The leading star ofYoung Sherlock discusses the pressure of playing a younger version of Sherlock Holmes. The Prime Video television series, based on Andy Lane's Young Sherlock Holmes novels, has tapped Hero Fiennes Tiffin to portray the 19-year-old Sherlock. Guy Ritchie, who has previously directed two Sherlock Holmes movies starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law, is attached as a director and executive producer. 341x4q

Even if Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law’s Sherlock Holmes 3 movie does not happen, Guy Ritchie’s new Young Sherlockseries could be the next best thing. Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes movies, featuring Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock and Jude Law as Watson, were both commercially successful and received mostly positive critical responses. However, 14 years after the second film's release in 2011, Sherlock Holmes 3remains in development hell, and it currently looks unlikely that Guy Ritchie will complete his Sherlock Holmes trilogy.

The expansive Sherlock Holmes franchise has just gotten bigger with the announcement of a brand-new prequel series entitled Young Sherlock. Making his debut in the novels and short stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the year 1887, the intrepid sleuth Sherlock Holmes uses his amazing logic and deduction skills to crack some of the toughest fictional cases of the 19th century. Generally accompanied by his companion Dr. John Watson, Holmes wasted no time in jumping off the page and onto the stage and screen as his reputation grew over the years.

Guy Ritchie's Young Sherlock welcomes another member to the Holmes family, as the director's Prime Video series casts the future detective's brother Mycroft. Set during Sherlock Holmes' late teen years as he studied at Oxford University, the series sees Arthur Conan Doyle's detective dragged into a murder case that will uncover a vast conspiracy. Ritchie's return to the classic literature character will not be connected to his Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law-led movie duology, but instead adapt the Young Sherlock novel series written by Andrew Lane.

Young Sherlock might not be a direct prequel to Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes movies, but the filmmaker’s involvement in the project means that one trademark feature of those films could be making a comeback. Details about the plot of Young Sherlock are sparse, but Amazon’s series will follow a younger version of the iconic detective as he’s drawn into a murder mystery at Oxford University, which drives him to become the world’s greatest detective that we all know and love. Guy Ritchie, who previously directed the Sherlock Holmes adaptations with Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law, will be involved again.

Sherlock Holmes is returning to TV with the series Young Sherlock, directed by Guy Ritchie, and thanks to one character, it can finally answer a big question about the famous detective and his equally famous archenemy, Moriarty. Guy Ritchie is no stranger to the world of Sherlock Holmes after directing Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows in 2009 and 2011, with Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes and Jude Law as Dr. Watson. Ritchie is now returning to the world of the Great Detective, though not as expected.

Young Sherlock has found its Moriarty. The Young Sherlock is a Prime Video prequel show created by Matthew Parkhill and directed by Guy Ritchie that is set in the world of the iconic detective stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Hero Fiennes Tiffin is set to play the title role, bringing Holmes to life during one of his earliest adventures at age 19, while the ensemble cast will be filled out by Natascha McElhone, Colin Firth, Zine Tseng, and Hero's uncle Joseph Fiennes.

Guy Ritchie's Young Sherlock show casts an Oscar-winning actor as a new character. The iconic detective, created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, has been adapted to the screen countless times over the years, including the two Sherlock Holmes movies starring Robert Downey Jr., which were both directed by Ritchie. Now, Ritchie is directing and producing a Young Sherlock series for Prime Video with a cast that already includes Hero Fiennes Tiffin in the titular role alongside Zine Tseng, Joseph Fiennes, and Natascha McElhone.

Prime Video's series Young Sherlock is the franchise comeback for Guy Ritchie, but it already has one major network TV rival.

Guy Ritchie's Young Sherlock series casts a female lead and reveals a character description. Ritchie previously directed the 2009 Sherlock Holmes movie starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law, which was followed by the 2011 sequel, with Sherlock Holmes 3 currently in development. In May 2024, it was announced that Prime Video was developing a Young Sherlock series with Ritchie directing, which tells an origin story for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic detective and stars Hero Fiennes Tiffin in the titular role alongside Joseph Fiennes and Natascha McElhone as Sherlock's parents.