Sherlock Holmes will be back on the case before long.
Eight years after the last Sherlock Holmes film was released — Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows —the threequel seems finally set to get underway.
Guy Ritchie directed the first two films in the franchise starring Robert Downey Jr. in the titular role.
The Aladdin director will not be helming the third film but instead passing the directing baton to Dexter Fletcher.
Fletcher has already had a big hit this year with the Elton John biopic, Rocketman, and took over directing duties on last year’s Freddie Mercury film Bohemian Rhapsody after Bryan Singer was dismissed during filming.
Downey Jr. is expected to return as the English detective alongside Jude Law as Dr. Watson.
Warner Bros. had originally planned to release the third film on Christmas Day 2020, but finding a director has delayed the project until Christmas Day 2021.
According to Law, Sherlock Holmes 3 will focus on the fact that Holmes and Watson having seen each other in a long time — mimicking the almost decade-long wait fans will have had to endure.
