Sherlock Holmes May Be Coming to Streaming Thanks to Robert Downey Jr.

A 3rd film in Robert Downey Jr.’s Sherlock Holmes sequence by no means fairly got here to fruition, however as an alternative, followers may get not one however two reveals for HBO Max.

The Hollywood Reporter broke the information that Downey and his manufacturing firm Team Downey are presently creating two reveals primarily based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s legendary detective. However, it’s unclear at this level if Downey would reprise his position from the Guy Ritchie-directed movies, or if that’s even an choice. It’s additionally unclear if the reveals will probably be related to one another, to the movies, the entire above, or not one of the above. Just that two reveals are within the works.

In addition to Tony Stark himself, Susan Downey and Amanda Burrell will government produce together with Lionel Wigram, who obtained a “story by” credit score on the 2009 movie. io9 has reached out to HBO Max for potential remark or clarification and can replace this story if or once we hear again.

No matter what occurs with this undertaking, it clearly makes a complete bunch of sense. Warner Bros. has been mining its most dear mental property for streaming functions for some time now, together with Justice League, Harry Potter, The Batman, and Sex and the City. All of these properties have some present or spinoff both already on HBO Max, or in growth. Sherlock Holmes or, to be extra particular, this model of Sherlock Holmes, is clearly ripe with potential each from a narrative in addition to a reputation recognition standpoint.

You’d must think about the one actual hazard is, what’s an excessive amount of Sherlock Holmes? Obviously, the character has been tailored in varied mediums a whole lot of occasions however the final two super-popular TV iterations—the CBS present Elementary and BBC model with Benedict Cumberbatch—resulted in 2019 and 2017, respectively. Maybe now’s the right time to carry Sherlock again once more.

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