Fans of the BBC’s runaway hit Sherlock (a modernization of author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes franchise) have been eagerly anticipating a third season since the cliff-hanger ending to the season two finale, “The Reichenbach Fall”. Co-creator Steven Moffat dosed that fire with more fuel a few months ago, when he announced a three-word tease hinting at which stories from Doyle’s source material are going to serve as the basis for each of the season’s three 90-minute episodes.
Sherlock Season 3′s planned premiere date changed from ‘When We’re Ready’ to Fall 2013, after Moffat dropped that juicy tidbit. Unfortunately, the latest reports indicate that date has been moved back due to scheduling issues – namely, those resulting from the newfound popularity of the show’s stars, Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman.
Now, any Sherlock fan worth their salt knows that the show/mini-series’ principal players (Moffat, Cumberbatch, Freeman) are very busy men. Moffat is currently serving as the showrunner for Doctor Who, which Sherlock co-creator Mark Gatiss writes for (in addition to making occasional onscreen appearance). Not to mention, it wasn’t that long ago that Cumberbatch wrapped his still-mysterious villain role in Star Trek Into Darkness and shot a supporting role in Steven McQueen’s true-story slavery drama Twelve Years a Slave; similarly, Freeman finished the first chunk of principal photography on Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy this summer.
EW says the production start date for Sherlock season 3 has been postponed until March 2013, meaning the show won’t be hitting the BBC until late 2013 (with PBS airing the series in early 2014). No specific schedule conflict is cited in that report, but – in appropriate Sherlock-ian stye – it’s easy to deduce what other projects could be responsible for the delay.
For starters, Edgar Wright is currently shooting The World’s End (which Freeman appears in) and additional photography for the third Hobbit movie will be taking place in the near future; not only for scenes that feature Freeman as Bilbo Baggins, but possibly more studio recording work for Cumberbatch (who is playing Smaug the dragon via motion-capture and voicing The Necromancer). Speaking of the latter: he’s prepping to appear in Monty Python alum Terry Jones’ fantasy comedy Absolutely Anything and will be portraying Julian Assange in director Bill Condon’s Wikileaks not too long after Sherlock S3 begins shooting.
As far as fans should be concerned, though, it’s just business-as-usual behind the scenes on Sherlock. That is, production on the show will be fit around its leads’ jam-packed schedules, as BBC heads want the series to return to the air sooner, rather than later (in part, to take advantage of its increase in popularity over the past year). However, there’s no indication that anything from the writing to the filming process is being rushed, in order to reach a pre-established deadline; the show will be given its customary amount of development time – but the wait will be a little longer than many (okay, everyone) would like.
More on season three of Sherlock as the story develops.
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Source: EW
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Darn i love this show now i have to wait longer grumble, grumble, grumble,
yeah sucks we have to wait. but those two are becoming really popular now so im just glad that they still want to return to sherlock. it would be now if the the series ended up like this, have a season every couple of years whenever everyones schedules meet up. that would give plenty of time to develop stories and we can catch up on that pair as they age.
Yet another show to be ruined by Moffat being slow about releasing a series simply because he thinks crumb feeding his viewers is the better option. I cannot believe he is busy with Dr Who with the way the show is being done, it feels like it is endlessly on the back burner and Sherlock is still in the freezer. Pathetic.
So you’ve failed to realize that while Moffat may write the show, there are tons of other people that work on it as well. Both of the two leads are currently swamped with The Hobbit and whatever else they may have on their plates. Sherlock is made when they all have schedules that don’t conflict, whether we like it or not that’s the way it is and I don’t see it changing.
Good thing the first 2 seasons are good enuff to warch over and over and over and over………….
So… basically Hollywood and the BBC cant handle their awesome.
As long as its not dead in the water. I trust these guys (Cumberbatch, Freeman, and Moffat) to not abandon their fans and conclude the series when they can. Keep us updated and we will be eagerly waiting the return of “Sherlock”
I can’t believe this! 2014? That’s outrageous! *Sighs* Oh well, another year(s) of waiting for this fandom…
Nooooooooooooooo. Why? Porque?
Boooooo.
Easily the best portrayal of Sherlock since Jeremy Brett. No one else has come close.
I don’t know, after reading all the Sherlock Holmes novels, I think that Robert Downey jr in the movie did pretty well. They’re two quite different portrayals sure, but they both have that quirky attitude that makes Holmes so unique. I don’t know, I just think Brett might have some competition.
It will be worth the wait, and maybe a longer gestation period will give the scripts more time to mature into a nice complex structure fully of plot twists and Sherlock type fun.
Well….I guess I’d rather have to wait a bit for something that is clever and very interesting than to end up with what’s supposed to be Sherlock Holms on the American series. What a night a day difference. Is the other one still on or did it finally get drummed off for being so deadful?
We’re better off than 19th century fans. In 1893 Doyle had Sherlock die at Reichenbach, and as far as Holmes fans knew, he was never coming back.
sherlock…is the best actor ever….his potrayal and change of expressions are priceless….he is going to go a long way…..i wish he kisses in d next season…love u sherlock <3 <3 <3
Wow…this is like hearing my kids coming home from college fell in a black hole on the way home. Really, I’m devistated. I am terminally ill–I may not live long enough to see the third season! Would it be too weird to say that the thought of this show ‘s return was the only thing I had to hold me to this planet? Because I have been sick for seven years, and my doctor tells me that is two years longer than average, for folks like me. Oh, well. I must admit, I am kinda used to being disappointed by now…
this is very wrong gys frm 2013 to 14 it suckssss pls release season 3 by mid of 13 plssssssssss m dying
for gods sake ..please please …dont do this ..its not fare..people r hardly accepting the fact that its about a year it will b broadcasted next :O … this is so not fare ….n im shure no body will want to see any other people replacing ..any of the stars of season 2 …..:O ..please …:) try to release it in mid year
Do you have the slightest idea how annoying these noisy ads are – I’ll not be returning to this website, ever.
Please release it as soon as pssible…………..eager
I do not mind, in the least bit, waiting. This superbly sublime sleuth show is rich & velvety; so worth the wait. All of the actors & writers have done such a fine job that it would be a huge letdown to hurry or swap out anything or anyone involved. Let it steep-let it brew. Patience.
I know these guys are busy and every episode is basically a film chock full of plain and utter awesomeness, but it being pushed back a whole year is kinda ridiculous. It seems to me that Moffat, Cumberbatch and Freeman are shoving Sherlock to the bottom of the pile and it is completely at the least of their priorities. It is not fair!! Please guys can’t you see how us fans are desperate to see season 3, stop dangling us all from a thread and release it already!