However, in the cliffhanger final scene of Season 3, we also saw his face being broadcast across the country saying, "Did you miss me?" In the Season 2 finale, we watched him kill himself to force Sherlock to also commit suicide. We may even get to see arch criminal Jim Moriarty (Andrew Scott) resurrected from the dead. Hudson (Una Stubbs), DI Greg Lestrade (Rupert Graves), pathologist Molly Hooper (Louise Brealey), Watson's new wife Mary Morstan (Amanda Abbington) and definitely Sherlock's brother Mycroft (Mark Gatiss). The crime-fighting duo will be back and so will likely the rest of last season's cast - landlady Mrs. To fans of the British TV crime drama, "221b" is of course 221B Baker Street, the address of the London flat shared by Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) and John Watson (Martin Freeman). Vertue confirmed in a BBC One press release saying, "It's taken a little while to get the dates sorted as none of the boys are exactly sitting back twiddling their thumbs but there was unanimous goodwill to make this work, so we're thrilled that 221b is going to be inhabited again." The whole Sherlock team are terrifically excited to return for four new adventures. a Special! Not only THAT, we'll then be shooting three more episodes which will take Sherlock and John Watson into deeper and darker water than ever before. Gatiss told Digital Spy, "There was talk amongst people who have nothing to do with Sherlock, I'm afraid."īack in July, the Mirror reported that Gatiss tweeted the following message, "Series Four! At last! It's always special to return to Sherlock but this time it's even more special as we're doing.
However, Gatiss dismissed earlier rumors that there will be a one-off special episode or stand-alone TV movie that may air before the next season starts.
Sherlock Season 4 will consist of a special plus three serialized episodes according to earlier BBC announcements. If you say 'Who cares about movies?' I agree with you but they are doing them so we've got to schedule around that." Martin Freeman is doing a new "Hobbit" movie while Benedict Cumberbatch is working on "Black Mass" to be followed by "Blood Mountain." As observed by Moffat, "Benedict and Martin are making some movies.
We're working on dates." Her husband and co-producer Steven Moffat promised "We'll get them made as quickly as we can." Moffat's co-creator and co-show runner, Mark Gatiss (who also plays 'Mycroft Holmes' in the show) said they have "moved significantly closer to getting a date in the diary for series four," according to a report by Radio Times.Īs things now stand, the lead actors are however still busy with other prior commitments. Producer Sue Vertue early this year assured fans that, "We're working on it. No release dates have been announced but BBC has already made a commitment to bring back Sherlock for Season 4. Sherlock Season 4 Release Date, Latest News: Still Sync-ing Production with Sherlock and Dr.