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Two New Stylish Character Posters for Sherlock Holmes

by Alex Billington
June 19, 2009
Source: Empire

So you've seen the trailer, now see the new posters as well! Er, that doesn't exactly work as well this time, but these are still badass! Empire has debuted two new official posters for Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law. These are a vastly different design than the moody, dark poster first revealed at ShoWest. In fact, I think this design is great, it's sleek, it's bright, and I love Downey Jr's hair the most - it's frickin' wild! I have a feeling that Sherlock Holmes is going to be the big hit of the holiday season (besides Avatar of course), plus, the trailer looked a lot better than I was expecting. Enjoy these!

Detective Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) and his stalwart partner Dr. Watson (Jude Law) engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a mystical occult evil nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.

Sherlock Holmes is directed by British auteur Guy Ritchie, of Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, Revolver, and RocknRolla previously. The screenplay was co-written by Guy Ritchie, Michael Johnson, Anthony Peckham, and Simon Kinberg, and is based on Arthur Conan Doyle's characters first introduced in 1887. Warner Bros is bringing Sherlock Holmes to theaters starting on Christmas Day, December 25th.

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birddog

Very Nice!
CatieLee

oooh, Mr. Watson! I've been very very bad and need to be punished! woof!
Jonathan

Why is Jude Law's head photoshopped on? It doesn't look right at all...
Nick Sears

So disproportionate. You mine as well make them bobble head dolls.
Brandon

Weird looking posters.
LINKFX

WOW that is the worst head stripping ever!
http://www.firstshowing.net Alex Billington

Hahah, you guys are right! For all I know, maybe they wanted the bobblehead look?
Cody

i hate how this looks more like a james bond movie, then a shelock holmes story
Chaosed0

@Cody Exactly how I felt when I saw Holmes. He isn't supposed to look like this rugged, action-ready hero; He's supposed to be a gentleman.
http://rioranchofilmreviews.blogspot.com/ Ricky Roma

Wow, it's Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law...on a poster...in outfits! Amazing.
Fisherr

Looks super.
dramallama

whiners It's a great poster.
kaonashi

why does this image of Rob Jr. look like George Clooney?
giraffic

I think RDJ is looking FINE. Yeah, Jude Law's head is a little weird.
Veltrusen

Actually, Jude Law's head just appears larger on his shoulders than Robert Downy Jr's does because of the way his jacket is made. The high collar that is buttoned all the way up makes his entire body seem smaller than his head. It likely isn't intentional or maybe wasn't even noticed by the photographer, but then also if you pay attention Watson has always been known to have a somewhat 'bulbous' head.
Kris

Yeah you can't see his neck so it makes it look fake, pretty obvious...
Garrett

I'm so sick of people whining. This isn't traditional Sherlock, this is Guy Ritchie's take on the character. Chris Nolan's Joker wasn't the traditional joker and that turned out to be spectacular. Keep an open mind and shut the fuck up.
Cheater_MoneyStealer

Do they have big heads or just small bodies ?
atoj

No. 17, Chris Nolan's Joker not the traditional Joker??? Are you really that much of an idiot? It was the closest to the original Joker as there has ever been. As for Sherlock, I'm pissed. From the trailer not one thing about it resembles a Sherlock Holmes story. Interested to see the movie though, the trailer often times misleads you.
Garrett

relax 19. I'm comparing it to the animated series and Tim burton's. Nolan's was more gritty than the average flamboyant joker. both were psychopaths but still. Anyway, I don't think Ritchie is going for traditional holmes here. He's going for more of a steam punk thing by the looks of it. I'm excited to see what ritchie can do with this character. If he was trying to resemble the original holmes then he would have, but that isn't his goal. His goal seems to be trying something new and fresh. People need to chill and stop comparing it to the traditional holmes because whether they like it or not, this isn;t going to be it. open mindedness is all i'm saying.
Xerxex

cool
Samantha

they looks like bobble heads. maybe they did it on purpose to show they have "big brains". i think they would have looked more bad ass if they were normal size heads.