Apparently, former Hollywood black sheep and current Hollywood darling Robert Downey Jr. will indeed be returning to the role of the great detective, but no one will say when.

Warner did give a thumbs-up to a third installment, apparently before the second was even released, but everyone involved is pretty busy these days.

Downey also has another iconic franchise role, that of Iron Man, to deal with. Drew Pearce, who has been hired to write the third script, has also written the script for the fifth "Mission: Impossible" movie that's currently being filmed. Guy Ritchie, who directed the first two films and will presumably helm the third, is working on his big-screen version of "The Man From U.N.C.L.E."

Jude Law, who has confirmed that he'll return to play Watson for the third film, also confirmed that scheduling is the big problem.

"It's a slow process," he told "Empire" magazine last year. "We're all busy. So getting us together to try to nail that has taken a little bit longer than we had hoped."

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