Thank you, Susi!
January, huh? This just adds to the mystery of what BC will be doing later this year (yes, I admit I'm one of the people who are still hoping for a Sherlock Christmas special, even though it seems unlikely at this point)...

SusiGo wrote:

Martin will finish Richard at the end of September. And Benedict seems to have no plans.

Don't get my hopes up, I'll be all giddy! But honestly, if Downton Abbey can make a Christmas Special every year, Sherlock can at least do one!
 

A Christmas Special would be great - but it just wouldn't be enough if it means we'd have to wait for a real S4 for more than two years...

I think it could be a risk to let the audience wait for more than two years. Two years is already a very long time. 

Actually it is not quite fair that we are discussing Sherlock again in here. But the long wait and the toing and froing about this film is getting a bit boring. Not that I am not interested in watching it, the story is amazing, but apparently not a single film in 2014 and then next year everything at once ...

Last edited by SusiGo (May 14, 2014 9:14 pm)

Yes. I think two years is trying people's patience yet manageable. But longer than that … well. 

Of course it is. And to think that they were talking about doing it sooner in January. And now we still have not even a confirmation. 
Not a single film in 2014 (apparently) And then suddenly they want to do LCoZ and "Blood Mountain" and "Hamlet" in a period of ten months? Really. 
Not Benedict's fault, I suppose, but it seems some things went terribly wrong. 

Good idea. And to think what it means for him. He cannot be really happy about this. 

What might have went especially wrong could be the BBC not officially comissioning S4 of "Sherlock". Benedict/his management have no idea if and when S4 will really happen, so then at some point decisions for other projects have to be made.

edit: I'd gladly pass on new pics and seeing him at events or in interviews for quite a while if that would give us a definite date for S4, for example. New pics and stuff like that are nice, but I want to see him acting.

Last edited by SolarSystem (May 14, 2014 9:31 pm)

TeeJay, I understand your arguments. However, I prefer to see him act instead of walking red carpets or attending Windsor Castle or cons or flower shows. After all this is not the reason I am his fan but his work as an actor. 

And, yes, it seems to be a waste of his time not to have him work as an actor for such a long time. You would think that directors etc. would queue to have him in their projects. 

Last edited by SusiGo (May 14, 2014 9:31 pm)

Just wanted to say that I agree with you both - I'd rather less red carpets and more acting and I'm convinced he would, too! (I never think he looks 100% comfortable at these things;), but just like many other careers, you have to do a fair amount of networking and keeping your profile up if you want your career to progress, and it's the same with acting.
With Sherlock, I'm not convinced it won't film this year even if it's not shown this year.
I can't think of any other TV network that would have a show as popular as this, that would allow everyone to walk away at the end of each season, without agreeing a date for the next series to be ready.
They plan TV schedules months in advance, not weeks, so I find it hard to believe they've no idea when they'll be ready to show it.
What I would say is, if it doesn't film this year, then I hope we don't hear that it can't film next year because Benedict's too busy. That wouldn't be fair, when we all know there have and will be, windows this year when he and Martin were available.
Also, lack of filming work this year isn't Benedict's fault - I know that's not thought by anyone on here, but I've seen elsewhere, other "fans" talking as though he's chosen never to act again!
If he pulled out of Crimson Peak (and personally, I'm glad he did), then yes he'd have a few months with nothing on, but at the beginning of the year, he believed he had two other projects set to film - one was LCoZ - he must be as frustrated as anyone that they've fallen through.
Someone on a forum for Robert Pattinson made the very intelligent and respectful comment that Ben's "fandom" is relatively new, so are not used to the delays and falling through of projects in the way other Actors' fans are, but in fact these things happen all the time. She also said that this is essentially Ben's Movie, so when it does start filming, the schedule will suit him first and foremost.
Another high profile Actor pulled out of a project recently just days before filming was to start, giving no reason, with his fans having no clue as to his next project, so it's not just us that suffer!
I do wonder how Ben will fit in LCoZ, Blood Mountain(?), Hamlet and possibly Richard next year as well as Sherlock if they do film it then, but I think/hope that suddenly things will start moving again for him and we can see him on screen and stage again soon.
(Sorry for the very long post)