Sun, 03 January 2010 23:46:59 ET
Infuriated by the lead actor's hints on homosexual relationship between Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, Arthur Conan Doyle's estate threatens to withdraw director Guy Ritchie's rights to the sequel.
The future of "
Sherlock Holmes" sequel is placed in jeopardy due to homosexual hints. According to reports, the executors of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's literary estate have threatened to withdraw director Guy Ritchie's rights to the supersleuth story if he continues to hint on the homosexual relationship between
Robert Downey Jr.'s Holmes and
Jude Law's Watson.
The executors were infuriated over Downey Jr.'s homoerotic subtext comment when he appeared on
David Letterman's talk show to promote the movie. At the time, the actor best known for his role in "
Iron Man" asked the audience to decide whether Holmes is "a very butch homosexual".
Responding to Downey Jr.'s remark, Andrea Plunket, who controls the remaining U.S. copyrights to the Holmes story, said, "I hope this is just an example of Mr Downey's black sense of humor." She then added, "It would be drastic, but I would withdraw permission for more films to be made if they feel that is a theme they wish to bring out in the future. I am not hostile to homosexuals, but I am to anyone who is not true to the spirit of the books."
"Sherlock Holmes" itself has been released in theaters across the U.S. on Christmas Day, December 25. Upon its release, it broke Christmas opening records with $24.6 million in its pocket, besting over "
Marley & Me" and "
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". It has since collected as much as $140.7 million in the North America alone and nearly $229 million worldwide.
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