Guy Ritchie is the director of "Sherlock Holmes," starring Robert Downey Jr., Rachel McAdams and Jude Law. The film is being released Christmas Day by Warner Bros.

The cast and filmmakers of "Sherlock Holmes" set out to delve deeper into Conan Doyle's four novels and 56 self-contained short stories to peel back the layers on Holmes. "We've tried to take him back to what we believe to be his origin, which is essentially a more visceral character," says Ritchie, who has been a Holmes fan since childhood.

Robert Downey Jr. plays Sherlock Holmes in "Sherlock Holmes," directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Jude Law and Rachel McAdams.

"He was probably the first superhero, an intellectual superhero," states Robert Downey Jr., the Oscar-nominated actor who takes on the title role in "Sherlock Holmes." "He was, and probably still is, one of the most recognizable icons on Earth, so much so that a lot of people actually thought that Sherlock Holmes was a real person.

Clint Eastwood is the director of "Invictus," which stars Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon. The film is being released December 11 by Warner Bros.

Morgan Freeman sent the screenplay to Eastwood, who says he immediately responded to the material. "The story caught my imagination. I thought it was a natural for a movie, and I really liked the way the script was written."?

Morgan Freeman stars in the role of Nelson Mandela and also serves as an executive producer on "Invictus," also starring Matt Damon and directed by Clint Eastwood. The film is being released December 11 by Warner Bros.

"This is an important story about a world-shaking event that too few people know about," he states. "I cannot think of any moment in history when a nation coalesced so suddenly and so completely. I was proud to have the opportunity to tell this story. And when you have the chance to tell it with Clint Eastwood's abilities…it's something you just have to do."