After a Hit and a Miss With Henry Cavill, Guy Ritchie to Take a Shot at Ex-Superman’s Perfectly Iconic Character

Published 05/29/2024, 10:24 PM EDT

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Guy Ritchie's latest flick, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, starring Henry Cavill, may not have quite lived up to expectations, leaving fans and critics alike, feeling underwhelmed. However, it seems that Ritchie is not one to dwell on setbacks. Despite having 3 films miss the mark in 13 months, he is already gearing up for his next project. Although his project with The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’s center stage star did not bring him much fortune, another of the lot sounded promising with moving forward for a new series.

Henry Cavill's second world war movie fell short at the box office collection, maintaining the streak of B-list movies. This time, however, not him, but one of his co-stars has tied up with Ritchie once again, which is all set to be based on one of Cavill's iconic characters. 

A new Guy Ritchie series is in works on one of Henry Cavill's iconic characters

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According to the latest reports by Variety, the Sherlock Holmes director has teamed up with Amazon Prime for a new Holmes series starring Hero Fiennes Tiffin as the lead. The actor starred alongside Henry Cavill in the last Guy Ritchie movie together, but did not attain much glory. The famous detective was once played by Cavill in Enola Holmes along with the likes of Robert Downey Jr. whom Ritchie did cast for his Sherlock movies. With Tiffin as the lead for the eight-episode series, a new face of the detective is in town. 

Speaking of the series, the director revealed that it is to revolve around a young Sherlock Holmes with an unseen “exhilarating version” of the detective, no one has ever imagined before. “We're going to crack open his enigmatic character and find out what makes him tick,” said Ritchie to the outlet. Based on the book franchise named Young Sherlock Holmes written by Andy Lane, the upcoming journey would walk through Holmes’ early life and how he molds himself into “a genius we all love”, added the director. 

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Following Ritchie’s description, Amazon's head also chimed in for some exciting updates 

When can we expect the Amazon series?

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As of now, Amazon Prime Video has not set a release date for the forthcoming series. No details of the status of production or filming have been released, either. The head of TV for the Amazon MGM studios, Vernon Sanders, however, has commented on how the series is going to take shape, revealing how it "will delight" the "global customers.

Amping up the series' captivating storytelling is led by a brilliant team consisting of Matthew Parkhill, Guy Ritchie and the After fame, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, the Amazon boss, is clearly visioned for an upcoming hit for their steaming giant. Now, it is all on Ritchie how he molds the iconic Sherlock Holmes with a new face than the ones he has previously worked with. 

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What are your thoughts on the upcoming detective series starring Hero Fiennes Tiffin? Let us know in the comments below.

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Shraddha Suman

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Shraddha Das is a Content Lead and the Sub Group Head at Netflix Junkie. Captivated by the power of storytelling and the written word at a young age, which led her to pursue a career in journalism at the Esteemed KIIT School of Journalism and Mass Communication, in Orissa. She has over 1500 articles to her name.

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