Jude Law Has A Bizarre Pitch For Sherlock Holmes 3, But Guy Ritchie Hates It
Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes movies have been a fun ride. But do we need a third one? Not necessarily. As enjoyable as Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law have been together, we have plenty of other options when seeking our Sherlock fix (both on television and in the movie theaters), and Downey’s plenty busy playing Tony Stark in the MCU. But Law recently floated a very interesting idea for Sherlock Holmes 3… even if his director kind of hates it.
Jude Law was appearing as a guest on MTV’s Happy Sad Confused podcast, and talked about his pitch for Sherlock Holmes 3. It involves time travel. Yes, time travel. Law seemed surprised that host Josh Horowitz had heard the idea, and even defended the concept, explaining:
Funny drug references aside, I think this is a feasible way to build on the current Sherlock Holmes franchise – by removing them from their comfortable time period. In fact, the BBC version of the classic characters is about to send contemporary portrayals Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman back to the Victorian era for a Christmas special. Law’s idea would reverse the time stream and send he and RDJ into the future. Who wouldn’t want to watch that?
Well, Guy Ritchie, for starters, who appeared on a later episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast and addressed the time travel idea, stating:
That doesn’t mean that Sherlock Holmes 3 is dead. Not by any means. It just means that if and when a sequel happens, we’ll likely see Sherlock (Robert Downey Jr.) and Watson (Jude Law) in their requisite period garb. But now I want to hear the rest of Law’s pitch. Don’t you?
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