Weâve been provided with nine clips from Guy Ritchieâs upcoming Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows to share with our readers. The sequel finds Robert Downey Jr.âs Holmes and Jude Lawâs Watson going head-to-head with supervillain Moriarty, played by Mad Menâs Jared Harris. This time around Holmes and Watson have a new companion in Noomi Rapace, who plays a gypsy tagging along on their quest to get to the bottom of Moriartyâs dastardly plan.Hit the jump to check out the clips. If you missed any of Steveâs coverage from the set, be sure to check out his interviews with Downey Jr. and Law, Rapace, Harris, producers Susan Downey and Lionel Wigram, as well as his video blog recapping the events of the set visit. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows opens December 16th.Hereâs the official synopsis for Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows:
Robert Downey Jr. reprises his role as the worldâs most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes, and Jude Law returns as his formidable colleague, Dr. Watson, in âSherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.â Sherlock Holmes has always been the smartest man in the roomâ¦until now. There is a new criminal mastermind at largeâProfessor Moriarty (Jared Harris)âand not only is he Holmesâ intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil, coupled with a complete lack of conscience, may actually give him an advantage over the renowned detective. When the Crown Prince of Austria is found dead, the evidence, as construed by Inspector Lestrade (Eddie Marsan), points to suicide. But Sherlock Holmes deduces that the prince has been the victim of murderâa murder that is only one piece of a larger and much more portentous puzzle, designed by one Professor Moriarty.
Mixing business with pleasure, Holmes tracks the clues to an underground gentlemenâs club, where he and his brother, Mycroft Holmes (Stephen Fry) are toasting Dr. Watson on his last night of bachelorhood. It is there that Holmes encounters Sim (Noomi Rapace), a Gypsy fortune teller, who sees more than she is telling and whose unwitting involvement in the princeâs murder makes her the killerâs next target. Holmes barely manages to save her life and, in return, she reluctantly agrees to help him. The investigation becomes ever more dangerous as it leads Holmes, Watson and Sim across the continent, from England to France to Germany and finally to Switzerland. But the cunning Moriarty is always one step ahead as he spins a web of death and destructionâall part of a greater plan that, if he succeeds, will change the course of history.
Filmmaker Guy Ritchie returns to direct âSherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows,â the follow-up to the smash hit âSherlock Holmes.â The sequel also reunites producers Joel Silver, Lionel Wigram, Susan Downey and Dan Lin. Bruce Berman serves as executive producer, with Steve Clark-Hall co-producing. Jared Harris (TVâs âMad Men,â âThe Curious Case of Benjamin Buttonâ) joins the cast as the notorious Professor Moriarty. Also joining the cast, in her first English-speaking role, is Swedish actress Noomi Rapace, who gained international attention in the Swedish film âThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.â Stephen Fry (âAlice in Wonderland,â âHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fireâ) plays Mycroft Holmes, Sherlockâs older brother. Additional cast members returning from the first film include Eddie Marsan as Inspector Lestrade; Kelly Reilly as Watsonâs bride, Mary Morstan; and Geraldine James as Holmesâs long-suffering landlady, Mrs. Hudson. âSherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadowsâ is written by Michele Mulroney and Kieran Mulroney. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson were created by the late Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and appear in stories and novels by him.