Law to play Sherlocks’s sidekick?

Jude Law could be set to take the role of Doctor Watson in Guy Ritchie's forthcoming Sherlock Holmes adaptation.

Ritchie is helming the project which is based on an as-yet-unpublished graphic novel take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous sleuth.

Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr has already signed up to take the lead role in the movie, with recent reports initially suggesting that Russell Crowe was being considered for his sidekick Watson.

However Ritchie denied such speculation at the premiere of his latest London gangster caper RocknRolla earlier this month.

"I'm still looking for my Watson," he told Empire magazine at the time..

Law is expected to finalise a deal to portray the character, while Ritchie is reportedly considering Mark Strong for the role of the antagonist Blackwood, according to Variety

Downey Jr recently told the Sun newspaper that he intends to play Holmes as a "bad-ass" in the movie.

Sherlock Holmes is scheduled for release in 2010.

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