Enola Holmes is a new Netflix original film starring Millie Bobby Brown as the younger sister of Sherlock Holmes (Henry Cavill). Critics have labelled the film as a delight.
Let’s dive into some trivia and facts about this new film.
- Enola Holmes is a 2020 American mystery film
- It is based on the first book in the series of the same name by Nancy Springer
- The film centers upon the teenage sister of an already-famous Sherlock Holmes
- It is directed by Harry Bradbeer
- From a screenplay by Jack Thorne
- Millie Bobby Brown stars as the title character, while also serving as a producer on the film
- Henry Cavill, Sam Claflin, Adeel Akhtar, Fiona Shaw, Frances de la Tour, Louis Partridge, Susie Wokoma and Helena Bonham Carter appear in supporting roles
- Enola Holmes was released on September 23, 2020, by Netflix
- The film received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised Brown’s performance
- By February 2019, a film adaptation of the Nancy Springer book series The Enola Holmes Mysteries was in development at Legendary Pictures
- With Millie Bobby Brown producing and starring in the title role
- Harry Bradbeer was set to direct
- Brown had read the books with her older sister Paige and immediately wanted to play the role of Enola, but wasn’t yet old enough to play the sixteen year old character
- She later told her father they should make it into a film and partnered with Legendary Pictures who she had previously worked with on Godzilla
- She discussed with writer Jack Thorne how she wanted to break the fourth wall
- In June, Henry Cavill, Helena Bonham Carter, Adeel Akhtar and Fiona Shaw joined the cast
- With Sam Claflin, Louis Partridge, Susie Wokoma and Burn Gorman joining in July as filming began in London
- Filming also took place at Luton Hoo in Bedfordshire
- Railway scenes were filmed in Worcestershire at Arley railway station, Kidderminster Town railway station and Victoria Bridge on the Severn Valley Railway
- The Holmes family residence Ferndell Hall was filmed at Benthall Hall in Shropshire
- The Conan Doyle Estate filed a lawsuit against Netflix over the film, claiming it violates copyright by depicting Sherlock Holmes as having emotions, an aspect of the character which they argue does not fall under the public domain as he was only described as having emotions in stories published between 1923 to 1927, and the copyright for the stories published in that period still belong to the estate
- As of July 2019, Daniel Pemberton had been hired to compose the film’s score
- The soundtrack was released on September 18, 2020
- In April 2020, Netflix acquired distribution rights to the film, as opposed to a theatrical release by Warner Bros. Pictures due to the COVID-19 pandemic
- The film was released on September 23, 2020
- On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 92%
- Based on 113 reviews
- With an average rating of 7.14/10
- The website’s critics consensus reads: “Enola Holmes brings a breath of fresh air to Baker Street – and leaves plenty of room for Millie Bobby Brown to put her effervescent stamp on a franchise in waiting”
- On Metacritic, it was assigned a weighted average score of 68 out of 100
- Based on reviews from 28 critics
- Indicating “generally favorable reviews”
- In September 2020, producer and star Millie Bobby Brown and director Harry Bradbeer acknowledged their intentions to develop a sequel
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