Last month saw a brilliant early drive to promote the forthcoming sequel to Guy Ritchie’s 2009 Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows. We got some awesome posters for the film, followed by a few new images, and then finally the excellent first trailer for the film.
Now we can see Robert Downey, Jr. on the cover of the latest issue of Empire, along with three great new images from the film, and it’s all adding to the anticipation of its December the 16th release.
Downey, Jr. and Jude Law will of course be returning in their roles of Sherlock Holmes and Watson respectively, after being received pretty damn well in the first film, which earned more than half a billion dollars at the box office. After some rumoured speculation either way, it looks like Rachel McAdams will also be reprising her role as Irene Adler, though Noomi Rapace will be the film’s lead female. Stephen Fry has also joined the cast as Holmes’ brother, Mycroft Holmes, and Jared Harris will be playing Professor Moriarty, Holmes’ notorious adversary.
Downey, Jr. has said of the films,
“Last time we were, I think, treated very kindly, considering that the movie had enough really good, bright, sweet parts and it kinda held up. However, it wasn’t exactly the most innovative or clever act three of any movie. But we’re all confident that, this time, for the bones of the story, we couldn’t work it out any better than we have.”
That suggests that they’re confident the sequel will be even better than the original, and if what we’ve been seeing for the film so far is anything to judge by, they should be finding a lot of success with A Game of Shadows.
We get a nice look at Harris as Moriarty in the third of the three new pictures, engaged in a game of chess with Holmes, and the pair both look the part in their tuxedoes, complete with white gloves. We also get a look at Rapace as the gypsy woman, Sim, and a picture of Ritchie, Downey, Jr., and Law behind the scenes, and either they’re all somehow enchanted by the awesomeness of a storage crate, or (slightly more likely) there’s a monitor in the back of the crate. Either way, December really can’t come fast enough. Without further ado, here’s the new Empire cover, followed by the three new images for the film.
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