Jude Law Says ‘Sherlock Holmes 2’ Will Shoot In October

A small update from Jude Law on “Sherlock Holmes 2.” Nothing to get super excited about, really.

We know the Guy Ritchie-directed sequel is already set for a December 16, 2011 release, so shooting has to start relatively soon. Last we heard, the film would shoot in late summer or early fall and it looks like they’re still slightly chipping away at the script — written by the unlikely duo of Kieran Mulroney and Michele Mulroney (“Paper Man”) — because Law told Empire, they’re eyeing an October start date (arguably October is early fall and nothing has changed time table wise).

But, what does this mean for Steven Soderbergh’s international virus thriller, “Contagion” set to star Law, Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Gwyneth Paltrow, Marion Cotillard and scheduled to shoot around the same time? He says ‘Sherlock’ will go first and then “Contagion.” However, Law’s scenes in the film are independent of the rest of the A-list members of the cast and its plausible they could shoot at the same time and all of Law’s scenes could be shot afterwards.

Law also revealed that he’ll play the father in Martin Scorsese’s “The Invention of Hugo Cabret” which Scorsese is shooting now (Law just recently joined the cast). And, if anything, as a time of the times, these three aforementioned pictures — “Contagion,” “Sherlock Holmes 2” and ‘Hugo Cabret’ — are all going to be be shot in 3D.

What else do we know about “Sherlock Homes 2”? Well, Daniel Day-Lewis probably won’t star in it as Moriarty, Rachel McAdams will probably return though it sounds like in a more reduced role and the film will probably take the two detectives, Robert Downey Jr. and Law across Europe.

Somehow in all this Downey Jr. is also supposed to shoot Alfonso Cuaron’s “Gravity” this summer. We’re rooting for that project and while RDJ’s part is a supporting role and ostensibly doable, we’ll still believe it when we see it.