Colin Firth Joins Guy Ritchie's YOUNG SHERLOCK Series
Colin Firth has joined Guy Ritchie’s upcoming Young Sherlock series, which is set up at Prime Video. Firth joins Hero Fiennes, Zine Tseng, Joseph Fiennes and Natascha McElhone.
The series is described as an “action-packed origin story of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s beloved detective in an explosive reimagining of this iconic character.
“At age 19, Sherlock Holmes is disgraced, raw, unfiltered, and unformed, when he finds himself caught up in a murder mystery at Oxford University which threatens his freedom.
“Diving into his first-ever case with a wild lack of discipline, Sherlock manages to unravel a globe-trotting conspiracy that will change his life forever.”
Firth will play Sir Bucephalus Hodge. Fiennes and McElhone play Sherlock’s parents; Tseng plays Princess Gulun Shou’an.
Ritchie previously said in a statement: “In Young Sherlock we’re going to see an exhilarating new version of the detective everyone thinks they know in a way they’ve never imagined before. We’re going to crack open this enigmatic character, find out what makes him tick, and learn how he becomes the genius we all love.”
Vernon Sanders, head of television for Amazon MGM Studios, added: “This exciting, new chapter about one of the world’s best-known literary characters, will delight our global customers with its captivating storytelling.
“With the brilliant creative team, led by Guy Ritchie and Matthew Parkhill, we will explore untold mysteries of how young Sherlock found his way to a life of truth-seeking.”
The series is also being developed by writer Matthew Parkhill (Deep State, Rogue), who will also be the showrunner, and executive producer. Ritchie will direct.