After 5 years passed, Warner Bros. and Team Downey, which is Robert and his woman Susan Downey‘s accumulation company, enactment unneurotic a writers’ country to enactment connected the 3rd film. In May 2018, Warner Bros. announced that Sherlock Holmes 3 would beryllium released successful theaters connected December 25, 2020, with Robert Downey, Jude Law, and Paul Anderson, who played Sebastian Moran successful the 2nd film, returning successful their respective roles. Chris Brancato was tapped to constitute the script.

The pursuing year, Warner Bros. pushed the merchandise day backmost to December 22, 2021. A fewer months later, it was announced that Dexter Fletcher, who directed the Elton John biopic Rocketman, would beryllium replacing Guy Ritchie to helm Sherlock Holmes 3. Once the COVID-19 pandemic began successful March 2020, the film’s merchandise day was delayed indefinitely and there’s inactive been nary update and erstwhile we should expect to spot it travel out.

In April 2022, Variety reported that Team Downey is moving connected 2 tv spinoffs of the Sherlock Holmes film franchise. Each amusement would absorption connected a caller quality that would beryllium introduced in Sherlock Holmes 3, per the report. There’s been nary confirmation astir the spinoffs beyond the initial report from Variety.

Who Is Behind the Scenes connected Sherlock Holmes 3?

Sherlock Holmes (Photo: Everett Collection)

The full formed and unit for Sherlock Holmes 3 have not been officially announced. Guy Ritchie directed the archetypal two Sherlock Holmes movies, but he’s been replaced by Dexter Fletcher for the 3rd film. Dexter spoke astir however the pandemic “derailed” Sherlock Holmes 3 in a June 2022 interrogation with Collider.

“I bash deliberation it volition get made. I deliberation it has to beryllium made. I don’t cognize what the timeline of that is, unfortunately, but I judge it should be,” Dexter said. “It’s fantastic. I deliberation it’s astir each the close radical being astatine the close place, astatine the close time. I deliberation it’s that. It’s 1 of those cruel twists of fate, wherever the pandemic deed and that scattered radical astir the satellite to the wind. But I cognize that the appetite is immense for it, and I’m definite determination are different radical acutely alert of that arsenic well. But I judge it should beryllium due to the fact that it’s brilliant. I precise overmuch anticipation so.”

From the archetypal 2 movies, the behind-the-scenes unit included producers Joel Silver, Lionel Wigram and Dan Lin, cinematographer Philippe Rousselot, euphony composer Hans Zimmer, and exertion James Herbert. It’s unclear if they’ll each instrumentality for Sherlock Holmes 3. Chris Brancato was the astir caller idiosyncratic to beryllium hired arsenic screenwriter for the 3rd film.

Who Will Be successful the Cast of Sherlock Holmes 3?

When Warner Bros. announced Sherlock Holmes 3, they confirmed that Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law were returning arsenic Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson, respectively. Paul Anderson was besides confirmed to beryllium returning arsenic Sebastian Moran. Beyond that, there’s been nary announcement astir the returns of the different formed members from the archetypal 2 films.

Sherlock Holmes (Photo: Everett Collection)

The archetypal formed besides included Rachel McAdams as Irene Adler, Yellowstone star Kelly Reilly arsenic Mary Morstan, Eddie Marsan as Inspector Lestrade, and Geraldine James as Mrs. Hudson. They each returned for the 2nd film, which besides starred newcomers Jared Harris arsenic Professor Moriarty, Stephen Fry arsenic Mycroft Holmes, and Noomi Rapace arsenic Madame Simza Heron.

Jude Law commented on Sherlock Holmes 3 mode backmost successful 2013, 2 years aft the 2nd movie came out. “We had a gathering earlier this year, the 3 of us, and I deliberation it’s being written now. Warner Bros. person inactive got to hold to wage for it… I deliberation they privation to!” helium said astatine the time. Jude besides said, “We privation it to beryllium amended than the different two. We privation to marque definite it’s smarter and cleverer, but successful the aforesaid realm. It’s a dilatory process. We’re each busy. So getting america unneurotic to effort to nail that has taken a small spot longer than we had hoped… I hatred celebrating thing I’ve done, but I’m truthful arrogant of those films.”

Sadly, there’s been nary existent advancement made on Sherlock Holmes 3 in the past fewer years. Fans are keeping anticipation live that they’ll spot much of Sherlock’s adventures connected the large screen. Hopefully we’ll get adjacent much from the franchise with those 2 spinoffs! HollywoodLife will proceed to support you updated on Sherlock Holmes 3 right here.