Sherlock Holmes Director Guy Ritchie To Depict British Sleuth's Origin Story In Young Sherlock

Director Guy Ritchie is all set to return to the world of famous British sleuth Sherlock Holmes with a TV series adaptation. Ritchie directed two Sherlock Holmes movies in 2009 and 2011 respectively with Iron-Man star Robert Downey Jr putting on the hat of the investigator. Now Ritchie is attached to direct a Prime Video series on the adventures of a young Holmes, dubbed as his "origin story".

Young Sherlock show ordered at Prime Video

Prime Video has ordered Young Sherlock, a thrilling original story of famed detective Sherlock Holmes, to series. Guy Ritchie, who helmed two films Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) starring Robert Downey Jr in the title role, is set to direct and executive produce the upcoming show.

The eight-episode show is inspired by Andy Lane's critically acclaimed book series Young Sherlock Holmes, a take on the iconic detective created by author Arthur Conan Doyle. Matthew Parkhill will serve as writer and showrunner on the series from Inspirational Entertainment and Motive Pictures.

Details of Young Sherlock series

"With all the wit and charm of Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes features, Young Sherlock will be an irreverent, action-packed origin story of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's beloved detective in an explosive re-imagining of this iconic character. At age 19, Sherlock Holmes is disgraced, raw, unfiltered and unformed, when he finds himself caught up in a murder mystery at Oxford University which threatens his freedom. Diving into his first-ever case with a wild lack of discipline, Sherlock manages to unravel a globe-trotting conspiracy that will change his life forever," read the synopsis from released by Prime Video.