After nearly a decade between installments, Warner Bros’ Sherlock Holmes franchise will continue.
Sherlock Holmes 3 (expect a new title) will open on December 25th 2020. A mere nine years after Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law will return as Holmes and Watson.
While Guy Ritchie made this version of the most famous detective in history famous with the first two films, at the moment, he isn’t confirmed to return for Sherlock Holmes 3. Chris Brancato has written a script (via THR), and Susan Downey, Joel Silver, and Lionel Wigram are producing.
For a brief period, it looked like the newly-resurgent Robert Downey Jr. would alternate big screen appearances as Tony Stark and Sherlock Holmes. But for whatever reason, Sherlock Holmes 3 has been a slow starter, while the Marvel movies, well…we all know what happened there. There had been several near-misses over the last couple of years when it seemed like the franchise might be about to make a return, but nothing materialised.
There’s still plenty of time for Sherlock Holmes 3 to make that Christmas 2020 release date, so perhaps Guy Ritchie can be enticed to return before production kicks off. Meanwhile, this one will face some stiff competition, assuming that Avatar 2 actually opens on schedule, it will be in cinemasthe week before.