The show’s co-creator is enthusiastic about the idea of another mystery. <\/p>
Sherlock co-creator Mark Gatiss has expressed interest in turning the hit BBC detective drama into a feature film, describing it as \u201cthe natural thing to do\u201d.<\/p>\n
The series debuted back in 2010 and catapulted Benedict Cumberbatch to stardom, presenting a sociopathic and unknowable interpretation of the classic literary character created by Arthur Conan Doyle.<\/p>\n
Martin Freeman co-starred as Dr John Watson across all four seasons of the show and in a period-set special titled The Abominable Bride, which premiered on New Year\u2019s Day 2016 and won the Emmy for Outstanding Television Movie.<\/p>\n
In a new Q&A with readers of The Guardian<\/a>, Gatiss was questioned on why he and co-creator Steven Moffat brought Sherlock to television as opposed to making it a big screen project from the beginning.<\/p> \u201cPeople think you can just wave a wand,\u201d he responded. \u201cIt\u2019s incredibly difficult to get people interested and get films made. I remember talking to Edgar Wright about Ant-Man<\/a>, into which he put eight years of his life and then didn\u2019t make.\u201d<\/p>\n Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz director Wright quit Marvel\u2019s original Ant-Man film in May 2014 over creative differences, after working on the film since April 2006. He was replaced by Peyton Reed, who stayed on for the entire trilogy.<\/p>\n \u201cEight years is not short of a decade. Add a few of those up, you\u2019re dead and you\u2019ve made four films,\u201d continued Gatiss. \u201cBut, also, we were genuinely interested in making them for TV because we love TV.\u201d<\/p>\n He added: \u201cWe would love to make a Sherlock movie. It\u2019s the natural thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n A feature film would certainly be fitting, with Cumberbatch and Freeman now big names in Hollywood, with the former playing Doctor Strange<\/a> in the Marvel Cinematic Universe<\/a> and the latter known for leading Peter Jackson\u2019s The Hobbit<\/a> trilogy.<\/p>\n Of course, this could also prove a hinderance to future episodes, with Moffat noting in 2017 (via Digital Spy<\/a>) that a possible revival would depend partly on the availability of the stars.<\/p>\n Sherlock is available to stream on BBC iPlayer. Check out more of our Drama<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> and Streaming Guide<\/a> to find out what\u2019s on.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only \u00a31 with delivery to your home \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0<\/strong>The Radio Times Podcast<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n The show’s co-creator is enthusiastic about the idea of another mystery. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":35067,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/07\/sherlock-movie-is-the-natural-thing-to-do-says-mark-gatiss.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/07\/sherlock-movie-is-the-natural-thing-to-do-says-mark-gatiss-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/07\/sherlock-movie-is-the-natural-thing-to-do-says-mark-gatiss-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/07\/sherlock-movie-is-the-natural-thing-to-do-says-mark-gatiss.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/07\/sherlock-movie-is-the-natural-thing-to-do-says-mark-gatiss.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/07\/sherlock-movie-is-the-natural-thing-to-do-says-mark-gatiss.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/07\/sherlock-movie-is-the-natural-thing-to-do-says-mark-gatiss.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The show's co-creator is enthusiastic about the idea of another mystery.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/35066"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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