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Pitt to Play Baddie in Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes

Movie execs demand missing character join film

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(Newser) – Brad Pitt will be skulking around the shadows of Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes, reports the Daily Mirror. Studio execs were troubled by Ritchie’s initial take, and demanded that the director resurrect Holmes’ nemesis, Moriarty. A desperate call to pal Pitt, who had some free time, turned the crisis into a coup, the Mirror notes, with filming set for this week in London. Holmes' release date has now been postponed until after Christmas.

Jude Law stars as Dr. Watson, left, and Robert Downey Jr as Sherlock Holmes in a scene from
Jude Law stars as Dr. Watson, left, and Robert Downey Jr as Sherlock Holmes in a scene from "Sherlock Holmes."   (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures., Alex Bailey)
In a Monday, Dec. 1, 2008 photo, Brad Pitt poses in Kellogg Park, a high-tech playground in the Lower 9th Ward that uses solar energy to run its electronic wireless game system in New Orleans.
In a Monday, Dec. 1, 2008 photo, Brad Pitt poses in Kellogg Park, a high-tech playground in the Lower 9th Ward that uses solar energy to run its electronic wireless game system in New Orleans.   (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Brad Pitt arrives for the German premiere of Inglourious Basterds in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, July 28, 2009.
Brad Pitt arrives for the German premiere of Inglourious Basterds in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, July 28, 2009.   (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)
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