After years of waiting, Sherlock Holmes 3 is finally on its way. The last time Robert Downey Jr. played the Great Detective, with Jude Law at his side as Doctor Watson, was way back in 2011. Unfortunately, since then he’s been busy portraying some kind of superhero, so it’s taken until now for a third film to emerge. Production is due to start early next year though and, ahead of that, one major story detail has been revealed.

It’s already been reported that Sherlock Holmes 3 will take Holmes and Watson to the Wild West and now the villain they’ll face in the States has been identified. The antagonist will go by the name of Senator Cornelius Guest. Described as an affluent man of industry, he’s a self-made American who keeps a bowie knife in a holster at his waist. And apparently, his big plan involves stealing the nation’s gold.

It’s important to note that Guest could be a codename for the character being used during production, so he could end up going by a familiar moniker taken from the original stories in the end. Though he might also not, considering that the 2009 movie had an original villain in the form of Mark Strong’s Lord Blackwood. Right now, we can’t say for sure what he’ll be called, only that the description of the character above is what you can expect from him.

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