Young Sherlock Holmes Series Announces Star, Guy Ritchie Will Direct

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Summary Guy Ritchie is directing a young Sherlock Holmes series starring Hero Fiennes Tiffin for Prime Video.

There has been a recent trend of reimagining the Sherlock Holmes universe, including Netflix's Enola Holmes and the upcoming Watson medical drama.

The latest project is based on the Young Sherlock Holmes novels, adding new perspectives to classic characters.

The star of a new young Sherlock has been announced, with Guy Ritchie set to direct. Over the past few years, there have been attempts to look at the Sherlock universe of characters in new ways. That includes Netflix's Enola Holmes and the upcoming medical drama Watson.

According to Variety, Ritchie will direct a young Sherlock Holmes series that will be led by After We Fell actor Hero Fiennes Tiffin. Planned for Prime Video, and consisting of eight episodes, Young Sherlock Holmes is based on the novels of the same name. It marks a reunion for Ritchie and Tiffin, who recently worked together on The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. It's also the latest Sherlock project for Ritchie, as he'd previously directed the two films which starred Robert Downey Jr. as the famous detective.

What To Know About The Young Sherlock Holmes Show

It's A Reimagining Of The Iconic Detective

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The upcoming Prime Video adaptation is based on the Young Sherlock books by author Andy Lane. Eight in total, with the most recent arriving in 2015, the show promises to be an action-focused origin story of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s legendary detective. It sees Sherlock at the age of age 19 as disgraced and unformed. It's then that he finds himself drawn to a murder mystery at Oxford University. The mystery ultimately threatens his freedom, leading to a conspiracy that forever changes Sherlock's life.

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