Sherlock Holmes 3: Everything You Need To Know
4. It Could Lead To Even More Holmes Movies In Future
In late 2016, Variety revealed that Warner Bros and Team Downey (a production company founded by the actor and his wife) had put together a writers room to map out Sherlock Holmes 3.
The room was led by Nicole Perlman (Guardians Of the Galaxy, Detective Pikachu) and included Gary Whitta (Rogue One, The Book Of Eli), Justin Malen (Office Christmas Party, Father Figures), Kieran Fitzgerald (Snowden, The Homesman) and Geneva Robertson-Dworet (Tomb Raider, Captain Marvel).
Rooms like this are usually built for franchises, TV shows and cinematic universes, not standalone films, so this does make you wonder if Warner Bros has even bigger plans for Sherlock Holmes than we might realise.
This particular room is a curious mix of talent, from comedy writers in Malen to those who specialize in drama, like Fitzgerald. It seems like quite a hodgepodge recipe for just one movie, so maybe the plan was to map out numerous sequels and possibly even spinoffs. At this stage, we don't know.
Or if the room was just focused on the one sequel, and Brancato is writing his script based on their story treatment, this is going to be one hell of an interesting movie.