Enola Holmes 2: When Will Netflix Release This Millie Bobby Brown Sequel?
Enola Holmes 2 is officially happening for Netflix with Millie Bobby Brown reprising the lead role. It will release on the streamer on November 4, 2022
Enola Holmes 2 is right around the corner. In 2020, Netflix released Enola Holmes, an adaptation of Nancy Springer’s The Enola Holmes Mysteries book series, starring Stranger Things’ Millie Bobby Brown. Director Harry Bradbeer’s film is getting positive reviews, including a 92% critic rating and 82% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes and a 66 on Metacritic.
With a strong audience and critical response and an entire series of books just waiting to be adapted, it’s no surprise that both Millie Bobby Brown Brown and Harry Bradbeer are already discussing making Enola Holmes 2.
ENOLA HOLMES JUST RECENTLY MOVED OUT OF NETFLIX’S TOP-10 MOST-WATCHED MOVIES
Netflix likely sees a potential cash cow here. For awhile, the first Enola Holmes movie was the seventh most-watched Netflix original movie of all time. At the time, it was beaten out only by some heavy duty, star-powered action movies like Extraction and Old Guard, and one specific Adam Sandler movie (Murder Mystery) which had the star power of Jennifer Aniston involved. People watched Enola Holmes in huge numbers and they’ll likely return for Enola Holmes 2.
NETFLIX ANNOUNCE ENOLA HOLMES 2 BACK IN MAY 2021
The streaming service took to Twitter to announce their plans to continue on with Enola Holmes 2. It wasn’t all that big of a surprise considering the numbers from the first one. And the stars of this movie have only seemed to grow in fame since then, making it a pretty easy call.
MILLIE BOBBY BROWN WILL RETURN AS ENOLA HOLMES
Will Millie Bobby Brown be back in the starring role? Yes, the actress confirmed that she is excited to continue her journey as Enola Holmes for the sequel. While Netflix hitched their wagon to Brown’s star early on, it has looked completely like the right move. The talent actress is just coming off another star turn in Stranger Things with Season 4 becoming one of the most-watched series in Netflix history over the summer.
HENRY CAVILL WILL BE BACK AS SHERLOCK HOLMES
Henry Cavill has also been confirmed to be returning as Sherlock Holmes. It’s been rumored that he may play a more major role in the Netflix sequel. That wouldn’t be a surprise considering the level of his fame these days. If you have Cavill as part of the franchise, he was only going to be a minor character for so long.
Also of note, the writer and director for the first movie, Harry Bradbeer, is coming back. So we will be getting an Enola Holmes 2 that feels like a natural continuation of the first one, with the same minds behind the wheel.
THE ENOLA HOLMES FRANCHISE COULD GO ON FOR SOME TIME
When asked in an interview for Deadline about returning to this world for Enola Holmes 2, Bradbeer stated, “That decision has got to be made, but I think it would be really exciting.” Brown also concurred, “Yeah, there’s more of the story to be told. The story isn’t over yet. She isn’t grown up, there’s no conclusion. I think she’ll forever be someone who is always evolving, but there’s definitely more to be shown on screen.”
Considering Millie Bobby Brown and Henry Cavill are part of this franchise, it would make sense to keep things going off into the future. And we could even see a Cavill solo movie before it’s all said and done.
THE PLOT OF ENOLA HOLMES COULD BE BASED ON ANOTHER OF SPRINGER’S BOOKS
Enola Holmes is very much based on the first book in The Enola Holmes Mysteries series, The Case of the Missing Marquess and it makes sense that Enola Holmes 2 would be too. In the book and the film, Enola searches for her missing mother, while her two brothers Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes, return home to begin their own search. After leaving home to find her mother, Enola also meets another missing person: the Viscount, Lord Tewksbury, a young boy she helps escape from a man trying to murder her.
The film ends with Enola on her own, sixteen, and living in a boardinghouse in London. Her mother has once again left her, and both Sherlock and Mycroft are still searching for their sister, while Lord Tewksbury is safe at home and hoping to see her again soon. It’s an open-ended enough conclusion to make audiences curious about where Enola’s story could go.
Odds are that Enola Holmes 2 would follow one of Springer’s stories, it’s just not clear which would be a suitable sequel. Instead of adapting all six books individually, it seems more likely that Netflix might try to combine multiple books into one film. For example, the second and fourth book, The Case of the Left-Handed Lady and The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan both center around Enola’s relationship with an artist, Lady Cecily Alistair, so those two stories could likely be combined into another film.
However, the third book in the series sounds as though it could be the most compelling fodder for Enola Holmes 2. In The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets, Enola continues to stay out of the grasp of Sherlock and Mycroft, while also trying to find Sherlock’s partner, Dr. John Watson, who has gone missing.
CRITICAL AND FAN RESPONSE SO FAR
Based on early reviews and audience reactions, it looks as though there would certainly be excitement for Enola Holmes 2. The Playlist’s Rodrigo Perez said of the film, “While Enola Holmes’ empowering feminist message might feel a little on the nose at times, the film, is nevertheless, a witty and endearing little bauble with terrific elan.” Christy Lemire of RogerEbert.com said, “This may be the start of a most welcome girl-powered franchise.”
Not all the reviews have been positive, however. The A.V. Club’s Jesse Hassenger wrote, “Without much of a mystery to solve, this young Holmes comes across more like a junior-level Wonder Woman: intelligent and highly trained yet puzzled by this unfamiliar, unfair world of men,” while Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle said, “A bright young actress, a movie-star actor and a potentially interesting concept gets smothered in 128 minutes of colorful, empty nonsense.”
My own review of Enola Holmes was less positive. I said, “As an attempt to make a Holmes-level story for a younger generation, Enola Holmes doesn’t know how to effectively present a mystery on screen. As a story of feminism in a time where women had precious few rights, Enola Holmes is more successful. It’s just a shame the fight for those rights rarely becomes the film’s focus.”
HENRY CAVILL ANNOUNCED THE MOVIE’S FINISHED FILMING ON INSTAGRAM
Henry Cavill took to Instagram to announce that they had finished filming the movie. It’s an exciting prospect for the franchise.
There was a gap in the timeline and then thankfully, we got a posting from Netflix, the streamer who will be premiering the film, and they announced on their Twitter account that the entire movie had wrapped.
Although the short clip shows some behind-the-scenes of Millie Bobby Brown and Louis Partridge, it was not accompanied by a release date. We have a pretty good idea when fans may see the sequel, though, and it may be sooner rather than later.
SAM CLAFLIN IS NOT RETURNING FOR ENOLA HOLMES 2
We already know three actors from the first film that are making their return to the story of the Holmes’. Millie Bobby Brown will return to her role as Mycroft and Sherlock’s younger sister, Enola and Henry Cavill will make an appearance as Sherlock. Missing from the cast list, though, is Sam Claflin as Mycroft.
There has been no word as to why he wouldn’t be returning and though his name is conspicuously absent from the casting sheet, it doesn’t necessarily mean he won’t be seen at some point during the film.
Seeing as how Neflix included a video clip of Louis Partridge, we can safely say that his Tewkesbury will be on hand to lend a little romance for young Enola.
Also returning to the Enola Holmes world is Helena Bonham Carter as Mycroft, Sherlock, and Enola’s mother, Eudoria Holmes. We will see the return of Adeel Akhtar as Lestrade. The cast grows a bit with the addition of David Thewlis, though who he plays is still a mystery. Hannah Dodd, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Abbie Hern, and David Westhead also join the cast.
THE STORY IS A MYSTERY BUT THE RELEASE DATE IS NOVEMBER 4, 2022
If you were looking to get answers from any of the cast or even Netflix themselves, good luck. You may need the actual Sherlock Holmes to solve these mysteries. The first one is the plot of the film. It has been closely guarded though you can expect the game will be afoot and Enola will find herself in a heap of trouble.
The second mystery had been around the premiere date. The prevailing thought was that Netflix to drop the film sometime in July. That timeline came and went and now it is set to hit the streamer on November 4, 2022.
