The much-anticipated Sherlock Holmes sequel, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, doesn’t hit theaters until December 16th but Warner Bros is keeping fans happy by releasing the first trailer from the film on July 12th. Starring Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law, the first look at the sequel shows it retains the same tone as the original – and is just as action-packed.
“Oh, how I’ve missed you, Holmes,” says Watson in the trailer. We’re right there with you, Watson.
The Plot: Sherlock Holmes (Downey Jr.) has always been the smartest man in the room…until now. There is a new criminal mastermind at large — Professor Moriarty (Jared Harris) — and not only is he Holmes’ intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil, coupled with a complete lack of conscience, may actually give him an advantage over the renowned detective. When the Crown Prince of Austria is found dead, the evidence, as construed by Inspector Lestrade (Eddie Marsan), points to suicide.
But Sherlock Holmes deduces that the prince has been the victim of murder — a murder that is only one piece of a larger and much more portentous puzzle designed by Professor Moriarty. The cunning Moriarty is always one step ahead of Holmes as he spins a web of death and destruction — all part of a greater plan that, if he succeeds, will change the course of history.
