Mulroney's talk 'Sherlock Holmes 2'
Wed, April 14, 2010 
Robert Downey Jr is successfully leading two franchises simultaneously, not an easy task to say the least.
After his very successful turn as Tony Stark in Iron Man, he now has Iron Man 2 which is set to hit theaters in just a few weeks, and will likely break box office records. Last year Downey also starred what few people expected to be the huge hit that it was, Sherlock Holmes. Coming out around Christmas and the same time as James Cameron's piece of garbage Avatar, it held its own quite nicely against the smurf on steroids earning a whopping 514 million world wide.
Of course, Warner Brothers was prepared for Holmes to go over well. Thus they went ahead and hired the husband-wife screen writing duo of Kieran and Michele Mulroney to write a sequel the summer before it opened.
The Mulroneys spoke for the first-time about the sequel to Collider.
They've been typing away at their keyboards since just before Holmes was released. Basically the studio wanted to know if they had any ideas and after a successful pitch, they were on-board. As expected, they've been working with director Guy Ritchie since.
What about the long-standing chatter of Brad Pitt appearing as Moriarty? The two were coy:
"I hope Brad likes it. Let's leave it at that. To be political, we should say nothing."
And as Jamie over at IESBpoints out, Either negotiations went to Hell or the studio wants to officially announce Pitt themselves. With filming expected to start later this fall (after Downey finishes Gravity with director Alfonso Cuarón), it was about time we started hearing something.
I would have to agree with Jamie as well, I think they will position this as their big 2011 Christmas tent pole.
Reader Comments (4)
I really like the first one, and i wasn't expecting to...so i'm really looking fwd to the seqeul now. Do you think that this movie will make more then 514 that the first made.
I saw this in the theatre because my boyfriend talked me into it, I wanted to se avatar, i'm glad I went with this, because I saw avatar after and it was retarded and predictable. I hope pitt joins the sequel, and its as good as the first one.
I think now that it has an existing fan base for the new franchise especially domestically, it definatley could and proabably will exceed 514 million, it could go on to make 650-700million depending on the new supproting cast and how much ticket prices have been inflated between then and now.
by supporting cast im assuming you mean if Brad Pitt is actually cast in number2, i just hope the story is as good, i dont care if pitt shows up, im really only worried about Downey and Law with GR directing