Sherlock's Martin Freeman: I'll punch Benedict Cumberbatch again if I have to! (RADIO TIMES)

The star says he hopes John Watson's reaction to his friend's return from the dead is "something very violent"

Paul Jones

9:23 AM, 31 January 2013

Martin Freeman has already told us he's still pretty much in the dark when it comes to Sherlock series three, but he knows as well as anyone that the detective's return from the dead is unlikely to provoke quite the same reaction from his character John as it did from the literary Dr Watson in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's original story.

"I think [Sherlock co-creator] Mark [Gatiss] felt probably that fainting is not very 2013," said Freeman, speaking to Radio Times at our annual covers party. "I don't know what [John's reaction] is gonna be, but hopefully something very violent."

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Elementary Scoop: How Will Sherlock and Watson's Relationship Change Now? By Natalie Abrams, TV GUIDE (SEATTLE PI)

Following Sherlock's (Jonny Lee Miller) run-in with Sebastian Moran (Vinnie Jones), Joan (Lucy Liu) decided to ask Sherlock's father for an extension on their contract. But when he denied her request, she lied to Sherlock in order to stay during his time of need.

"It's not a lie that Joan is going to live with for a particularly long time," executive producer Rob Doherty tells TVGuide.com. "It's something that we expect to get around to in the next three or four episodes."

Naturally, once Sherlock finds out the truth, it will initially cause a divide between him and Watson. "The expectation would be that Sherlock would feel betrayed and upset and embarrassed," Doherty says. "He was so resistant to the idea of Joan in the very beginning. He did not think he needed help. He's learned over time that it's a good thing to have her around."

Elementary Scoop: When will we meet Irene Adler?


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Jonny Lee Miller thrilled by support from Benedict Cumberbatch and fans for ‘Elementary’ By Laura Byrne-Cristiano at 4:00 pm, January 16, 2013 - @Laura__BC (HYPABLE)

Jonny Lee Miller has the unenviable position of being the third man to play Sherlock Holmes in recent memory; Benedict Cumberbatch and Robert Downey Jr. being the other two. Miller is both humbled and thrilled by the success and support he gets for his role on Elementary.

In a new interview with Collider, Jonny Lee Miller talks about how the success of the show is beyond his wildest dreams. The first sign that things were going well was when CBS ordered up a full season almost right away. Secondly, CBS just bought a Superbowl commercial slot to tout the show. With these slots starting in the 2 million dollar range for a mere 15 seconds, this is quite the vote of confidence. Miller, being from the U.K. and not being fully up on American football, didn’t realize initially what an unusual occurrence this was.

Despite the ongoing marketing campaign, Miller tries to stay focused on his role and not get too distracted by outside forces. In fact, he doesn’t even want to know too much in advance what the writers are planning. His intent is to truly go on a journey of discovery with the Sherlock. He found that he was able to get into his character surprisingly quickly.

You’re trying to bring a character to an audience, and tell stories. That’s what we’re all trying do. So, any time that you get to color that with history and emotion and those darker sides, which are a part of all of us, that’s really the bread and butter of what we do. So, any chance that any of us get to do that is really great. One thing I love about this character is that he’s quite raw, and his struggles are on the surface. Hopefully, that makes it more enjoyable for people, and they can identify with that.

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Script In Production For Sherlock Holmes 3 - Sherlock fans, rejoice! (E.)

BY AMY EVERETT ON JANUARY 12, 2013

Sherlock fans can call off the search for clues... it looks like 'Sherlock 3' is most definitely on its way!

A third film has been rumoured since the release of popular 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows' but has not yet been officially confirmed. However, we're pretty sure we can hedge our bets on the movie coming out sooner rather than later.

Film producer David Lin let the cat out of the bag by admitting that a script is definitely in development:

"Drew Pearce (Iron Man 3) is working on the script," he confirmed to Collider. This is great news - up until this we had no confirmation that things were moving forward.

"It's a high priority for the studio and for all the filmmakers involved.


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'Elementary': SPOILER ALERT finally shows up ... kind of by Denise Warner (EW.COM)

If you haven’t seen tonight’s Elementary, stop reading now. Spoilers to follow.

It finally happened. Twelve episodes into CBS’ modern day Sherlock Holmes series Elementary, Moriarty appears. Well, almost.

Elementary doesn’t follow the literary character’s trajectory as closely as another updated version, the BBC’s Sherlock. But it would be hard to imagine a Holmes who doesn’t face Moriarty — his greatest foe from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s novels. Many recent adaptions of Sherlock Holmes — including the aforementioned BBC show, and the Robert Downey Jr. movies — use Moriarty as the big bad. So it felt like only a matter of time before Elementary went down that path.

In the latest hour, titled “M,” Sherlock (Jonny Lee Miller) hunts down a serial killer named M, who murdered Sherlock’s beloved Irene Adler during a London killing spree. The detective/consultant was heavily involved in M’s pursuit when he worked with Scotland Yard, and now M, like Sherlock, has made his way across the pond.

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