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07-09-2008, 07:36 PM
July 09, 2008
In what will be his first job since the blockbuster "Iron Man," Robert Downey Jr. is set to star in "Sherlock Holmes," the drama that Guy Ritchie will direct for Warner Bros.
Downey committed to the pic, which begins shooting in October, after Ritchie turned in a polish of the latest version of the script, written by Anthony Peckham.
Joel Silver, Lionel Wigram, Susan Downey and Dan Lin are producing.
Downey emerged as an action star with "Iron Man," and "Sherlock Holmes" also will take advantage of his physical skills as the character displays brawn as well as brains.
The basis for the film is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic tales, but also the comicbook "Sherlock Holmes."
With Downey aboard, the film will go into production before a comedy that just coalesced at Columbia Pictures, with Sacha Baron Cohen playing Holmes, and Will Ferrell playing his crime-fighting partner Dr. Watson.
Columbia is fast tracking its project, which is being written by Ethan Cohen ("Tropic Thunder") and produced by Judd Apatow and Jimmy Miller.
Downey next will be seen in "Tropic Thunder," and then stars with Jamie Foxx in the Joe Wright-directed "The Soloist" for DreamWorks. He'll also reprise his Tony Stark role in Iron Man 2 for Marvel Studios and Paramount, with Jon Favreau directing.
neverending
07-09-2008, 08:26 PM
Well, turning Holmes into an action hero will certainly be a "fresh" approach, I guess.
:rolleyes:
Ferox13
07-09-2008, 11:44 PM
Well, turning Holmes into an action hero will certainly be a "fresh" approach, I guess.
Actually Holmes was an accomplished amateur boxer. He was also skilled at 'Baritsu' - a Japanese wrestling art that Doyle made up for the stories.
But you are right it'll prolly suck - we'll get to see hackneys roll off cliffs and then explode :-)
So thats 2 new Holmes films on the horizon.
I always liked Robert Downey Jr. This could be fun.
urgeok2
07-10-2008, 05:31 AM
all my life i've been a big fan of anything 'sherlock holmes'
looking forward to anything that keeps the characters alive.
all my life i've been a big fan of anything 'sherlock holmes'
looking forward to anything that keeps the characters alive.
Thats only because you can relate to his drug habit.
everybody knows that ALL Canadians are hooked on cocaine.
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07-10-2008, 05:43 AM
And lazing around. :D
Ferox13
07-10-2008, 06:14 AM
Holmes Trivia:
What was the only Basil Rathbone Holmes film that referenced his drug abuse?
What fine wine was recommended by Nigel Bruce and co on Sherlock Holmes Radio show?
"Hound of the Baskervilles,"
Petri Wine
neverending
07-10-2008, 06:40 AM
I'm all for keeping the characters alive, if they're close approximations of Doyles characters. If they turn Homes into something like Indiana Jones or Doc Savage though, that's not keeping the characters alive, it's creating a new character and giving it Holmes' name.
Doyles stories were about reasoning and deduction- hell, there are some stories where he barely leaves his flat.
massacre man
07-10-2008, 06:46 AM
Robert Downey Jr.? Awesome, now I'm looking forward to both versions of the film.
Ferox13
07-10-2008, 07:08 AM
"Hound of the Baskervilles,"
Petri Wine
FUCKING EXCELLENT..
Not sure would any one get the wine one :-)
http://andrewhill1968.com/images/flashbacks/old%20ads/RetroPetri_Wine_1948.jpg
FUCKING EXCELLENT..
Not sure would any one get the wine one :-)
http://andrewhill1968.com/images/flashbacks/old%20ads/RetroPetri_Wine_1948.jpg
what do I win
Despare was giving out prizes in his trivia game.:D
Ferox13
07-10-2008, 11:38 AM
I'll buy you a glass or 2 of Petri Wine if you ever make it to Ireland.
Hell, I'll throw in a few shots of 7% solution cocaine too.
I'll buy you a glass or 2 of Petri Wine if you ever make it to Ireland.
Hell, I'll throw in a few shots of 7% solution cocaine too.
I'll pass on the cocaine....but I will take the wine.
actually Ireland or England would be the only places I wouldn't mind visiting.
or Canada.....but that don't count....hell I could drive there in a few hours or so.
urgeok2
07-11-2008, 04:26 AM
or Canada.....but that don't count....hell I could drive there in a few hours or so.
well DO IT you nancy-boy !!
come up for the convention in August !
well DO IT you nancy-boy !!
come up for the convention in August !
I really would love to but with the price of gas, I would have to take out a second mortgage on my house to afford it.
Maybe next year:D
urgeok2
07-11-2008, 06:24 AM
I really would love to but with the price of gas, I would have to take out a second mortgage on my house to afford it.
Maybe next year:D
thats the saddest excuse EVERRRRRRRRRRR !!
this year is going to be great ... the guest list went from average to extraordinary in a hearbeat. I wasn't too excited (with the exception of the fact that a couple of HDCer are coming) but now i'm pumped.
The_Return
07-12-2008, 08:06 PM
....Sacha Baron Cohen playing Holmes, and Will Ferrell playing his crime-fighting partner Dr. Watson.
Well, I'm sure this will be akin to digging up and ass-raping Conan Doyle's corpse...
They're both decent enough actors (especially Baron Cohen, the man is a comic genius), but they're so mindblowingly wrong for these parts it's not even funny.
roshiq
07-13-2008, 12:42 AM
http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/5735/adholmes3hs1.jpg
To me...the best on screen duo for Holmes & Watson.
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/5079/adholmes2ex2.jpg
Jeremy Brett was simply awesome...I think he was the most perfect match for the role so far.
My brother rented the dvds of this fabulous British tv (Granada) series from the British Council Library last year. We were huge fan from the very beginning when it first shown at our national TV channel almost 10 to 15 years ago. As the dvds here are now only available at the BCL, so we are thinking to rent it again and will try to make a copy of the all available episodes there.:)
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09-22-2009, 11:40 AM
Warner Bros. is in talks to set the screenwriting team of Kieran and Michele Mulroney to pen a sequel to "Sherlock Holmes."
Studio's aiming to launch a franchise with "Sherlock," set to open on Christmas.
Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law and Rachel McAdams star in the pic directed by Guy Ritchie; Lionel Wigram, Susan Downey, Dan Lin and Joel Silver produced.
The basis for the film is both the Arthur Conan Doyle classic stories and the comicbook "Sherlock Holmes." Michael Robert Johnson, Anthony Peckham, Simon Kinberg and Wigram worked on the screenplay.
The Mulroneys penned "Justice League" for Warner Bros. along with writing and directing indie drama-comedy "Paper Man," starring Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Daniels.
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10-28-2009, 06:27 AM
Lots going on in this new poster from "Sherlock Holmes," directed by Guy Ritchie.
The latest take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic hits theaters on Christmas Day, December 25.
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/sherlockonesheet.jpg
You can see all sorts of crazy action happening in those little boxes on the sides. There's Rachel McAdams and Mark Strong, who play Irene Adler and Lord Blackwood, respectively. Check out the dog, a bird, some keys and a gun, and a bottle of what appears to be poison.
And of course Holmes (Robert Downey Jr) and Watson (Jude Law) in the middle of it all, cool and collected, as ever.
neverending
10-28-2009, 08:45 AM
Having seen the trailers countless times, I can assure you there are plenty of explosions, chases, fight scenes and action galore- you'd think it was a Bruce Willis movie.
Ferox13
10-28-2009, 09:49 AM
Having seen the trailers countless times, I can assure you there are plenty of explosions, chases, fight scenes and action galore- you'd think it was a Bruce Willis movie.
'Elementary, motherfucker....'