I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“as famous among crooks... as he is unknown to the public” [VALL]</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2aH8__zeP28XWdSmtaYa4W9ewTYSZFlL3tnS8W9g2FTxmHu6yPGHIWONErLsrWU8jPHb2g0exxHOH6jUv_OkOCbkSikjhzeQlfkshMu3lUdF3uiwuY53XJz9dPyjwc3AfWSZ7xJ568_CBFVuJwIxhwMlRWbuFj2rsvo7M8SLSNM1Fq1SqBKDRJW3qjhT7/s712/FINA%20-%20Moriarty%20-%20cropped.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="712" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2aH8__zeP28XWdSmtaYa4W9ewTYSZFlL3tnS8W9g2FTxmHu6yPGHIWONErLsrWU8jPHb2g0exxHOH6jUv_OkOCbkSikjhzeQlfkshMu3lUdF3uiwuY53XJz9dPyjwc3AfWSZ7xJ568_CBFVuJwIxhwMlRWbuFj2rsvo7M8SLSNM1Fq1SqBKDRJW3qjhT7/w640-h374/FINA%20-%20Moriarty%20-%20cropped.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>By all estimations, Sherlock Holmes is the most-portrayed literary character ever. Appearing in more than 250 films with his trusted friend and colleague Dr. Watson (who himself has had his own series), we frequently see Holmes face off against his archnemesis, Professor Moriarty.</p><p>But until now, the professor has never gotten his own series. As Holmes himself exclaimed in "The Final Problem":</p><blockquote><p>“Aye, there’s the genius and the wonder of the thing!”</p></blockquote><p>That wonder is coming to an end.</p><p>Fremantle and Archery Pictures have announced <em>Moriarty</em> (working title), a new original crime drama series built around the man Sherlock Holmes called "the Napoleon of crime" — Professor James Moriarty. The announcement, made on May 28, positions the project as "a modern reinvention of the crime procedural, based on the most famous villain in all of detective fiction."</p>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">The series will be written by Chris Cornwell (<em>A Discovery of Witches</em>, <em>Strike Back</em>) and Oliver Lansley (<em>Where's Wanda?</em>, <em>Flack</em>). Archery Pictures and Fremantle will co-produce, with Fremantle handling global sales. No network or streaming platform is attached as of yet.</p><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]"><br /></p>
<h2 class="text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold">The Premise</h2>
<h4 style="text-align: left;">"Sometime when you have a year or two to spare I commend to you the study of Professor Moriarty." [FINA]</h4><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">The show's concept has a pleasing irony to it. In the canonical stories, Holmes famously deduces Moriarty as the unseen organizing intelligence behind London's criminal world — he tells Watson:</p><blockquote><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">“He is the organizer of half that is evil and of nearly all that is undetected in this great city... He sits motionless, like a spider in the center of its web, but that web has a thousand radiations, and he knows well every quiver of each of them.”</p></blockquote>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">This new series updates the double life of professor / master criminal and moves it out of London. The official synopsis reads:</p>
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<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">James Moriarty is a Professor of Criminal Psychology at Durham University but leads a secret double life as the mastermind behind every crime of sophistication in the North of England. When a rival criminal begins an assault on his underground empire, Moriarty will have only one choice: to join the police as a consultant, using the law as a weapon to dismantle his foe while keeping his true identity hidden from the police. Paired with Detective Imogen Burrows, a stoic Yorkshire detective, they'll form a fearsome team, but Moriarty will soon realise that the real threat isn't the rival criminal faction he's dismantling, but Imogen's increasingly perceptive suspicions…</p>
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<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">The update from mathematics to criminal psychology is a neat one. Doyle's Moriarty holds a mathematical chair at “one of our smaller universities" before dark rumors force his resignation, and his academic cover as a retired army coach gives Holmes the occasion for that famous put-down: “ex-Professor Moriarty...the retiring mathematical coach.” </p><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">The new version swaps the subject matter while keeping a similar structure: the professor who should be above suspicion, the criminal genius hidden in plain academic sight.</p><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]"><br /></p>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">The procedural concept — because what would a modern Sherlockian series be without being reimagined as a standard police procedural? — is Moriarty embedded in a police consultancy against his will, with a sharp-eyed detective partner threatening to unravel everything. It also echoes the dynamic Holmes himself describes in <em>The Valley of Fear</em>, where he compares Moriarty to Jonathan Wild, the eighteenth-century criminal mastermind who controlled London's underworld while maintaining a veneer of respectability: </p><blockquote><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">“The old wheel turns, and the same spoke comes up. It's all been done before, and will be again.”</p></blockquote><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]"><br /></p>
<h2 class="text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold">The Production Team</h2>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">Archery Pictures was founded in 2014 by producer Kris Thykier, whose credits include <em>Operation Mincemeat</em>, Netflix's <em>Fate: The Winx Saga</em>, and the Bradley Cooper comedy <em>Is This Thing On?</em> Thykier expressed enthusiasm for the project:</p>
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<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">“We are thrilled to be working with Fremantle to bring to life the original and character driven spin off from the Sherlock Holmes universe that Chris Cornwell has created. <em>Moriarty</em> will show audiences what it takes to be a criminal genius, combining genre thrills with a playful, dark, and thrilling dive into the psychology of villainy.”</p></blockquote>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">Rebecca Dundon, SVP Scripted Content at Fremantle, added:</p>
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“We've been looking for a project to work with Archery on for a while and when Kris brought this to us, we instantly saw huge potential for a commercial, returning franchise that brings to life one of the more allusive characters in the Sherlock world: Moriarty. It's exciting to collaborate with Kris and the team at Archery to bring a premium, propulsive, contemporary drama to screen that will not only be clever and hooky, but also give us a fresh spin on the procedural crime format with an unconventionally brilliant protagonist at the heart who will constantly surprise and frustrate viewers in a highly entertaining manner!”</blockquote>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">Fremantle's interest in a “commercial, returning franchise” signals ambition beyond a limited series. The partnership with Archery is one of several creative collaborations Fremantle has forged, alongside deals with the likes of Kristen Stewart's Nevermind Pictures, Emma Stone and Dave McCary's Fruit Tree, and Rachel Weisz and Polly Stokes' Astral Projection.</p><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]"><br /></p>
<h2 class="text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold">Casting and the Shadows of Recent Moriartys</h2>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">No casting has been announced, but the role has inevitably invited comparisons to previous screen incarnations. Andrew Scott's portrayal in the BBC's <em>Sherlock</em> — manic, mercurial, disturbingly likeable — remains the most culturally vivid recent version. Others to have taken on the role include Ralph Fiennes, Jared Harris, Eric Porter, and, in Prime Video's current <em>Young Sherlock</em>, Dónal Finn.</p><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">(See entries from <i><a href="https://deadline.com/2026/05/moriarty-series-sherlock-holmes-nemesis-in-works-fremantle-1236928868/" target="_blank">Deadline</a></i> and <a href="https://www.avclub.com/moriarty-series-in-development-sherlock-holmes" target="_blank">AV Club</a>, if you dare.)</p><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]"><br /></p>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Moriartys, left to right top row: Eric Porter in the Granada series, Jared Harris in <i>Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows</i>, Andrew Scott in <i>Sherlock </i>on BBC; bottom row: Natalie Dormer as Jamie Moriarty in <i>Elementary</i>, Randall Park in <i>Watson</i>, and Donal Finn in <i>Young Sherlock</i>.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br />
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<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">The announcement lands in a moment of notable Sherlockian abundance on television. <em>Young Sherlock</em> on Prime Video recently earned a second-season renewal. The CW's <em>Sherlock and Daughter</em> is expected back for a second season. CBS's <em>Watson</em>, which put Morris Chestnut in the doctor's chair after Holmes's death, was cancelled earlier this year. This is, of course, after 154 episodes of Elementary from 2012–2019.</p><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]"><br /></p><hr /><h3 style="text-align: center;">Related: </h3><h4 style="text-align: center;">"<a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2012/12/six-cases-which-i-have-added-to-my.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Sherlockian Analyzes Some of the Early Episodes of <i>Elementary</i></a>"</h4><hr />
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]"><br /></p><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">As AV Club notes, all of those shows had their own Moriartys — but this will be the first time in the modern television era that the Professor himself gets top billing.</p>
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<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">The Moriarty of the stories appears surprisingly sparingly in the original 60 stories. His most significant appearances are in "The Final Problem", where Holmes describes him at length to Watson and they face each other at Reichenbach; <em>The Valley of Fear</em>, a prequel in which Holmes explains Moriarty's criminal network to Inspector MacDonald; and the flashbacks in "The Empty House" and two others where he is discussed in retrospect. (Do you know which stories?)</p>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">The relative scarcity of canonical Moriarty — compared to his enormous cultural footprint — has always left room for imaginative expansion. A man of good birth and excellent education, compelled by a "criminal strain" in his blood that his extraordinary intelligence only amplifies, who builds the most sophisticated criminal organization in Europe while maintaining an aura of complete respectability: Doyle sketched him in broad, brilliant strokes and left the canvas largely blank.</p>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">Someone has finally taken him up on it.</p><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]"><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">We at IHOSE Media have naturally taken up the topic over the years. Here are some worthy episodes and articles about Professor Moriarty worth exploring</h3><h4 style="text-align: left;">Articles:</h4><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2008/07/can-tell-moriarty-when-i-see-one-vall_6.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>Moriarty</i>, John Gardiner's Last Book, Is Available</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2022/07/moriarty-devils-game-now-available-on.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>Moriarty: The Devil's Game</i> Is Now Available on Audible</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/01/horowitzs-moriarty-is-ingenious-thriller.html?m=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Horowitz's <i>Moriarty</i> Is an Ingenious Thriller</a></li></ul><p></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Episodes:</h4><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2022/07/episode-245-moriarty-devils-game.html#.YuX20HbMLb0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 245: Moriarty's Game</a> — an interview with show creator and writer Charles Kindinger</li><li><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2023/05/episode-265-ken-ludwigs-moriarty.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 265: Ken Ludwig's <i>Moriarty</i></a> — an interview with the playwright and Ashely Polasek, executive director of the Ken Ludwig Company, on his latest play</li><li><a href="https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/2020/01/episode-160-army-coaches.html" target="_blank"><i>Trifles </i>Episode 160 - Army Coaches</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/2021/03/episode-219-moriartys-mathematics.html" target="_blank"><i>Trifles </i>Episode 219 - Moriarty's Mathematics</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/2026/01/episode-472-professor-moriarty.html" target="_blank"><i>Trifles </i>Episode 472 - Professor Moriarty</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/2026/03/episode-481-mr-moriarty.html" target="_blank"><i>Trifles</i> Episode 481 - Mr. Moriarty</a> </li></ul><p></p><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]"><br /></p><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]"><br /></p></div>

New Series on Professor Moriarty Is in the Works

“as famous among crooks... as he is unknown to the public” [VALL] By all estimations, Sherlock Holmes is the most-portrayed literary charact...

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<h4 style="text-align: center;">“But the money, Mr. Holmes, the money!” [COPP]</h4>
<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQmu2XOzsnes-q12EPzBNC4dMIYsSH1H41x1z_jk-gjwdS-5ZdL-aeUA_q7desqpeU9aiwqcQqmpdDcCEc6ppYWgEav7EvMxzdIDIwGY5GIW0c9MkiVLsEz5Gjqxgd6beo_b7HsZkbUeA5G2n-GDE5bylbq6J5m82jwI0pTZeELbMGJKyg9AOXXRHxSmp_/s1600/enola-holmes-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQmu2XOzsnes-q12EPzBNC4dMIYsSH1H41x1z_jk-gjwdS-5ZdL-aeUA_q7desqpeU9aiwqcQqmpdDcCEc6ppYWgEav7EvMxzdIDIwGY5GIW0c9MkiVLsEz5Gjqxgd6beo_b7HsZkbUeA5G2n-GDE5bylbq6J5m82jwI0pTZeELbMGJKyg9AOXXRHxSmp_/w640-h360/enola-holmes-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />When a film's unexpected and runaway success leads to a franchise, it becomes difficult to disengage from the momentum. Arthur Conan Doyle found this out when <i>The Strand Magazine</i>, not to be robbed of more Sherlock Holmes stories following the success of <i>The Hound of the Baskervilles</i>, bid $25,000 for six new Sherlock Holmes stories, or $30,000 for eight, or $45,000 for a set of thirteen and a promise of £100 per thousand words. (Source: <i><a href="https://affiliates.abebooks.com/c/2670720/77416/2029?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fan%3Dstashower%26cm_sp%3DSearchF-_-home-_-Results%26ref_%3Dsearch_f_hp%26sts%3Dt%26tn%3DConan%2520Doyle%2520Teller%2520of%2520Tales" target="_blank">Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle</a></i> by Daniel Stashower, 1999) <p></p><p>Buoyed by the success of the two previous entries in the Enola Holmes series, Netflix has announced that <em><strong>Enola Holmes 3</strong></em> arrives on <strong>July 1, 2026</strong>, providing an enticing trailer. </p>
<p>The official summary sets the stage with characteristic economy: "Adventure chases detective Enola Holmes to Malta, where personal and professional dreams collide on a case more tangled and treacherous than any she has faced before." Sun-soaked Mediterranean intrigue, then — though the franchise's signature charm has always been less about the geography of its cases and more about the particular geography of its protagonist's interior life.</p><p><br /></p>
<h2 style="text-align: left;"><strong>The Facts</strong></h2>
<h4 style="text-align: left;">“the essential facts of the case” [SILV]</h4><p>Millie Bobby Brown returns as Enola alongside Henry Cavill as Sherlock Holmes, Sam Claflin as Mycroft, and Helena Bonham Carter as their mother Eudoria. Himesh Patel, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, and Louis Partridge complete the principal cast. Partridge's Lord Tewkesbury figures rather prominently in the new chapter: wedding bells are ringing for Enola and Tewkesbury, as Netflix's first-look images confirm the engagement has progressed toward the altar.</p>
<p>The film is loosely based on Nancy Springer's young adult book series <em>The Enola Holmes Mysteries</em>. Philip Barantini takes the directing reins from Harry Bradbeer, who helmed the first two films. Jack Thorne returns to write the screenplay. The film runs 105 minutes and was produced by Legendary Pictures and PCMA Productions.</p>
<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpYdx6bkN-JPoZgin4CQWjhKGjMQaHHTS-3L2jj1hvPFDspEFzVfrskj_m56QcSNkXdE6-AOp5rcHncrGhwu2ZlROEr_20xH2Rs0Cw3VbWsPHw1pwJj3XjBdG-nNqzE3bF3AsHOjLXMkPqHt8_nDqtN0OZUWmDuGf4iS7vzZPrgzNKLicsrpHMoA_GErp9/s1200/enola-holmes-3-tewkesbury.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1200" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpYdx6bkN-JPoZgin4CQWjhKGjMQaHHTS-3L2jj1hvPFDspEFzVfrskj_m56QcSNkXdE6-AOp5rcHncrGhwu2ZlROEr_20xH2Rs0Cw3VbWsPHw1pwJj3XjBdG-nNqzE3bF3AsHOjLXMkPqHt8_nDqtN0OZUWmDuGf4iS7vzZPrgzNKLicsrpHMoA_GErp9/w640-h360/enola-holmes-3-tewkesbury.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><hr /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><strong>Related:</strong></h3><p>Don't miss our interview with Enola Holmes author <b>Nancy Springer</b> on <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2020/09/episode-200-enola-holmes.html" target="_blank">Episode 200</a>:</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="4695" data-dashlane-rid="a3567c404345a582" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/16022789/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/414851/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border-color: currentcolor; border-image: initial; border-style: none; border-width: medium;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe></p><hr /><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;">A Darker Turn</h2><h4 style="text-align: left;">“no sister of his should ever have accepted such a situation.” [COPP]</h4>
<p>Those expecting more of the breezy, fourth-wall-breaking energy of the first two films should prepare for a shift in tone. Barantini has compared the sequel to <em>Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban</em> — that telling moment when a beloved franchise acknowledges that its audience has grown up and that the story must grow with them.</p>
<p>Brown herself described Enola as stepping into a version of herself that "feels much more defined but still evolving," noting that "she's built something for herself, which is amazing, but she's also questioning what she wants next." </p><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqu3ETIoPtSywcYvm05hYsQsTGP0vlwcAa8-fSDLNKlzi3JkYpgrC9djDDpw_vnYnLZoK6nXrnFf9UpORPG9RysbVrTyt2TuUSBAfYaeOXtyDNcO4Y1s2ArQRZ8kpGZCaAG__uNOkrG4dE_Tn9EwYC-Bi6nYabQotwJSLTAu5oABAg52n3qkQ0m6bjmAdd/s1200/enola-holmes-3-fire.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqu3ETIoPtSywcYvm05hYsQsTGP0vlwcAa8-fSDLNKlzi3JkYpgrC9djDDpw_vnYnLZoK6nXrnFf9UpORPG9RysbVrTyt2TuUSBAfYaeOXtyDNcO4Y1s2ArQRZ8kpGZCaAG__uNOkrG4dE_Tn9EwYC-Bi6nYabQotwJSLTAu5oABAg52n3qkQ0m6bjmAdd/w640-h426/enola-holmes-3-fire.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>
<p>The <em>Enola Holmes</em> franchise has, perhaps more than it is given credit for, done something quietly remarkable: it has taken one of literature's most celebrated figures of pure logic and reason and asked what it might mean if that same gift of observation were housed in someone for whom Victorian society had arranged a rather different set of expectations. Enola doesn't just solve cases. She insists, persistently and with considerable style, on embracing her unique talents and being seen. She <i>is</i> a Holmes, after all.</p>
<p>In "The Greek Interpreter," Holmes told Watson: </p><blockquote><p>"I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues. To the logician all things should be seen exactly as they are, and to underestimate one's self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one's own powers."</p></blockquote><p>Enola Holmes, in three films now, has taken that dictum to heart — and then, characteristically, gone her own way with it.</p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Watch the trailer:</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="347" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/g1fq327snPU" width="606" youtube-src-id="g1fq327snPU"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p>
<p><em>Enola Holmes 3</em> premieres on Netflix, July 1, 2026.</p><p>Image credits: <i><a href="https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/enola-holmes-3-photos" target="_blank">John Wilson / Netflix</a></i></p><br /><br />