Robert Downey Jr. Wants To Turn The Sherlock Holmes Movies Into A Cinematic Universe

Robert Downey Jr. has revealed that he wants to turn the Sherlock Holmes movies into a shared cinematic universe, so the SHCU if you will.

We already know that Robert Downey Jr. is getting ready to be in a third Sherlock Holmes movie.

This third film won’t be directed by Guy Ritchie who made the first film.

It was revealed a while back that Dexter Fletcher will be helming the next Sherlock Holmes film.

He’ll be working off a script written by Chris Brancato.

I do love the idea of them changing things up a bit.

I really enjoyed the Ritchie movies, yet it’s never a bad idea to get some new blood into a franchise like this one.

And it seems as though Robert Downey Jr. likes the idea of this becoming an almost MCU-like cinematic universe.

Robert Downey Jr. wants to make a Sherlock Holmes Cinematic Universe

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“Why do a third movie if you’re not going to be able to spin off into some real gems of diversity and other times and elements?” said Downey (via Collider), speaking to a panel about the possibility of simply making a third Sherlock Holmes film.

“At this point, we really feel that there is not a mystery-verse built out anywhere, and Conan Doyle is the definitive voice in that arena, I think, to this day.”

Honestly, this sounds interesting as far as I’m concerned.

I like Robert Doweny Jr.’s version of Sherlock Holmes and would love to see more of these movies in the future.

What do you make of this news?

Would you like to see a Sherlock Holmes cinematic universe?

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