Prime Video‘s upcoming Young Sherlock series has officially welcomed another new cast member to its growing roster, which will be led by Hero Fiennes Tiffin (After movies, The Woman King). The project hails from Guy Ritchie, who will serve as the director and executive producer, after previously directing Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows sequel.
“It is an action-packed origin story of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s beloved detective in an explosive re-imagining of this iconic character,” reads the logline. “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.”
Who will play Moriarty in Young Sherlock?
Per Variety, The Wheel of Time star Dónal Finn has been tapped for the role of James Moriarty, who has been key character in the original Sherlock Holmes stories. Moriarty is best known as titular detective’s long-time archnemesis. The iconic character was previously played by Jared Harris in the 2011 movie A Game of Shadows, and by Andrew Scott in the Benedict Cumberbatch-led Sherlock series. Dune’s Sharon Duncan-Brewster also portrayed a female version of Moriarty in 2022’s Enola Holmes 2.
Young Sherlock Holmes will be written and executive produced by showrunner Matthew Parkhill. Finn will also be joining previously announced cast members Joseph Fiennes as Silas Holmes, Natascha McElhone as Cordelia Holmes, Zine Tseng as Princess Gulun Shou’an, and Colin Firth as Sir Bucephalus Hodge. It is executive produced by Lane, Simon Kelton, Ivan Atkinson, Simon Maxwell, Dhana Gilbert, Colin Wilson, Marc Resteghini and Harriet Creelman.
