Colin Firth joins the cast of Guy Ritchie’s Young Sherlock series for Prime Video which stars Hero Fiennes Tiffin as the title character.

Guy Ritchie is assembling fairly the cast for his upcoming Young Sherlock series, with Colin Firth introduced in the present day as the newest addition.

Inspired by Andy Lane’s Young Sherlock Holmes novels, the Prime Video series shall be “an irreverent, 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, uncooked, unfiltered, and unformed, when he finds himself caught up in a homicide thriller at Oxford University which threatens his freedom. Diving into his first-ever case with a wild lack of self-discipline, Sherlock manages to unravel a globe-trotting conspiracy that may change his life endlessly.“

Hero Fiennes Tiffin will star as the younger detective, alongside Joseph Fiennes and Natasha McElhone as Sherlock’s dad and mom and Zine Tseng as Princess Gulun Shou’an. Colin Firth will play Sir Bucephalus Hodge in Young Sherlock.

Guy Ritchie will government produce the venture and direct all eight episodes. “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,” Ritchie mentioned in an announcement. “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.” The series shall be scripted by Matthew Parkhill.

Vernon Sanders, head of tv at Amazon MGM Studios, mentioned, “This thrilling, new chapter about one of the world’s best-known literary characters, will delight our world prospects with its charming storytelling. With the sensible artistic staff, led by Guy Ritchie and Matthew Parkhill, we’ll discover untold mysteries of how younger Sherlock discovered his option to a life of truth-seeking.“

Ritchie has loads of expertise with the world of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic detective, having directed Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law in Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. There’s been speak of a 3rd installment for over a decade, however the venture appears to be caught in improvement hell. Ritchie mentioned final 12 months that the ball was in Downey Jr.’s courtroom.