Bon il se trouve que j'aime bien Sherlock Holmes. C'est pas le perso que je connais le plus, mais la lecture de certains bouquins dans mon enfance m'a marqué et j'avais particulièrement apprécié le film sur le chien des Baskervilles.
Mais aujourd'hui, en ces temps magnifiques où des œuvres tels que Dragon Ball et Watchmen se trouvent adaptés au cinoche par des génies visionnaires, un nouveau film sur le détective le plus connu de la littérature se trouve en développement avec rien de moins que ce demeuré de Guy Ritchie à la réalisation.
Oué, Guy Ritchie. Le cinéaste passionnant et talentueux à l'origine de chefs-d'œuvre tels que Revolver (ceux qui ont réussi à le regarder en entier savent de quoi je parle).
Côté casting on aura droit à Robert Downey Jr. en Holmes, Jude Law en Dr. Watson et Mark Strong en méchant (pas exactement le casting que j'aurais eu en tête pour le duo principal...).
Le film (produit par Joel Silver, vous voyez d'ici le tableau) se veut une "relecture du mythe à la manière de batman begins où l'on s'attardera sur les capacités jusqu'ici jamais exploités du héros" (comme le fait qu'il soit boxeur et fasse des arts martiaux !), mais laissons parler les responsables :
CITATION
Rather more handsome and a hell of a lot younger than the middle-aged, moustachioed Watson of legend, Law’s casting alongside Robert Downey Jr (as Sherlock Holmes) confirms that Ritchie’s version will be a sexier, edgier and more action-tastic take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s greatest creation. We're also told that this Watson will be no bumbler, Downey Jr. emphasising his background as a military surgeon and war veteran.
Also added to the cast roster is Kelly Reilly who will be playing Mary, Watson’s love interest (the self-same Miss Mary Morstan who became the good doctor’s wife after the mysterious events of The Sign Of Four), who causes tension between Watson - who wants to marry her - and Holmes - who resents her competition for Watson's affections.
Factor in the recent revelation that Rachel McAdams will be playing Irene Adler (also referred to in the original stories as The Woman, a wily female criminal who evaded the great detective in A Scandal In Bohemia) and Mark Strong as Blackwood (“a mysterious new adversary”) and it appears that Ritchie is creating something of a greatest hits mash-up of Doyle’s best stories.
Also at the press conference, we asked whether there is yet another bad guy yet to be announced, in addition to Blackwood and Adler (perhaps a certain Professor Moriarty?). The cast remained tight-lipped (although Downey Jr grinned broadly) and producer Lionel Wigram simply declined to answer at this point. Which we're taking as a strong suggestion that there may be another nemesis to come.
But then secrecy was the word of the day. Ritchie would not confirm whether Holmes will don the traditional deerstalker, or even if he'll wear tweed, and stayed quiet on plot details. He did tell us that the production will be shooting in the Victorian streets of London and Liverpool, and that scenes will be shot in Freemason's Hall (where the press conference took place) and at St. Paul's Cathedral.
Producer Joel Silver also confirmed that the film will be a PG-13 (so bye-bye, scenes of Holmes taking cocaine). Everyone involved referenced the fact that this will be an action-packed Holmes, but emphasised that all his abilities, including bare-knuckle boxing and martial arts expertise, are sourced from Conan Doyle's books.
Also added to the cast roster is Kelly Reilly who will be playing Mary, Watson’s love interest (the self-same Miss Mary Morstan who became the good doctor’s wife after the mysterious events of The Sign Of Four), who causes tension between Watson - who wants to marry her - and Holmes - who resents her competition for Watson's affections.
Factor in the recent revelation that Rachel McAdams will be playing Irene Adler (also referred to in the original stories as The Woman, a wily female criminal who evaded the great detective in A Scandal In Bohemia) and Mark Strong as Blackwood (“a mysterious new adversary”) and it appears that Ritchie is creating something of a greatest hits mash-up of Doyle’s best stories.
Also at the press conference, we asked whether there is yet another bad guy yet to be announced, in addition to Blackwood and Adler (perhaps a certain Professor Moriarty?). The cast remained tight-lipped (although Downey Jr grinned broadly) and producer Lionel Wigram simply declined to answer at this point. Which we're taking as a strong suggestion that there may be another nemesis to come.
But then secrecy was the word of the day. Ritchie would not confirm whether Holmes will don the traditional deerstalker, or even if he'll wear tweed, and stayed quiet on plot details. He did tell us that the production will be shooting in the Victorian streets of London and Liverpool, and that scenes will be shot in Freemason's Hall (where the press conference took place) and at St. Paul's Cathedral.
Producer Joel Silver also confirmed that the film will be a PG-13 (so bye-bye, scenes of Holmes taking cocaine). Everyone involved referenced the fact that this will be an action-packed Holmes, but emphasised that all his abilities, including bare-knuckle boxing and martial arts expertise, are sourced from Conan Doyle's books.
Enfin brèfle : un blockbuster pop-corn.
Je sais pas vous mais perso rien que le fait de se dire que Ritchie continue à faire des films me fait flipper, mais savoir qu'en plus c'est un film Sherlock Holmes je trouve ça très angoissant.
(ça sort dans un an)
Ouch ! Très dur ce mur.
t'as encore chopper la gastro que t'as l'impression que tout sent la merde? 
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