KOCHI: Prime Video has ordered 'Young Sherlock', a series based on Andy Lane’s 'Young Sherlock Holmes' novels, with Hero Fiennes Tiffin set for the lead role. Guy Ritchie, who made 'Sherlock Holmes' (2009) and 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows' (2011) with Robert Downey Jr as the lead, returns to direct and executive produce the upcoming eight-episode series.
Andy Lane has written eight books in the 'Young Sherlock Holmes' series, with the most recent debuting in 2015. Matthew Parkhill will serve as the show’s writer and showrunner. He will also executive produce alongside Ritchie and Lane.
The show is described as an action-packed origin story of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s beloved detective in an explosive re-imagining of this iconic character. “At age 19, 'Sherlock Holmes' is disgraced, raw, unfiltered, and unformed, when he finds himself caught up in a murder mystery at Oxford University which threatens his freedom. Diving into his first-ever case with a wild lack of discipline, Sherlock manages to unravel a globe-trotting conspiracy that will change his life forever,” the description reads.
In a statement. Ritchie said, “In 'Young Sherlock', we’re going to see an exhilarating new version of the detective everyone thinks they know in a way they’ve never imagined before. We’re going to crack open this enigmatic character, find out what makes him tick, and learn how he becomes the genius we all love.”
Notably, Ritchie has previously worked with Hero Fiennes Tiffin in The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, a spy action comedy, which released earlier this year.