USA Today offered an "early look" at the latest inhabitants of 221B Baker Street--Robert Downey Jr.'s Sherlock Holmes and Jude Law's Dr. Watson--in Guy Ritchie's version of Arthur Conan Doyle's stories.

"Initially, we were just infusing the dialogue with Doyle-isms," said Downey. "Now we tend to speak a little more on his behalf."

When first considering the challenge of another in the long tradition of Holmesian interpretations, Ritchie said, "I didn't really think of the downside as much as I thought about the upside. I was a Holmes fan when I was a child. They are the first stories I remember. I also liked the approach the studio was coming at. To me, it was the perfect segue from small independent films to something more ambitious and quintessentially English. So I've got my cake and I can eat it."

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Alex Holmes will rewrite and direct The Interpretation of Murder, an adaptation of Jed Rubenfeld's novel, for Warner Bros. Variety reported that Paula Weinstein is producing the story that "follows a Sigmund Freud protege who discovers a trail of sadistic murders in turn-of-the-century New York. Chris Kyle wrote the first draft of the screenplay."