If you read my review for Mr. Holmes last month, you’d know I’m quite taken with Britain’s most famous private eye in the right limelight. There’s a lot to like about the timeless character and, though I won’t put Guy Ritchie‘s inclusions in the franchise at the pinnacle, I also wouldn’t be afraid to call them momentary entertainment. They’re less Holmes then they are breezy, care-be-gone blockbusters in terms of style, but there’s enough investment to character, inventive set pieces and snappy dialogue for me to get jolted in for two hours. I’m a sucker, essentially.
Based on its cliffhanger ending and fine financial gross, a third film was set to come sooner than later. Timing can be a tricky player when you have one of the biggest movie stars on the planet at the moment as your lead, but during promotional rounds for Ritchie’s latest, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., writer/producer Lionel Wigram assures fans he and the director currently are hard at work working on the movie’s screenplay between activities like selling Wednesday’s tentpole feature.
We’re working on a Sherlock Holmes 3 script. I think we would all love to do one if we could come up with something that really was really going to knock it out of the park and was going to be the best of the three. So we’re working on that – it’s quite hard to do.
While the franchise co-stars, such as Jude Law as Watson, are not that easy to grab, he says they’re “very, very” invested in making a comeback.
That’s all she wrote at the moment regarding the sequel. It’s unclear if this is intended to be the last round for Ritchie and his gang, and a lot of factors could come into play here, including Holmes’ addictions, but the most interesting discussion point remains who will play the villain. Though Moriarty’s already tapped, there are still more-than-a-few foes Holmes could go against in the new movie. Jephro Rucastle is an interesting choice. Dr. Grimsby Roylott would be quite a good bit of fun too. We’ll see how they pick. Making movies is rarely elementary, but the writers nevertheless remain busy trying to find the right solution. [IGN]
