The three-part second series of the BBC detective drama left fans itching for a third in January and they are to get their wish next year it seems, with the show's producer confirming to the broadcaster's in-house magazine Ariel that filming for the next season will begin in early 2013.

No transmission date has as yet been confirmed for the new series however, nor is there an indication of whether it will consist of the usual three episodes or more.

Sherlock – which stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Holmes and Martin Freeman was Watson – ended on a cliffhanger in January when the detective appeared to commit suicide only to later be seen visiting his own gravestone.

The mysterious scenes led to great discussion about how the master crime-solver faked his own death.

In the time between the two Sherlock seasons both lead actors have been keeping busy, with Cumberbatch filming the sequel to 2009's Star Trek and Freeman shooting Peter Jackson's version of The Hobbit.

風(fēng)靡全世界的BBC現(xiàn)代翻拍劇《神探夏洛克》（Shelock Holme）第三季何時(shí)回歸？問題的答案幾乎讓所有劇迷望眼欲穿。近日，該劇執(zhí)行制片人之一Beryl Vertue接受采訪時(shí)確認(rèn)，《神探夏洛克》將于2013年年初開拍，有望明年年中與大家見面。

回歸時(shí)間捉摸不定一推再推 劇迷已經(jīng)習(xí)慣

雖然這比之前外界普遍預(yù)測第三季明年年初回歸又推遲了不少，但大家都對這個(gè)消息不太意外，畢竟《神探夏洛克》似乎生來喜歡讓劇迷等待，劇迷也已經(jīng)習(xí)以為常，關(guān)于該劇具體的時(shí)間安排，甚至連劇組內(nèi)部都沒有定數(shù)，《神探夏洛克》（Sherlock）的執(zhí)行制片人蘇·維特（Sue Vertue）前不久就發(fā)布糾正聲明，推翻了老公史蒂文·莫法特（Steven Moffat）所述該劇第三季將于2012年回歸的消息。

大反派莫里亞蒂不再回歸 新季部分鏡頭已拍

除了第三季具體的回歸時(shí)間，該劇第三季究竟多少集也牽掛我們的心，而目前這一切還都是未知數(shù)。唯一確定的是，第二季第三集《萊辛巴赫瀑布》（The Reichenbach Fall）中卷福的屋頂墜下之后，險(xiǎn)中幸存的部分鏡頭已經(jīng)拍攝完畢、安德魯·斯科特（Andrew Scott）飾演的大反派“莫里亞蒂教授”將不會回歸第三季，他們將在新一季中開發(fā)新的反派角色。

雙男主檔期滿滿 或成劇集推遲主因

《神探夏洛克》是一部現(xiàn)代改編劇集，第二季在今年1月份播完不久，就獲得了BBC電視臺第三季的續(xù)訂。該劇由本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇（Benedict Cumberbatch）和馬丁·弗瑞曼（Martin Freeman）擔(dān)當(dāng)主演，分別飾演福爾摩斯和華生，迅速走紅的兩人檔期滿滿，他們將分別出演電影《星際迷航2》和彼得·杰克遜執(zhí)導(dǎo)的《霍比特人》，可謂忙的不可開交，這或許是《神探夏洛克》計(jì)劃一推再推的根本原因。