Sherlock Holmes

Rachel McAdams, Robert Downey Jr. and Kelly Reilly

Guy Ritchie's version of "Sherlock Holmes" will more accurately portray the characters from the famous books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

The film stars Jude Law as the Dr. Watson and Robert Downey Jr. as the title role of Holmes.

"I knew enough about Sherlock Holmes to know that there was a lot of uncharted material," Jude Law said of the script. "I knew [Downey's casting] was going to be something exciting, and therefore the project was going to be something exciting.

"And as soon as I met him, we got on very well - which is a good sign - and we both agreed that we wanted to really make this a piece about the relationship between Watson and Holmes."

Downey Jr said, "I think the word bromance is so passé. We are two men who happen to be roommates who wrestle a lot and share a bed!"

"When you go back to the books, there's so much more." Downey said. "They're both meaner, harder, more complicated. They both live in a London that is much seedier and much more dangerous. And when you highlight the interesting elements in the [original] stories and turn them into a modern sensibility, you've got a really exciting equation."

Rachel McAdams plays Holmes' former lover, Irene Adler.
She said, "Irene was in 'A Scandal in Bohemia' [one of the books by Doyle] and she doesn't really appear anywhere else. So it's been a mix of what Arthur Conan Doyle set out and what the writers added on. [Holmes and Irene] are old flames at this point. They have a bit of a history together. He was actually the witness at her wedding. She coerced him into that, unknowingly. Lovely. And she's no longer married. She's come back to ask for his help."

Ritchie said, "This story is influenced by Conan Doyle. But Sherlock Holmes was the first western martial artist, and we've picked that up, which has never really been picked up in any of his previous productions.

"And the truth was, [all the previous Sherlock films] never really had the budget or the technology to have capitalised those aspects of Holmes. ... We are as authentic as we can get to Holmes, and at the same time, we have a contemporary feel to our film."

Sherlock Holmes also stars Mark Strong as a mysterious new adversary, Blackwood, and Kelly Reilly, who will play Watson's love interest, Mary.
The film is set for a November 13 release.
The film is a unique look at Arthur Conan Doyle’s Holmes (Downey Jr.) and his stalwart partner Watson (Law) on their latest challenge. Revealing fighting skills as lethal as his legendary intellect, Holmes will battle as never before to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy the country.
This will be the first film in a "Sherlock Holmes" franchise for Warner Brothers.

So expect more Sherlock Holmes in the future and expect this film to be more than just elegant English guys solving crimes by following clues. With both brains and brawn, Downey will star as a Holmes that the silver screen has never seen before.
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Source: The Geek Files