Fry will star alongside Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law and Noomi Rapace in the action-adventure sequel to once again be directed by Guy Ritchie.
Here’s what Fry told Danny Baker about his involvement:
I’m playing Mycroft in the sequel to the Sherlock Holmes film Guy Ritchie directed with Robert Downey Jr., and that sort of part is fun, but just once in a while to play a genuine all round sort of lead figure with complexity and tragedy and wit and all the sort of things that Oscar [Wilde] had was a once in a lifetime thrill.
Warner Bros. will begin production on Sherlock Holmes 2 in the next few weeks, with a release date already set for December 16, 2011.
The first installment was a critical and commercial success, grossing an estimated $523M worldwide.
Bleeding Cool reported this story.