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by Jenni Horn
Rumours Hollywood heart throb Brad Pitt was coming to Medway have been thrown into doubt.
It was reported that Pitt, pictured above in the role of Troy, would join the cast of Guy Ritchie's new Sherlock Holmes film and shoot scenes at Chatham’s Historic Dockyard.
According to national newspaper reports yesterday (Tuesday), the 45-year-old had been called in at the last minute to play Holmes’ arch nemesis Moriarty.
But according to reports today (Wednesday) film studios Warner Bros have denied the rumours.
A studio representative told USMagazine: “Brad Pitt is not joining the cast of Sherlock Holmes and we’re extremely pleased with the production of the film.
As planned, it will be released on Christmas Day, 2009.
In order to complete the movie, we’ve scheduled a few days on set to shoot a couple of additional scenes, obtain pick-up shots, and perfect some of the visual effects elements, all of which is standard filmmaking practice.”Earlier this week a source told the Mirror: “It’s a huge coup to have Brad joining the cast.
“Brad is expected to be filming all over London.There will be scenes shot at Royal Victoria Dock, Pontoon Docks, Pinewood and Chatham Docks in Kent."