Elementary, My Dear Movie Fans

Summer’s It Man Robert Downey Jr. is set to star in Sherlock Holmes, Guy Ritchie’s feature drama about the fictional detective, according to Variety.

This latest incarnation of the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle character is based on an upcoming comic book from producer Lionel Wigram, which portrays Holmes as less stuffy and more adventurous, using physical prowess along with intellect to solve mysteries. Downey reportedly signed on to the Warner Bros. project after seeing Ritchie’s latest version of the script.

I guess this means Downey’s next project isn’t Brett Ratner’s Playboy, after all.

Ritchie’s project is set to start production this fall, ahead of a recently announced, presumably more comic Sherlock Holmes movie starring Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell.

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