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Warner Bros. and Team Downey Set Writers’ Room for ‘Sherlock Holmes 3’

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Ross61

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Seems Downey is trying to make time for this. And they've got a talented team of writers behind it.

Though his “Avengers” film begins production in February, Robert Downey Jr. is still focused on getting his next “Sherlock Holmes” movie off the ground.

Sources tell Variety that Warner Bros., Village Roadshow and Team Downey have selected a writers’ room that includes “Guardians of the Galaxy” scribe Nicole Perlman, “Baywatch” scribe Justin Malen, “Rogue One” writer Gary Whitta, “Tomb Raider” Geneva Dworet-Robertson and “Snowden” screenwriter Kieran Fitzgerald to help shape the script and story for next installment.

The previous two films both brought in more than $500 million worldwide. The threequel has always been a priority for the studio but Downey’s schedule has been busy considering his commitment to playing Tony Stark (Iron Man) in the Marvel universe.

Downey is attached to star and Jude Law, who played Watson in the previous pics, is also expected to return. Guy Ritchie, who directed the first two films, is expected to return to direct.

Susan Downey, Dan Lin, Joel Silver and Lionel Wigram are attached to produce.

The writers room concept first commonly used in TV, has become a trend more studios are using for films, especially when it comes to shaping universes. Paramount set one up for “Transformers” and Universal is doing something similar with their classic monster universes.

This is a rare case in which a room is being set up for just one film. However one source said that in this case it makes sense to gather a good group, rather than have several writers rewrite or polish, which happens to films often in the development process.

Perlman is not only is penning Marvel’s first female superhero film “Captain Marvel” but is also on board to write the “Pokemon” movie “Detective Pikachu” for Legendary. Malen already has a history with the studio having recently written the comedy “Bastards” for WB and also has “Office Christmas Party” which opens in December. Besides “Rogue One”, Whitta has a handful of pics in development including “The War Magician” with Benedict Cumberbatch. Fitzgerald is currently working on “Cascade” for Fox.

Dworet-Robertson has also written “Dungeons and Dragons” for Warner Bros. as well.
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http://variety.com/2016/film/news/sherlock-holmes-3-warner-bros-robert-downey-jr-1201902726/
 
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guek

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Whitta still getting work?

I never saw the second, I heard it was subpar. Seems to have done OK at the BO though.
 
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HStallion

Now what's the next step in your master plan?
They should do a Sherlock Holmes cinematic universe where all the various incarnations of Holmes and Watson must come together to stop Uber Moriarty who has transcended realities to pull off crimes on a dimensional scale.
 
Grizzlyjin

Grizzlyjin

Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
I enjoyed the first one for what it was, the second was hot garbage from Act 1.

The approach to this just sounds horrific. These movies that have too many chefs in the kitchen almost always turn out to be bland convoluted messes. I doubt this will be any different, even with the "writer's room" approach. You have dozens of stories to use as a template, it shouldn't take 5 full time writers to pop out a screenplay for a 2 hour film.
 
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Sgt. Kabukiman

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Five writers? That might be overkill.
But I surprisingly liked the first one so I'm reasonably excited for this even though my heart belongs to BBC Sherlock.

Is Guy Ritchie still directing? I wouldn't mind somebody else behind the camera, he's very hit or miss.
 
Yautja_Warrior

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Surprised they never made this sooner tbh. I guess playing Iron Man took up a lot of Downey's time. I enjoyed the first 2 though, so I would watch this.
 
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Harmen

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I really liked both the Downey Sherlock films, even moreso than the Sherlock tv series. The second one felt like a spy/adventure flick, I loved that. So I am totally in for a new one.
 
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Tansut

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Had a lot of the fun with the first one. The second was a boring snoozefest that I think I literally dozed off on for a brief moment in the second act. Not sure if hyped.
 
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mattiewheels

And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
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GAF still showing off those abandonment issues with Whitta
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You could say he has the most amazing career a GAFfer has ever had. (come back gary)
 
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Mushroomer25

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Sure, why not? The sequel was miles better than the first, producing a decidedly "fine" action movie. They've got a solid format & cast, no reason it can't produce a great movie.
 
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Lagamorph

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Just watched the second one again last night.

Very happy to hear this. Hope Stephen Fry gets to make an appearance again.
 
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kswiston

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It seems a bit late at this point. Best case scenario with the Avengers shooting schedule is going to be a 2019 release at this point.

Game of shadows came out in 2011.
 
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Kayhan

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Congratulations to Gary Whitta even though he is too good for NeoGAF these days.

I like to believe he is furiously F5'ing GAF to see what we say to this news.
 
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