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Wednesday 13 March 2013

Shelock Star hints at Fourth Season



In a recent interview with Radio Times, Benedict Cumberbatch has revealed plans for a fourth Sherlock season




 It was widely believed that the soon-to-be-filmed season 3 of BBC's Sherlock would be the last season for the series. Creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss revealed three words that correlate in some way to the three episodes, "rat, wedding, bow". Moffat himself teased that the words "may be misleading, are not titles, are only teases or possible clues, but might be deliberately designed to get you into a lather." Once the words were analysed relentlessly by fans it was assumed that the word "bow" referred to the final Sherlock Holmes story written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and that with the increasing popularity of its two lead actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, this would be the final season.

Yesterday afternoon, however, while speaking with Radio Times, Cumberbatch revealed possible plans for a fourth season.

Cumberbatch, Freeman


"We've agreed to do two more series but I could get in trouble for saying that. All I know at the moment is I'm doing these three (episodes of the current season) and another three."

Cumberbatch went on to say that he would love the show to go above and beyond the four seasons that he has currently agreed to, but of course that depends on the availability of co-star Martin Freeman and writer Steven Moffat who are both in high demand at this stage.
 
The current season (third) is set to film the series until Freeman needs to break for The Hobbit re shoots, and then continue production in the remainder of the year, but as yet there is no set date for the shows return.

Moffat spoke about the due date for the next series in another interview with Radio Times:

"Get used to a bit of starvation. We're making movies - those six films (season 1 and 2) we've made could go in the cinema. You can't factory produce that - it's a different kind of show. So when we're good and ready - it won't be that long - but when we're ready, you'll get the follow up."

Considering the nearly two year gap between series one and two, it's understandable there will be a wait involved for the next instalment, and with reasoning such as Moffat's it's almost impossible to argue. It could always be worse though, at least it's not a 10-20 year wait like we could see in the future, as Moffat also discussed plans to come back to the show about 20 years after it ends.

Co-Creator Steven Moffat
"I fondly imagine it'd be nice to stop it for a while and come back and see what they're like in their 40's or 50's. Because normally these two characters are portrayed in their 50's. So we're at the beginning. It might be interesting in a couple of decades when they come back and we see what they're like."

So with all their other projects and responsibilities, there is no shortage of thought and effort still going into the Sherlock series, and we at Done Did It are still looking forward to the next season as much as we were almost a year and a half ago!

-Welsh 13/03/13

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