For the previous 5 years, the Enola Holmes motion pictures have seen Millie Bobby Brown’s character get out and in of every kind of bother, clear up all method of crimes, and get below the pores and skin of her older and extra revered brother, Sherlock Holmes. Sooner or later, the upcoming Netflix film Enola Holmes 3 will see the younger sleuth unravel one more thriller; solely this time, it appears like issues might be very totally different.
I not too long ago sat down for a dialog with Enola Holmes 3’s director Philip Barantini to debate his work on the Emmy Award-nominated Adolescence restricted sequence after it grew to become one of many greatest hits on the 2025 TV schedule. After discussing the ins and outs of the emotionally-devastating sequence, I requested the filmmaker what sort of modifications he delivered to the upcoming film, to which he replied.
With [Enola Holmes 3], I might stated to the crew, ‘I might prefer to make this film barely darker, barely extra grown-up than the primary two.’
And no, this wasn’t as a result of the expertise of engaged on Adolescence, which was co-created by longtime Enola Holmes screenwriter Jack Thorne. As an alternative, it was one thing extra sensible and needed to take care of the character and the Stranger Issues Season 5 actress who’s main the challenge. Barantini continued:
As a result of, , Enola’s grown up, she’s now 21, Millie’s 21. So she’s now not a child, actually. She’s an grownup, and so I needed to mirror that within the model and the tone of the film. So, I feel we have achieved that. And it is nice. It is nice. It is like a brand new chapter, basically.
This isn’t the primary time the franchise has taken a distinct course, as Millie Bobby Brown beforehand defined to CinemaBlend that she needed the character to evolve when getting ready for Enola Holmes 2. The 2022 sequel targeted extra on Enola being an on a regular basis detective, which was essential to the actress and producer.
So far as the place the case will take Brown’s titular non-public eye in Enola Holmes 3, that is anybody’s guess at this level. Thus far, the one factor we all know concerning the film is that it’s going to comply with the younger heroine as she travels to Malta to unravel a case, whereas additionally attempting to steadiness her relationship with Louis Partridge’s Tewkesbury. Nevertheless, with manufacturing having wrapped earlier in the summertime, we must always know an entire lot extra sooner relatively than later. The film can even see the return of Henry Cavill, Himesh Patel, Helena Bonham Carter and Sharon Duncan-Brewster, who’ll all be reprising their roles from the earlier motion pictures.
Whereas we’ll have to attend and see the place Enola Holmes 3 falls on the 2026 film schedule (I don’t suppose there’s any approach this lands on the 2025 film schedule), the primary two motion pictures are streaming for anybody with a Netflix subscription. The identical goes for Adolescence, which everybody ought to watch in the event that they haven’t already.