Netflix Confirms 'Enola Holmes 3' Production is Afoot

Enola Holmes is back on the case, as filming for the third installment in the ongoing franchise has commenced in Malta, according to Netflix. One of the streaming service's more dependable hits of the 2020s, the adaptations of Nancy Springer's middle-grade children's books first debuted on Netflix during the pandemic, after Warner Bros. Pictures sold the film rights rather than try to hold out until theaters reopened. It was a perfect fit for Netflix, as the main stars of the film are all best known for starring in other topline hits from the streaming service and has gone on to become one of its flagship movie titles.

Springer's novels are Sherlock Holmes stories for the modern, discerning reader, aged 8-13, starring Sherlock's heretofore unmentioned younger sister, Enola. A 14-year-old boarding school attendee who initially runs away to solve the mystery of her mother's disappearance, Enola currently stars in ten books and counting, which trace her journey from  14 year old truant to a young lady who livs in her own boarding house just like her brother, with a detective consultancy and mysteries that are solved by knowing things about the world of women in the late Victorian era.

However, the delays between films have been a little rough, especially for Brown, who remained committed to Stranger Things despite mounting delays in filming the final two seasons. Stranger Things may still be trying to pretend Brown isn't a day over 16, but the 21-year-old actor has grown up, and the film franchise has done a speed run through Springer's books, jumping to the later ones where Enola is a young adult heading out on her own by the second film. The third film has an entirely new plot that, as yet, does not seem to connect back to the Springer books, instead taking the movies in their own direction.

The third film's logline doesn't have a lot of details:

Adventure chases detective Enola Holmes to Malta, where personal and professional dreams collide in a case more tangled and treacherous than any she has faced before.

Enola Holmes 3 will once again star Brown as the titular Enola, Henry Cavill (The Witcher) as Absolute Unit Sherlock, Helena Bonham Carter (The Crown) as the Holmes matriarch, Eudoria; Himesh Patel (The Franchise) as Watson, Louis Partridge (Disclaimer) as Tewkesbury, and Sharon Duncan-Brewster (Dune) as Moriarty, Thus far, Netflix has not confirmed the returns of Sam Claflin as the elder and less absolute unit-sized Mycroft, Adeel Akhtar as Lestrade, or Susan Wokoma as Edith. 

Brown once again executive produces with father Bobby Brown, husband Jake Bongiovi & Isobel Richards for PCMA, alongside Mary Parent, Ali Mendes, and Alex Garcia for Legendary Entertainment

Filming for Enola Holmes 3 is underway, with an expected release date in 2026.