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Mad Men’s Jared Harris To Play Moriarty in HOLMES 2

Over the weekend we told you that Stephen Fry was taking the role of Holmes’ brother, Mycroft Holmes. Today, LatinoReview has some exclusive casting news on SHERLOCK HOLMES 2.

According to solid sources, it looks like Professor Moriarty will be played by actor Jared Harris! Jared Harris, is the son of actor Richard Harris and currently starring as Lane Pryce on AMC’s MAD MEN.

Harris has been in such films as M. Night Shyamalan’s LADY IN THE WATER, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON, & RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE and on tv in FX’s “The Riches” and Fox’s “Fringe.”

It was previously reported that Warner Bros. Pictures had been looking at Daniel Day Lewis to play the role of Moriarty. Recently it was announced that the Swedish star of THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, Noomi Rapace had signed on as the female lead. Harris, Fry and Rapace join original members Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes and Jude Law as Dr. Watson.

Directed by Guy Ritchie and produced by Joel Silver, Susan Downey, Lionel Wigram and Dan Lin, SHERLOCK HOLMES 2 is scheduled to be released December 16, 2011

Source: Latino Review

Stephen Fry Joins HOLMES 2 Cast

THR is reporting of actor Stephen Fry’s latest role:

Stephen Fry is the latest to jump aboard SHERLOCK HOLMES 2, joining the Warner Bros. sequel as Holmes’ brother, Mycroft Holmes.

The British actor-comedian, perhaps best known in America for his recurring role on TV’s “Bones” and for his BBC miniseries “Stephen Fry in America,” revealed the casting news on a BBC radio show.

I’m more particularly fond of Fry’s role of Jeeves, butler and valet to Hugh Laurie’s (House) daft Bertie Wooster in the ITV series Jeeves and Wooster.

Anyway, THR goes on to say:

Fry’s boarding follows the casting of Noomi Rapace, the Swedish star of THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, who two weeks ago signed on as the female lead in the movie, which reunites most of the team from the original: Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes and Jude Law as Dr. Watson. Guy Ritchie is back as director while Joel Silver, Susan Downey, Lionel Wigram and Dan Lin return as producers.

In the books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Mycroft Holmes is the famous detective’s more intelligent older brother, who has a top but mysterious position in the British government, but who also happens to be lazier than Sherlock Holmes. Sources say the character in the sequel’s script is described as “an agoraphobic oddball.”

HOLMES 2 is scheduled to be released December 16, 2011. Btw, Fry has two absolutely funny Twitter pages that are always good for a laugh – the official one here and the other as “Stephen’s poor, downtrodden wife & mother of his five or six kids, Mrs. Stephen Fry, here.

What the heck,  I couldn’t resist adding one more video of Fry. Enjoy.

Noomi Rapace Cast in SHERLOCK HOLMES 2

THR is reporting that DRAGON star, Noomi Rapace, has landed a role in SHERLOCK 2 – her first English-language role.

Noomi Rapace, the Swedish star of THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, has booked her first English-language role: the plum part of the female lead in Warner Bros.’s SHERLOCK HOLMES 2.

The sequel reunites most of the team from the original: Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes and Jude Law as Dr. Watson. Guy Ritchie is back as director while Joel Silver, Susan Downey, Lionel Wigram and Dan Lin return as producers. 

The logline is being kept under wraps, although it is known Holmes will face off against Moriarty. Also making an appearance will be Holmes’ brother, Mycroft.

Rapace’s role is shrouded in mystery although sources say the character may be a French Gypsy. It is unclear if the role is romantic in nature. Warners is looking to start production later this year.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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

SHERLOCK HOLMES 2 Steals Guy Ritchie from LOBO

With the relative box office success of SHERLOCK HOLMES, despite fending off Cameron’s AVATAR juggernaut, producer Joel Silver says director Guy Ritchie has decided to give LOBO the cold shoulder in favor of a quick and dirty SHERLOCK HOLMES sequel. OK, so maybe that’s not the kindest way to put it… I’m sure the sequel will rock as much as the first film, but it seems the drive is to enter into production as quickly as possible in an attempt to ride the box office aftermath of the first outing. While we’re anticipating the sequel and, perhaps, Brad Pitt as Moriarty… OK! I’m game… what of LOBO?

I’ve never been much of a reader of DC Comics, but even I know and love LOBO… the last Czarnian, an alien being, mercenary and bounty hunter with a rich sarcasm knack for parody… first appeared in comics back in 1983. The interstellar commando of cool is wild, unabashed and, oh yeah… unable to die. Honestly, this is a property I’ve felt is somewhat in that “unfilmable” category, understandably difficult to do justice as a live-action film, but I was curious to see what Guy Ritchie would do with the movie. Now, with that likely off the table altogether for Ritchie, what’s next? Who ought to take over directing the LOBO film? Chime in, give us your thoughts.

Source: LA Times

Downey Jr. Not a COWBOY nor an ALIEN

As if we needed another reason to run a picture of Robert Downey Jr. shirtless and bloodied, today comes news that he has stepped down from the lead role in COWBOYS AND ALIENS.  This comes just seven days after the announcement that the Jon Favreau-directed project might be going the way of AVATAR with 3-D ALIENS and 3-D COWBOYS.

The news of Downey’s departure comes from The LA Times, who also speculates this could bring about his potential signing in a SHERLOCK HOLMES sequel.  Whether this departure has anything to do with that film’s making remains to be seen, but, at $165 million in domestic box office, it seems a HOLMES sequel is pretty much  inevitable  at this point.

DreamWorks is still moving forward with Favreau’s direction on the film, and it remains one of their Summer 2011 tentpole films.  Production is set to begin later this year.