Two Sherlock Holmes spin-offs in the works as HBO Max plots a new universe

Date:
Wed, 06 Apr 2022 09:18:23 +0000

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Following in the footsteps of Peacemaker and The Penguin, HBO is plotting several Sherlock Holmes spin-off shows.

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HBO Max is putting together plans for two TV spin-offs as it plots a new universe for Sherlock Holmes.

Having enjoyed surprising success with John Cena's Peacemaker (a character spun from James Gunn's The Suicide Squad universe), the streamer is now looking to give the same treatment to the famous British detective specifically, the iteration starring Jude Law and Robert Downey Jnr.

Deadline reports that the two spin-offs are in early development at HBO Max, with Robert Downey Jr. and his wife, producer Susan Downey, on board as executive producers.

Unlike Peacemaker and The Penguin (another planned HBO Max movie spin-off ) where the lead characters were identified as potential series subjects after their respective movies were in the can HBO Max's parent company Warner
Bros. is developing its next pair of spin-off series ahead of time. The plan is for each show to revolve around characters that have not yet been introduced to audiences, but will be in the third Sherlock Holmes movie.

And therein lies the problem... What's the problem?

Before these Sherlock Holmes spin-offs hit the screen, these new characters, whomever they may be, will need to be introduced in the franchise's next
movie and Warner Bros. just cannot seem to get it made.

Downey Jnr's Sherlock Holmes and Jude Law's John Watson have made two films together, 2009's Sherlock Holmes and its 2011 sequel, Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows. Both were hits at the box office, with work commencing on a
sequel in October of 2011.

Since then, it's been delay after delay. Endless writers have come and gone. Guy Ritchie, who made the first two movies, moved on, and things stalled. It looked like things were finally moving in March 2019 when Warner Bros. announced that Rocketman director Dexter Fletcher would take charge of the film (which led to a preliminary release date of December 2021). However, the pandemic put paid to that.

As it stands, the film has no release date, and Fletcher is now working on Apple TV Plus' new blockbuster, Ghosted, with Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson. What's taking so long?

You can largely pin the delay on three words. Marvel Cinematic Universe . In the years since A Game Of Shadows, Downey Jnr has only made two movies that didn't involve him playing Tony Stark.

But , with Iron Man now in the rear-view mirror, his schedule is a little clearer. He's currently making Christopher Nolan 's Oppenheimer and is booked to star in Jamie Foxx's new comedy All-Star Weekend. Perhaps, then, when Fletcher finishes work on Ghosted and Downey Jnr's schedule clears, we'll finally see a third instalment of Sherlock Holmes.



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