With over a decade of experience working in the MCU, Robert Downey Jr has some ambitious plans for Sherlock Holmes.
He'll portray the iconic detective on the big screen for a third time in the near future – once again opposite Jude Law's John Watson – but Robert also hopes to slingshot his character into what he's calling a "mystery-verse".
In conversation at the Fast Company Innovation Festival this week, the actor spoke about his vision alongside wife and producer Susan Downey.
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"At this point, we really feel that there is not a mystery-verse built out anywhere, and [Arthur] Conan Doyle is the definitive voice in that arena, I think, to this day," he shared.
"So to me, why do a third movie if you're not going to be able to spin off into some real gems of diversity and other times and elements?"
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Susan went on to elaborate: "We think there's an opportunity to build it out more. Spin-off characters from a third movie, to see what's going on in the television landscape, to see what Warner Media is starting to build out, things with HBO and HBO Max."
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Referencing her husband's (and her own) time under the "tutelage" of Marvel Studios, she described it as "invaluable" and "like a master class".
"What I saw was very humble beginnings, very uncertain outcomes, a lot of creative risk-taking, but there was also an algorithm to the potential," Robert noted.
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