Guy Ritchie is apparently creating a Young Sherlock TV series for PrimeVideo instead of doing a third Sherlock Holmes movie. It's not based on the 1985 film starring Nicholas Rowe, but on a book series about a 19-year old Sherlock at Oxford. The description sounded okay until they got to the "globe-trotting conspiracy" part. I hate conspiracy mysteries. They're so lazy and vague, and I bet it will involve Moriarty. Why can't it just be a regular murder mystery or robbery or college cheating scandal, etc? Some of the best Holmes stories like "Speckled Band", "Hound of the Baskervilles" and "Red-Headed League" were just local villainy, not far-reaching conspiracies.
Still holding out hope that the new Watson show on CBS won't be conspiracy-minded. I guess we'll see.
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