Young Sherlock is an upcoming television series set to release onAmazon Prime Video. The series is an adaptation ofAndrew Lane'sYoung Sherlock Holmes book series, itself a pastiche ofArthur Conan Doyle's originalSherlock Holmes stories. The series will be directed byGuy Ritchie and will starHero Fiennes Tiffin as Holmes.

As a 19-year-old at Oxford University, Sherlock Holmes is not yet the master detective he grows up to be. He is raw and unfiltered, and he lacks discipline. A murder at Oxford puts Holmes's freedom at risk, and he sets out to solve his first murder mystery that leads him to a global-level conspiracy.^[1]

• Hero Fiennes Tiffin asSherlock Holmes, an unruly 19 year old amateur investigator
• Zine Tseng as Princess Gulun Shou'an, a young Chinese princess, scholar and martial artist
• Ravi Aujla as Kishmore Malik
• Numan Acar as Esad
• Joseph Fiennes as Silas Holmes, Sherlock and Mycroft's adventurous father
• Natascha McElhone as Cordelia Holmes, Sherlock and Mycroft's artistic mother
• Dónal Finn asJames Moriarty, Sherlock's future arch-nemesis
• Max Irons asMycroft Holmes, Sherlock's older brother
• Colin Firth as Sir Bucephalus Hodge
• Adam James as Dr. Charles Maltby
• Rachel Shelley as Mrs. Anna Tilcott
• Simon Delaney as Detective Fitget
• Ian Midlane

Development of a television series adaptation of theYoung Sherlock Holmes books written byAndy Lane was first reported in April 2024 withHero Fiennes Tiffin starring as a youngSherlock Holmes andGuy Ritchie attached to the project as well.^[2]Amazon Prime Video ordered eight-episodes of the series in May 2024 to be executive produced by Inspirational Entertainment and Motive Pictures. The series is written byshowrunner Matthew Parkhill, who also executive produces. Ritchie will direct and executive produce alongside Lane, Simon Kelton, Ivan Atkinson, Simon Maxwell, Dhana Gilbert,Colin Wilson, and Marc Resteghini.^[3]

The series will be written and showrun by Matthew Parkhill, and directed byGuy Ritchie, who had previously helmed two unrelated cinematic Holmes adaptations:Sherlock Holmes (2009), andSherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011). The role of the nineteen year old Holmes will be played by the twenty-six year oldHero Fiennes Tiffin who had previously worked with Ritchie onThe Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.^[4]

In June, Fiennes Tiffin's uncleJoseph Fiennes was cast as Sherlock's father, alongsideNatasha McElhone as his mother.^[5] In July,Zine Tseng,Colin Firth andDónal Finn joined the cast.^[6][7][8]

Filming of the series began in the United Kingdom in July 2024.^[9]

Max Irons was seen filming scenes in late August.^[10] In September, Irons was confirmed to be playingMycroft Holmes.^[11]

Scenes were filmed in Bristol.^[12] In 2025, filming took place in Spain (specificallyJerez,Cádiz andSeville),^[13][14][15] andCardiff,Wales.^[16][17] Filming on the series wrapped in late February.

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