Robert Downey Jr.’s Sherlock Holmes 3 script is finally finished after 13 years of development. Writer Chris Brancato confirms a completed draft exists.
Downey Sherlock Holmes script completion is the news fans have been waiting 13 years to hear. Writer Chris Brancato confirmed that a completed draft for Sherlock Holmes 3 exists, which means the project has officially moved from “development hell” to “maybe actually happening someday.” After over a decade of false starts, director changes, and Robert Downey Jr. getting distracted by Iron Man and then Doctor Doom, the world’s greatest detective might finally get his third outing.
The first two films, directed by Guy Ritchie and released in 2009 and 2011, grossed over $1 billion combined. They were stylish, frenetic, and perfectly cast—Downey as the cocaine-addled genius, Jude Law as the long-suffering Watson, and enough slow-motion fight scenes to make Zack Snyder jealous. Then silence. Downey became the MCU’s centerpiece. Ritchie moved on to Aladdin and The Gentlemen. The sequel that was supposed to shoot in 2015 kept getting pushed until it became Hollywood’s longest-running “maybe.”
Downey Sherlock Holmes script completion doesn’t guarantee production, of course. Downey is currently committed to playing Doctor Doom in Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars, which means his schedule is tighter than a Victorian corset. But the fact that Brancato has delivered a draft means the studio has something to work with, something to show the star, something to potentially greenlight if the stars align.
Jude Law has expressed enthusiasm about returning, telling reporters he’s “always game” to play Watson again. The question is whether Downey can be convinced to trade Doom’s metal mask for Holmes’s deerstalker cap. Given that he’s already playing two iconic characters simultaneously, adding a third might require actual time travel.
Demand Downey Sherlock Holmes script become a movie by rewatching the first two films and manifesting hard.
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