Thanks to Warner Brothers, two posters have been released for Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, the long awaited sequel to 2009′s Sherlock Holmes (Is it me or does every movie these days have a super long title with a colon in it? Oh yeah, maybe because every movie out these days is a bloody SEQUEL!) Seriously though, who isn’t looking forward to more Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law and their steampunk version of Sherlock Holmes and the intrepid Dr. Watson?

This time out they’ll be joined by the original Lisbeth Salander from the Swedish Millenium Trilogy, Noomi Rapace as a character called “Sim” along with Stephen Fry as Sherlock’s older brother, Mycroft Holmes and Jared Harris as Sherlock’s arch-nemesis Professor Moriarty, a role that Brad Pitt, Daniel Day-Lewis, Javier Bardem, Gary Oldman and Sean Penn were reportedly all considered for.  Rachel McAdams makes an appearance as Irene Adler (although I’ll bet ya a dollar it’s only a cameo) Other returning players include Eddie Marsan as Inspector Lestrade, Geraldine James as Mrs. Hudson and Kelly Reilly as Mary Morstan.

Not much is known about the plot other than “Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson join forces to outwit and bring down their fiercest adversary, Professor Moriarty.” Well could they be any more vague and cryptic? That’s like saying that Pinky and the Brain have decided that tonight they will plot to take over the world.

In any case, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows opens in the UK, the US and Canada on 16 December 2011. Woot! Can’t wait!