'Sherlock' Season Four News: Filming Begins; Premiere Episode Helmed by Rachel Talalay
"Sherlock" fans will be tickled pink to find out that their favorite detective from 221B Baker Street will soon be back on the small screen with the newest season in the series. After a very long wait, "Sherlock" season four has started filming, with its first episode helmed by Rachel Talalay, the first woman to do so for the series. British star Benedict Cumberbatch, who is back on the show to play the title role, has promised fans that the long wait will be worth it. Joining him are Martin Freeman and Amanda Abbington as John Watson and wife Mary Watson, respectively. Incidentally, the first episode shall focus on the latter two characters who are preparing for their role as first-time parents.
The official announcement was made by the showrunner Steven Moffat who told Collider, "Sherlock series four?—here we go again! Whatever else we do, wherever we all go, all roads lead back to Baker Street, and it always feels like coming home. Ghosts of the past are rising in the lives of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson and terror and tragedy are looming. This is the story we've been telling from the beginning and it's about to reach its climax."
Talalay will be up in the directorial chair for the first installment out of three exciting new episodes for the upcoming season. She has 25 years of film and television experience under her belt, with "Doctor Who," "The Wind in the Willows," and "The Flash" as some of her few recent works.
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She has also been visible in the film industry with "Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare," "Tank Girl," and "Ghost in the Machine" to her credit, among others.
The wait is not over yet, but fans could be relieved that filming has started on BBC Ones' hit television show. The show promises the incomparable human experience of laughter and tears, joy and sorrow, with some thrill and excitement thrown in. The series is expected to come out some time in 2017.
The one-episode holiday special, "The Abominable Bride," which came out New Year's Day garnered an unequalled---in "Sherlock" history---11.6 million viewers. The series has had to wait for all the actors to be available all at the same time, what with Cumberbatch and Freeman, especially, being too busy with other projects.
There have been talks of a Sherlock film in the likely event that the show's bug names find a worthy plot.
