A new Sherlock Holmes adventure is on the way courtesy of The CW as it has greenlit the mystery thriller series Sherlock & Daughter. It will see the famous detective pairing up with an unlikely partner to solve new mysteries: his daughter. David Thewlis (The Artful Dodger) will star as Sherlock while Blu Hunt (The Originals) […]
Morris Chestnut to lead Sherlock-inspired Watson series from Elementary writer
Sherlock Holmes’ faithful friend and partner John Watson is about to star in his own series. CBS has greenlit Watson with Morris Chestnut (Rosewood) starring as the famous doctor with Elementary‘s Craig Sweeny showrunning and writing the series. Watson is described as “a medical show with a strong investigative spine, featuring a modern version of one of history’s […]
Lock, Stock and The Essential Guy Ritchie Movies
On the 25th anniversary of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, we look at the essential Guy Ritchie films… In 1998, Guy Ritchie burst onto the British film scene with his dazzling debut hit Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Since then he’s revisited guns and gangsters, adapted a classic spy show, adapted an iconic […]
Sherlock Holmes 3 is a “priority” for Robert Downey Jr.
Robert Downey Jr. is quite the busy man, even after leaving the hectic Marvel schedule behind. But there’s still one project he has yet to return to, and fans have clamored for it. Sherlock Holmes 3 has been in development for quite some time and even had a director attached, but it has yet to […]
Time After Time: The Origin of Wells vs The Ripper
Tony Black on the original of Wells vs. The Ripper… It’s been quite the week for time travel TV shows, as first NBC’s Timeless dropped a trailer (and if that show could have more cliches, I’d love to know how), the announcement that Jeremy Carver has jumped from the good ship Supernatural to head up […]
Producer Joel Silver suggests Sherlock Holmes 3 could shoot this year, teases more sequels
Last month, Robert Downey Jr. suggested that a reunion with director Guy Ritchie and co-star Jude Law could be on the cards later this year for a third Sherlock Holmes movie, with Warner Bros. subsequently announcing that James Coyne (Vikingdom, Puncture Wounds) is penning the script. Now producer Joel Silver has reaffirmed to Collider that […]
Murder By Decree coming to Blu-ray this June with new restoration
StudioCanal have announced the Blu-ray, DVD, and digital release of a brand new restoration of the classic 1979 mystery thriller Murder By Decree which pits Sherlock Holmes (Christopher Plummer) and Dr. John Watson (James Mason) against the infamous Whitechapel Murderer, Jack the Ripper. Check out the cover artwork and details here… London 1889 – When […]
Netflix releases trailer for Sherlock Holmes shared universe show The Irregulars
“A darkness has come to London. Something moves through the streets like the shadow of a nightmare…” That’s the ominous warning at the start of this first look trailer for Netflix’s world of Sherlock Holmes series The Irregulars. Starring Thaddea Graham, Darci Shaw, Jojo Macari, McKell David, Harrison Osterfield, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Royce Pierreson, and Clarke […]
Sherlock Holmes 3 is currently on hold, says director Dexter Fletcher
While we know a third Sherlock Holmes film starring Robert Downey Jr. is currently in the works and will serve as a continuation from the two Guy Ritchie-directed films – Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows – it seems like the project has hit a roadblock. During an interview on the Celebrity Catch Up podcast, director Dexter Fletcher, who […]
The Greatest Arch-Enemies of All Time
Ricky Church on the greatest arch-enemies of all time… The old adage ‘every hero is as good as their villain’ may not always be true, but there are certain exceptions where the hero and villain become synonymous with one another in pop culture. Archenemies are such a staple of many genres that everyone is on […]
