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Sherlock Holmes 2

5/27/10 - Warner Bros. chairman and CEO Barry Meyer announced a release for Sherlock Holmes 2 as December 16, 2011.

11/25/09 - The new update of Sherlock Holmes opens Christmas Day, but Warner Brothers president of production Jeff Robinov has already ordered a sequel. "There's an article in Entertainment Weekly this week about Sherlock," Joel Silver said. "[Robinov's] quote said, 'If the movie's a hit, I want to get the sequel going as fast as possible.' So he just came right out there and said that. I would have just waited until the movie opened first, but he wanted people to know that's what they want to do. In fact, we have a script being written, and if the picture does work, you'll be seeing another one, I hope, pretty soon." Silver added that the first Sherlock, starring Robert Downey Jr., clocks in at just over two hours.

9/22/09 - Robert Downey Jr.'s new take on Sherlock Holmes doesn't hit theaters until Christmas, but Warner Brothers is already developing a sequel featuring none other than Brad Pitt as the villain, The Hollywood Reporter's Risky Biz blog reports.  The studio is poised to bring on Kieran and Michele Mulroney, the scribes who are penning its Justice League: Mortal tentpole, to pen a draft of the new tale.  Brad Pitt has had discussions with producers to star as Holmes' nemesis Moriarty in the new pic, say people familiar with the project, though there is no deal in place for him to take the part.  Guy Ritchie directed Sherlock Holmes, which stars Downey as the title character, Jude Law as Watson and McAdams as Irene Adler. They are expected to return for a sequel, should one develop.

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