Comic Con Sherlock Panel

[Undead Medic]

 

 

Anyone lucky enough to be attending San Diego Comic Con in a couple of weeks?

For the first time, Sherlock will be holding an official panel at the world’s largest and most famous entertainment event. Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss and Sue Vertue will all be in attendance.

Entertainment Weekly, who broke the story, also bring word that Sherlock S3 will air in the USA on PBS Masterpiece at some point in 2014, presumably after the UK broadcast.

Plenty more on the Entertainment Weekly website. Further details on the scheduling for the panel are expected to be announced tomorrow.

 

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[Carol the Dabbler]

Thanks, Tim!

 

Note that Sherlockology's headline for this item contains a typo -- "SDCC 2014" -- even  though the EW article says "later this month," so it's July 2013.  The panel is to include Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss, and Sue Vertue -- but Messrs. Cumberbatch and Freeman are (understandably) not expected to be there.

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

Sherlockology has posted a spoiler-free report on the panel:

 

The first San Diego Comic Con panel for Sherlock has just concluded, and here are the most important pieces of news from the panel!

 - Sue Vertue confirmed Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman are optioned for a fourth series of Sherlock!

- Lucky attendees were the first in the world to see footage from Series 3, with a rough cut clip from S3E2: The Sign of Three. As the footage was unfinished, it will not be released online.

- The USA was confirmed to see Sherlock on screens in early 2014 on PBS Masterpiece. The UK premiere remains unknown and unannounced. Steven Moffat commented on the tone of Series 3 - “It’s slightly more, human, slightly more real."

- And lastly, though Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch weren’t in attendance at the panel, they did send in a taped video message, where Benedict contrived to reveal the secret of Sherlock’s survival - and don’t worry, it’s SPOILER FREE and very funny! You can watch it online at Entertainment Weekly.

 

And if you follow that link to Entertainment Weekly's web site, you'll also find a link to some not-quite-so-spoiler-free tidbits from the panel (basically just confirming some things that people have been guessing anyhow -- no, they don't reveal that!).  And there's this reassuring statement: "... the producers pooh-poohed any notion that they might ultimately kill off their main characters, even in a theoretical series finale. Said Gatiss, “They’ve been solving crimes in Baker Street for over 100 years. They’re never gonna die.”

 

[Bakerstreet Irregular]

“They’ve been solving crimes in Baker Street for over 100 years. They’re never gonna die.”

Pity the poor fool who tries it.  Like he told Dr. Franklin "That would be awfully ambitious of you."

 

Yes! Fourth Season!

[Caya]

That video is great . Martin Freeman is a delight to watch, but it seems he's a bad influence on Benedict Cumberbatch's vocabulary . Mr. Cumberbatch does have a point, though ... all that secrecy about "John Harrison" combined with not being allowed to talk about Sherlock's fall must have made for quite frustrating interviews.

 

eta: The sequence from the second episode (spoilers in the links to follow! obviously, though it's not much of a secret anymore) mentioned in this article can be

as an audio recording, but you'll probably need this transcript that mentions what's happening on the screen. Sounds a bit, dunno, off somehow, and having heard it I can understand better why some people think that scene's just Moffat and Gatiss trolling their fans (wouldn't put it past them for sure ).

[Bakerstreet Irregular]

It may be a bit of trolling.....but it's entertaining.

[Carol the Dabbler]

Trying to decide whether I want to check out that scene ... or not ...

 

I suspect that the series-four option is what Cumberbatch was actually talking about back a few months ago, when (instead of asking him what he meant) the press chose to assume that a fourth series had been commissioned.  All it means is that IF a fourth series is made, the two actors are contractually obligated to be in it.  Admittedly, that's very good news (especially since it doesn't sound like they needed their arms twisted), but it does not actually guarantee that there will BE a fourth series.  That would be up to Hartswood and/or the BBC (and no, I don't think they're idiots -- at least, I hope not!).

 

[Bakerstreet Irregular]

option is what Cumberbatch was actually talking about back a few months ago, when (instead of asking him what he meant) the press chose to assume that a fourth series had been commissioned. 

  True, but since that interview and what seemed to be retraction by both Gatiss and Cumberbatch the possibility of there being a Season 4 has been mentioned at least 3 times now. While I can see them ribbing Cumberbatch for a perceived gaff, I don't think they would keep mentioning it. Especially in public interviews. I could be wrong, of course, knowing how Moffat and Gatiss love to troll, but I tend to take this continuing affirmation  in the positive.

[Carol the Dabbler]

Oh, there's no doubt that it's a good thing! 

 

[Caya]

Not Sherlock, but at least SDCC: Mark Gatiss reveals that not only has he been cast for Game Of Thrones, his scenes have already been filmed.

[Alex the Dabbler]

Here is a good article on episode 3 with some spoilers:

 

http://tvline.com/2013/07/18/sherlock-comic-con-2013-season-3-spoilers/

 

And here is a recent interview with Moffat:

 

 

[Caya]

Brief Comic Con interview with Sue Vertue and Stephen Moffat (not really all that spoilerish, apart from the one everybody knows already anyway). Sue Vertue confirmed that

poor John has to wait for two years for Sherlock to reappear .

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

That sounds about right --

it's the real-world time between the two episodes, and nearly as long as the canonical three years.  It gives John time to adjust to life without Sherlock, which will obviously lead to some awkwardness when he does reappear, all good fodder for the show.  And it doesn't trivialize what either of them has been through, as a very short hiatus might tend to do.

 

 

[Bakerstreet Irregular]

And in the canon it was a three year hiatus, so at least our John doesn't have another year of trying to come to terms with the lose. Don't know if that's a good or bad thing or maybe it's irrelevant. Lose is lose no matter how many years one has to deal with it.

[Carol the Dabbler]

From Sherlockology:
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yyb6Wsl3smg&feature=player_embedded
 

Watch the complete SDCC Sherlock panel with Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss and Sue Vertue recorded on 18 July, 2013

[Carol the Dabbler]

It's Comic-Con time again, and there's another Sherlock panel:

 

 

Taking Stock of "Sherlock"

 

Steven Moffat (co-creator, executive producer, and writer), Sue Vertue (executive producer) and Rupert Graves (actor, DI Greg Lestrade) discuss the upcoming adventures of Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his ever-patient friend, Dr. Watson (Martin Freeman) in the cult series "Sherlock." (3:45pm - 4:45pm Ballroom 20)

 

[Arcadia]

Sometimes I wish I'd never left California. (Then I remember how much I like fresh water.)

[Carol the Dabbler]

... and don't care for earthquakes, flash floods, mudslides, brush fires, and riots.  Oh, and traffic jams!

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

The panel starts in about an hour.

 

[Arcadia]

This just in from Sherlockology:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHERLOCKED: Just to get everyone in the mood for the SDCC Sherlock panel, check out a gallery of one of the best things about conventions…. COSPLAY!

 

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[Arcadia]

Here's the rest of the photos from the post above:

 

 

 

 

 

[Arcadia]

Love the waiter!

[Carol the Dabbler]

Me too!  But why do I get the feeling that most of those guys -- are gals?  ;)  (Takes me back to early Trek fandom.  *sigh* )

 

[sittything]

Greetings from Andrew, Ben, and Mark since they couldn't attend SDCC... 

 

[sittything]

I've also seen tweets from SDCC that they said the Special will in select theaters, as well.