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[Christopher]

The second season is scheduled for "autumn 2011," so probably 10-11 months.

 

[auntiehill]

*grumble*

 

[Bob The Skutter]

The second season is scheduled for "autumn 2011," so probably 10-11 months.

That's in the UK, you can probably add an extra few months for the US.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

The second season is scheduled for "autumn 2011," so probably 10-11 months.

The BBC has said nothing official, but it's probably later than that, due to The Hobbit's shooting schedule.

Unless John dies in the first episode, that is...

 

[Samurai8472]

Am I the only one who was suspecting that there isn't really a sniper in that building, but it's some remote controlled laser pointer?

Golem's still on the loose wasn't he? I wouldn't put it past Moriarty to have actual snipers there.


What would really be interesting is the snipers are innocent people with bomb vests. If they don't shoot Sherlock they die.

 

[danellis]

"As for the case itself, it seemed to borrow elements from "The Dancing Men" (in that it revolved around cracking a code, although they replaced the original's simple substitution cipher with a book cipher)

I'm 99% sure that one of the Holmes books does feature a book cypher. He concludes that the book in question is that year's "Who's Who" but the references don't make sense. Holmes later realises that his mistake is being too up-to-date. He was testing his theory with the new edition which had came out in the previous week (or similar) when he tested against the previous year's edition he was right.

I have a feeling that the second episode was filmed first, which would explain why it felt so different. They probably shot A Study in Pink later and found that it was a better representation and decided to show it first.

The second season is scheduled for "autumn 2011," so probably 10-11 months.

The BBC has said nothing official, but it's probably later than that, due to The Hobbit's shooting schedule.

Unless John dies in the first episode, that is...

When it was announced that Freeman was playing Bilbo Baggins, it included a statement saying that the Hobbit shooting schedule wasn't going to be affected by Sherlock's. This suggests that Sherlock will film *before* the Hobbit.

dJE

 

[Allyn Gibson]

When it was announced that Freeman was playing Bilbo Baggins, it included a statement saying that the Hobbit shooting schedule wasn't going to be affected by Sherlock's. This suggests that Sherlock will film *before* the Hobbit.

The Hobbit starts filming in New Zealand in February. Sherlock was rumored to start filming in January. If Hobbit is late February, the BBC could get filming in on two Sherlock films. Any more than that is unlikely; British television production is done at a glacial pace compared to American television production. (Point of comparison: Doctor Who takes almost three weeks to film an episode.) So, yes, it's conceivable that Sherlock will get filming in before The Hobbit, but we won't get a lot of Sherlock out of it.

Of course, it's also possible that The Hobbit shoot is being scheduled around Freeman's availability. If Jackson films scenes that are White Council-heavy first (in other words, stuff with Ian McKellan and Sylvester McCoy), then Freeman may not be needed for The Hobbit until March.

The thing is, we really don't know. The BBC hasn't officially announced a second season of Sherlock. Everyone knows it's going to happen, but no one knows when or in what configuration. It's really all guesswork.

Actually, scratch that last part. The BBC announced the second run of Sherlock yesterday. Three episodes, autumn 2011. Which could be indicative of how The Hobbit shoot will be scheduled, as I suggested above.

 

[Rosalind]

TheOneRing.net has a translation of a Spanish interview with Martin Freeman, where he mentions how he's going to film The Hobbit and Sherlock:

“I know my work plan” says Freeman. “I start in January, then I’ll have a break in the summer so I can shoot the second season of Sherlock, the BBC show where I portray Watson, and then I’ll be back in New Zealand in September in order to finish the movie by the end of the year”.

I'm curious to know what will Sherlock wear, if they're going to film in summer.

British television production is done at a glacial pace compared to American television production. (Point of comparison: Doctor Who takes almost three weeks to film an episode.)

Season one of Sherlock took 3 months to film. which isn't too bad, considering these are 90 minute movies, each episode is the equivalent of two DW episodes.

The second season is scheduled for "autumn 2011," so probably 10-11 months.

*grumble*

if you think that's bad, imagine what was it like when Sherlock was first broadcasted and BBC hasn't decided whether there will be a season two or not.

 

[danellis]

"As for the case itself, it seemed to borrow elements from "The Dancing Men" (in that it revolved around cracking a code, although they replaced the original's simple substitution cipher with a book cipher)

I'm 99% sure that one of the Holmes books does feature a book cypher. He concludes that the book in question is that year's "Who's Who" but the references don't make sense. Holmes later realises that his mistake is being too up-to-date. He was testing his theory with the new edition which had came out in the previous week (or similar) when he tested against the previous year's edition he was right.

As luck would have it I read this passage last night. The story in question is "The Valley of Fear," and the reference book is Whitaker's Almanac.

dJE