Mark Gatiss: Sherlock Movie Possible With ‘Right Story’

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Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman may already be movie stars in their own right and, judging by the box office returns for The Abominable Bride, there’s a clear appetite to see more Sherlock on the big screen – so what does co-creator, writer and actor Mark Gatiss make of the shows chances of making a full leap to the big screen?

Understandably, as these things must, it once again comes down to story – can they find a big enough and worthy enough tale for movie audiences?

Speaking to the Mirror Gatiss said:

“Of course we could do a movie but it would have to be a story of sufficient scale to make that move, because they’re already very big, very expensive and very movie-like… We don’t want to just send the cast away on holiday.”

Sherlock on Holiday sounds like a hoot – how about a trip to the Shetlands? Shetlock! There you go; this thing writes itself.

As for the immediate future, well they’ll be more episodes coming next year but Gatiss concedes, it’s getting harder to get everyone together.

“We’re doing three more episodes of Sherlock next spring, then we’ll see. Obviously Benedict and Martin are both hugely successful film stars, but they’re both very keen to do more.

“It is, genuinely, increasingly difficult to get together. It’s taken us a long time to get these dates fixed. It’s like a chess game and you fix one bit and something else moves. We all certainly want to do more.”

So would you like to see Sherlock on the big screen? Or basically, just more Sherlock? How can we cast some sort of spell to clear their schedules?

 

 

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