Overview
- Prime Video, which announced the renewal Tuesday, said Guy Ritchie will direct the Season 2 opener and star Hero Fiennes Tiffin will return.
- Season 1 drew 45 million viewers in four weeks, ranked among Prime Video’s top 10 seasons, and logged 63% of viewing outside the U.S., with strong play in the U.K., India and Germany.
- The series hit No. 1 in more than 95 countries, and Prime Video says its Season 1 trailer set a platform record with 223 million views in seven days.
- Creative continuity remains in place, with Matthew Parkhill returning as creator and showrunner and Motive Pictures again leading production as Ritchie stays on as an executive producer.
- Prime Video has not announced a release window or full casting for Season 2 after an eight-episode first run that framed a young Holmes’s early ties to James Moriarty.