And the following quote makes me discount it even more:

>As for Brad, an insider tells me he's "very interested in
>taking on the role and happy they aren't considering his
>kick-ass partner Angelina for the part."

Well no fucking shit she won't play a man.

Personally,
I don't ever want Moriarty to have a face.

My memory of him from the stories is that he is a pervading menace.
He is rarely mentioned,
but once you know him you start to think for yourself how he could possibly be behind some of the crimes being perpetuated.

The mistake I hope they do not make is to have him become an out and out villain as Blackwood is in this movie.
That simply is NOT his M.O.
He is not the "get your hands dirty" type;
he is a mastermind who succeeds because Sherlock is the only one who knows who he is.

The way I see it they can only deal with this in two ways:

1) The films are a trilogy in which our suspense is built through the first and second and the third ends with Holmes capturing Moriarty and retiring as a beekeeper.

or

2) The second film ends as the Holmes story "The Final Problem" does and the third opens with
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Moriarty dead and Holmes making a glorious return
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Either of these will inherently be at least somewhat unfaithful to the books,
but if the films are going to be a series these are the only ways I see it working itself out.

And if they put "The Final Problem" in the middle of either of the next two flicks I will unfathomably pissed.