Elementary! In very, very, very exciting news, the BBC announced today the details on the second season of Sherlock, whose first season took Arthur Conan Doyle's familiar characters, updated them for 21st century London, and—against just about every odd—turned an overly familiar story into one of the best mystery series in recent years. The first season of Sherlock starred Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as John Watson, and ran a scant three episodes (although each ran 90 minutes long). The second series will do the same; according to ATV Today, Freeman is taking time off from Peter Jackson's The Hobbit in New Zealand in order to film Sherlock, which commences shooting this week.
The three 90-minute episodes (and their writers) are as follows, according to MTV.com:
"A Scandal In Belgravia" by Steven Moffat (Doctor Who)If this news doesn't excite you, that is only because you haven't watched the first series of Sherlock yet; anyone who's seen the first series, which ended on a dramatic cliffhanger, is no doubt counting the days for the second series. BBC America reports that the final episode of the second series will also be a cliffhanger, which bodes very well for the possibility of a third series.
"The Hound Of The Baskervilles" by Mark Gatiss (The League of Gentlemen)
"The Reichenbach Fall" by Stephen Thompson (Doctor Who)
