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A Sherlock movie could explore Holmes' "death" years in Serbia and answer how he faked his death. The show's decline after season 4 leaves little interest in a potential season 5, making a movie the best choice. Sherlock's final season's disappointing ending could be rectified by focusing on this neglected storyline.

If a Sherlock movie finally happens, its best option is to cover one story that the BBC series completely forgot about, through which it can solve some of the show’s biggest mysteries. The Great Detective has been the inspiration for many movies, TV shows, and more for decades, and many adaptations of him and his cases have been given a modern twist. One of the most popular and successful modern adaptations of Sherlock Holmes was the BBC’s TV series Sherlock, created by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the famous detective.

Sherlock brought the detective,...

Mark Gatiss is open to bringing Sherlock back for a movie, but it depends on the availability of Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. The show left room for a potential movie continuation after the open-ended finale of Sherlock's last episode. Cumberbatch and Freeman remain busy, but if schedules aligned, Gatiss and co-creator Steven Moffat are on board.

Mark Gatiss addresses whether Sherlock could make a big screen return, led by Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. The BBC series was co-created by Gatiss and his fellow Doctor Who writer Steven Moffat, imagining Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's iconic detective and other characters in contemporary London. Sherlock ran for four seasons and a seasonal special from 2010 to 2017, but the question remains of whether it could ever return for more.

With over seven years passing since Sherlock came to an end, Gatiss opened up to Deadline about whether the case was truly closed...

Watson will be a modern adaptation of Sherlock Holmes, focusing on John Watson after Sherlock's death. The show is borrowing from "The Final Problem," exploring Sherlock's death at the hands of Moriarty. Recent adaptations have also explored this concept, making Sherlock's death and Moriarty's character well-established in pop culture.

Watson, CBS’s recently announced modern Sherlock Holmes adaptation starring Morris Chestnut as the titular character, is borrowing from a classic Sir. Arthur Conan Doyle's story that many recent Sherlock movies and shows have covered. The world of Sherlock Holmes is returning to the small screen with CBS’s Watson show, which will be set in the modern day and will follow John Watson one year after the death of Sherlock Holmes at the hands of Professor Moriarty. Watson will join BBC’s Sherlock and CBS’s Elementary as modern adaptations of the famous detective's lore for television.

The conclusion...

After Sherlock and Elementary do we really need another contemporary take on the world of Sherlock Holmes? For fans of everything 221B Baker Street, the answer is always yes. More than any other set of fictional characters, the world of Holmes has proven time and again to be nearly limitless in its ability to accommodate a myriad of new adaptations, sometimes with competing themes. And now, five years after CBS concluded its little Sherlock show that could, a new mainstream drama based on the famous detective stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is coming soon. Though, it doesn’t sound like Sherlock himself has been invited.

Titled Watson, the new series will star Morris Chestnut as a contemporary version of John Watson. According to Variety, the show will be “set one year after the death of Holmes at the hands of his archnemesis Moriarty.” In other words, it’s a...

Sherlock's obsession with Moriarty's return in season 4 is a major flaw, as it fails to live up to the buildup and only offers a few annoying soundbites. The explosive climax between Sherlock and Moriarty in season 2 leaves the show with no idea of how to top itself, resulting in frustrating and absurd third and fourth seasons. The introduction of Eurus Holmes as a plot to surpass Moriarty only exposes the show's cracks and disconnect from narrative storytelling, suggesting that Sherlock needs to move on from Moriarty to recapture its greatness in a potential season 5.

Sherlock was never the same after Moriarty’s death, with a flashback moment from season 4 perfectly expressing the problem. BBC’s Sherlock is, in many ways, a triumph. The series, a modernization of Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic Sherlock Holmes stories, is still one of IMDb’s top 25 highest-rated TV shows ever made. The series’ pitch-perfect casting,...