SHERLOCK HOLMES 2 to Begin Shooting in the Fall

Empire Online has some interesting news on SHERLOCK HOLMES 2.

According to Dr. Watson himself, Jude Law, cameras will start rolling on Sherlock Holmes 2 substantially earlier than the mooted December start date.

Law revealed that principal photography will kick off in the autumn. “It looks likely that we’re going to shoot the second Sherlock Holmes in October,” he told Empire’s own Damon Wise, suggesting that Guy Ritchie and his writers aren’t too far off a completed script and some intriguing casting announcements.

On his own personal work schedule, Law said:

“I’ve had a long period of doing nothing, which has been self-imposed and wonderfully rewarding, I have to say, but mostly so because I’ve got a very busy second half of the year coming up. I’m working with [Martin] Scorsese on his new film Hugo Cabret, which I believe is his first film for children. I don’t want to give too much away, but I play Hugo Cabret’s father.” Then comes Sherlock Holmes 2, followed by Steven Soderbergh’s actioner Contagion. “It’s an ensemble piece about the spread of a H1N1-type disease on an international scale. So it’s going to be a very busy second half of the year; very lazy first half of the year.”

Law was making an appearance at the 45th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival to accept the prestigious Festival President’s Award and to introduce a screening of Anthony Minghella’s The Talented Mr. Ripley.

Source: EMPIRE ONLINE