Superman famed star Henry Cavill is set to take on the iconic role of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes in Legendary’s Enola Holmes, starring Millie Bobby Brown aka Eleven from the hit Netflix show Stranger Things. 

Enola Holmes is based on the Nancy Springer book series The Enola Holmes Mysteries, which follows Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes’ much younger sister, Enola. Helena Bonham Carter is also on board to play Enola’s mother. Henry took to his official Instagram to share the news and wrote, "Very excited to play a character as fantastic as Sherlock Holmes and very very fortunate to be working with Millie Bobby Brown! Millie, I will see you back in London soon sis!" 

 

 

 

 

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Very excited to play a character as fantastic as Sherlock Holmes and very very fortunate to be working with Millie Bobby Brown! Millie, I will see you back in London soon sis! @MillieBobbyBrown #EnolaHolmes #SherlockHolmes

A post shared by Henry Cavill (@henrycavill) on Jun 27, 2019 at 4:46pm PDT

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Killing Eve helmer Harry Bradbeer will direct with His Dark Materials writer Jack Thorne adapting the script. The book series began with the 2006 title The Case of the Missing Marquess and covered six novels, which revolve around mysteries investigated by Enola. Production on Enola Holmes is expected to start this summer.

Henry will next be seen in Netflix’s The Witcher series, which is based on the best-selling book series while Millie will soon feature in the third season of Stranger Things. 

(Source: Instagram and Variety)