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Sherlock could return, if the BBC can convince Benedict Cumberbatch
Sherlock co-creator and co-writer Steven Moffat would love to explore Holmes and Watson as middle-aged men
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There are a lot of Sherlock Holmes stories, and the BBC show starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, and Andrew Scott only scratched the surface of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Baker Street oeuvre. Now, the stars of Sherlock have gone on to build successful careers in Hollywood and beyond. And it begs the question: are we overdue for a Sherlock revival? And would Steven Moffat be onboard for a reunion?
These are the questions that were posed to Sherlock co-creator and co-writer Steven Moffat by the Half the Picture podcast. "Yeah, if I can persuade everybody else. Of course I'd revisit it," Moffat said in response. "What can you ever say, that you've ran out of Sherlock Holmes stories? There are sixty originals, and we've done thirteen or fourteen, I can never remember. But there's loads more you can do with the show."
The writer even expressed enthusiasm for revisiting Sherlock and Watson as middle-aged men: "I'd quite like to revisit it simply because our two leads would be the normal age for Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. We did younger ones, and normally they're presented as about fifty [years old]," he reasoned. It wouldn't be the first time that a TV series would revisit its characters in another stage of life. The Paramount+ show Picard showed the Star Trek: The Next Generation captain as an elderly man living on a farm in France, while Twin Peaks: The Return was... certainly something.
Anyways, hopefully Moffat can get Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, and the rest of the gang back onboard for a Sherlock revival.
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