Illogical, you might think, but you’d be wrong…
On paper, the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Spock would seem to be pretty similar. Both are emotionally-detached male humanoids who value logic, reason, and loyalty above all else. Both are highly intelligent, if peculiar for their intelligence, and both require a confidant, Watson for Holmes and Kirk for Spock, as a sounding board/link to reality. But what if the connection goes beyond surface traits, and what if Holmes and Spock are … brace yourselves … related?
It sounds crazy but it’s not as crazy as it seems, and it all hinges on a single quote:
“Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
But before we get into all that, let’s look at another important connection between the two.
In “The Reichenbach Fall,” the season two finale of Sherlock, the BBC series starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Holmes...
On paper, the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Spock would seem to be pretty similar. Both are emotionally-detached male humanoids who value logic, reason, and loyalty above all else. Both are highly intelligent, if peculiar for their intelligence, and both require a confidant, Watson for Holmes and Kirk for Spock, as a sounding board/link to reality. But what if the connection goes beyond surface traits, and what if Holmes and Spock are … brace yourselves … related?
It sounds crazy but it’s not as crazy as it seems, and it all hinges on a single quote:
“Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
But before we get into all that, let’s look at another important connection between the two.
In “The Reichenbach Fall,” the season two finale of Sherlock, the BBC series starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Holmes...
- 4/7/2017
- by H. Perry Horton
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Louisa Mellor Jan 17, 2017
We’ve scoured Sherlock’s The Final Problem for tiny details and references to other stories, and here’s what we found…
Warning: contains spoilers.
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With the help of the pause button and a pot of strong coffee, we’ve picked through Sherlock’s series four finale The Final Problem to seek out the nerdy references and painstakingly added background details. (You can find the same for the previous episodes here and here.)
Here goes…
1. Starting with the obvious, The Final Problem is of course the title of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1893 short story in which Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty appear to tumble to their deaths in the Reichenbach Falls. Andrew Scott’s Moriarty references the title several times in series two finale The Reichenbach Fall.
We’ve scoured Sherlock’s The Final Problem for tiny details and references to other stories, and here’s what we found…
Warning: contains spoilers.
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With the help of the pause button and a pot of strong coffee, we’ve picked through Sherlock’s series four finale The Final Problem to seek out the nerdy references and painstakingly added background details. (You can find the same for the previous episodes here and here.)
Here goes…
1. Starting with the obvious, The Final Problem is of course the title of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1893 short story in which Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty appear to tumble to their deaths in the Reichenbach Falls. Andrew Scott’s Moriarty references the title several times in series two finale The Reichenbach Fall.
- 1/16/2017
- Den of Geek
Louisa Mellor Jan 10, 2017
We've scoured The Lying Detective for details and noticed a few interesting titbits. Spoilers ahead...
Once again, we’ve clued for looks in the latest Sherlock episode The Lying Detective and noticed some fun details and references to the original Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stories. Here goes…
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1. The episode’s very first shot of a smoking gun – which we assume is that of Vivian Norbury in The Six Thatchers as remembered by John Watson – is actually the gun shot at John Watson by Eurus Holmes in the episode’s final shot. (The same shot also features in the series four opening credits and is briefly edited in to the scene of Sherlock and ‘Faith’ sitting by the Thames after he’s thrown her gun into the water.)
2. A vase of white roses,...
We've scoured The Lying Detective for details and noticed a few interesting titbits. Spoilers ahead...
Once again, we’ve clued for looks in the latest Sherlock episode The Lying Detective and noticed some fun details and references to the original Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stories. Here goes…
See related CHiPs heading to the movies, Lethal Weapon influences CHiPs movie lands Vincent D'Onofrio as villain
1. The episode’s very first shot of a smoking gun – which we assume is that of Vivian Norbury in The Six Thatchers as remembered by John Watson – is actually the gun shot at John Watson by Eurus Holmes in the episode’s final shot. (The same shot also features in the series four opening credits and is briefly edited in to the scene of Sherlock and ‘Faith’ sitting by the Thames after he’s thrown her gun into the water.)
2. A vase of white roses,...
- 1/9/2017
- Den of Geek
Louisa Mellor Jan 4, 2017
Did you spot the tease for next week’s episode in the Sherlock series 4 opener? See that and more details from The Six Thatchers…
After taking a fine-toothed comb to new Sherlock episode The Six Thatchers (well, watching it with one finger hovering over the pause button) here are a few items of note discovered, in addition to a handful of discoveries made by some very fine Sherlock detectives elsewhere…
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1. We know that Lady Smallwood’s British Intelligence code name is ‘Love’, leaving the Holmes brothers and Sir Edwin to divvy up ‘Antarctica’, ‘Langdale’ and ‘Porlock’ between them. Porlock (as well as being a village...
Did you spot the tease for next week’s episode in the Sherlock series 4 opener? See that and more details from The Six Thatchers…
After taking a fine-toothed comb to new Sherlock episode The Six Thatchers (well, watching it with one finger hovering over the pause button) here are a few items of note discovered, in addition to a handful of discoveries made by some very fine Sherlock detectives elsewhere…
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1. We know that Lady Smallwood’s British Intelligence code name is ‘Love’, leaving the Holmes brothers and Sir Edwin to divvy up ‘Antarctica’, ‘Langdale’ and ‘Porlock’ between them. Porlock (as well as being a village...
- 1/3/2017
- Den of Geek
Sherlock fans can expect a pair of blessed arrivals when we ring in 2017: the first full season of PBS/Masterpiece’s detective drama in three years… and a bundle of joy for John and Mary Watson as they welcome their first child.
“It creates a different dynamic,” co-creator Mark Gatiss tells TVLine about the addition of a tiny Watson, who debuts in the Season 4 premiere (Sunday, Jan. 1 at 9/8c). “Now I must stress, although we have a lot of fun with it, it doesn’t mean that Sherlock has become Two Men, a Woman and a Baby. But we do have fun with it,...
“It creates a different dynamic,” co-creator Mark Gatiss tells TVLine about the addition of a tiny Watson, who debuts in the Season 4 premiere (Sunday, Jan. 1 at 9/8c). “Now I must stress, although we have a lot of fun with it, it doesn’t mean that Sherlock has become Two Men, a Woman and a Baby. But we do have fun with it,...
- 12/26/2016
- TVLine.com
After a lengthy hiatus, our favorite opiate addicted "high-functioning sociopath" returns to the telly on Jan 1st 2017 with episode 1 "The Six Thatchers," and then episode 2 on Jan 8th entitled "The Lying Detective," followed by episode 3 "The Final Problem" on January 15th. And that's it for series 4.
If you aren't familiar with Sherlock or British television, the way television is done in England is different than what you may be accustomed to with the standard American 10-16 episode seasons. Often, seasons are referred to as a "series" overseas, and many are 6 episodes in length, especially for a major drama. Sherlock episodes are basically TV movies running around two hours each, and they may be months are even years apart. This is no surprise considering the fame of both Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock Holmes) and Martin Freeman (Dr. John Watson) making it difficult to coordinate their schedules.
The second trailer does not give...
If you aren't familiar with Sherlock or British television, the way television is done in England is different than what you may be accustomed to with the standard American 10-16 episode seasons. Often, seasons are referred to as a "series" overseas, and many are 6 episodes in length, especially for a major drama. Sherlock episodes are basically TV movies running around two hours each, and they may be months are even years apart. This is no surprise considering the fame of both Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock Holmes) and Martin Freeman (Dr. John Watson) making it difficult to coordinate their schedules.
The second trailer does not give...
- 12/12/2016
- by Drew Carlton
- LRMonline.com
The three-year run of Hannibal, one of the most visually and narratively innovative series ever to air on television, broadcast or cable, came to a breathtaking conclusion Saturday night. I have already confessed to a bit of selfish melancholy that there will be no more surprises, no more opportunities to get lost in the show’s radical approach to reimagining Thomas Harris’s well-known and well-trodden scenarios, and no more sweet, agonized anticipation over what form the show, probably the most envelope-pushing of any network show ever aired, might take in its own becoming. But I must also confess that I couldn’t be more satisfied with the way Hannibal, all three seasons now fully unveiled, was orchestrated to a beautifully modulated finish that illustrated the truly expressive and even transcendent (of the limitations of a more audience-friendly, more comfortingly linear structure and tone) achievement of Bryan Fuller’s series.
- 9/4/2015
- by Dennis Cozzalio
- Trailers from Hell
Lionsgate
The history of entertainment is filled to the brim with examples of characters being killed off, only to suddenly feel a lot better for the sake of a sequel. In fiction Sherlock Holmes was killed off in The Final Problem, only for readers to keep pestering Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for more stories. So back to life he came a few years later.
In television Bobby Ewing famously died on Dallas, only for it to be revealed the whole season was dream, and he was having a really long shower. Likewise Tony Almeida was very, very dead in Season 5 of 24, until Season 7 when he wasn’t.
And movies of course do this a lot. In many cases it’s a consequence of a character striking a cord with the public, who want to see them in another adventure, logic be damned. It’s hard work to come up with...
The history of entertainment is filled to the brim with examples of characters being killed off, only to suddenly feel a lot better for the sake of a sequel. In fiction Sherlock Holmes was killed off in The Final Problem, only for readers to keep pestering Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for more stories. So back to life he came a few years later.
In television Bobby Ewing famously died on Dallas, only for it to be revealed the whole season was dream, and he was having a really long shower. Likewise Tony Almeida was very, very dead in Season 5 of 24, until Season 7 when he wasn’t.
And movies of course do this a lot. In many cases it’s a consequence of a character striking a cord with the public, who want to see them in another adventure, logic be damned. It’s hard work to come up with...
- 3/28/2015
- by Padraig Cotter
- Obsessed with Film
Discarded plots, quotes from canon, Martin Freeman's hatred of Watson's moustache... Here's a long list of Sherlock series 3 trivia...
Released this month, the collector’s edition Sherlock series 3 DVDs are crammed with nerd succour, from the episodes one and three commentaries by Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat, Sue Vertue and Una Stubbs, to behind-the-scenes featurettes, falling-over and dancing outtakes, footage from episode read-throughs, a deleted scene in which Lars Mikkelsen licks Benedict Cumberbatch, technical special effects gubbins, clips from the only existing television interview with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and - we almost forgot - the series itself.
For Sherlock fans who haven’t yet had the pleasure, we’ve ploughed through all the bonus material on the discs, turning up the odd bit of trivia treasure as we did so. Find out below about Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat's plans for Sherlock to teach Mary the violin, Benedict Cumberbatch...
Released this month, the collector’s edition Sherlock series 3 DVDs are crammed with nerd succour, from the episodes one and three commentaries by Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat, Sue Vertue and Una Stubbs, to behind-the-scenes featurettes, falling-over and dancing outtakes, footage from episode read-throughs, a deleted scene in which Lars Mikkelsen licks Benedict Cumberbatch, technical special effects gubbins, clips from the only existing television interview with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and - we almost forgot - the series itself.
For Sherlock fans who haven’t yet had the pleasure, we’ve ploughed through all the bonus material on the discs, turning up the odd bit of trivia treasure as we did so. Find out below about Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat's plans for Sherlock to teach Mary the violin, Benedict Cumberbatch...
- 11/25/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Last month's Emmy awards saw an unexpected and wildly impressive victory for Sherlock, with the series three finale 'His Last Vow' picking up three major awards for Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, and Steven Moffat's script.
Thrilling though this is, the reminder of how good Sherlock is has only served to make the inevitably long wait for series four that bit more painful, and Moffat didn't help matters by enigmatically declaring that the upcoming series will be "devastating". Gulp.
Sherlock series 4 predictions: What's next for Sherlock and John?
Since we were in the mood to marathon all thirteen and a half hours of Sherlock this week, we took the opportunity to pit the nine episodes against each other. Read our list from worst to best below, then tell us all the reasons why we're wrong in the comments!
9. 'The Blind Banker' (Series 1, Episode 2)
There are no truly bad episodes of...
Thrilling though this is, the reminder of how good Sherlock is has only served to make the inevitably long wait for series four that bit more painful, and Moffat didn't help matters by enigmatically declaring that the upcoming series will be "devastating". Gulp.
Sherlock series 4 predictions: What's next for Sherlock and John?
Since we were in the mood to marathon all thirteen and a half hours of Sherlock this week, we took the opportunity to pit the nine episodes against each other. Read our list from worst to best below, then tell us all the reasons why we're wrong in the comments!
9. 'The Blind Banker' (Series 1, Episode 2)
There are no truly bad episodes of...
- 9/6/2014
- Digital Spy
“He [Professor Moriarty] is the Napoleon of crime, Watson. He is the organizer of half that is evil and of nearly all that is undedicated in this great city. He is a genius, a philosopher, an abstract thinker. He has a brain of the first order”
-“The Final Problem” (1893) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Professor Moriarty, known as Jim in more recent adaptations, is not a conventional monster. He doesn’t have scales or a knife, he isn’t some otherworldly creature…yet, in all his incarnations he is viciously terrifying and capable of creating ultimate chaos for our hero.
Moriarty, considered one of literature’s finest villains, was only in two Doyle novels: “The Final Problem” and “The Reichenbach Fall”. He was introduced as a crime lord who protects nearly all the criminals in England in exchange for their obedience and a share of their profits. However, in most modern adaptations...
-“The Final Problem” (1893) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Professor Moriarty, known as Jim in more recent adaptations, is not a conventional monster. He doesn’t have scales or a knife, he isn’t some otherworldly creature…yet, in all his incarnations he is viciously terrifying and capable of creating ultimate chaos for our hero.
Moriarty, considered one of literature’s finest villains, was only in two Doyle novels: “The Final Problem” and “The Reichenbach Fall”. He was introduced as a crime lord who protects nearly all the criminals in England in exchange for their obedience and a share of their profits. However, in most modern adaptations...
- 6/2/2014
- by Tressa
- SoundOnSight
When we last saw the BBC’s Sherlock Holmes, he watched from afar as John Watson beseeched, “Don’t be dead,” to a headstone bearing Sherlock’s name. Watson does this at the end of “The Reichenbach Fall” after seeing Sherlock seemingly leap to his demise, and I thought it bold of series creators Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat to tackle this update of Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Final Problem” in their second series. A faked death on a show is as logistically tricky as a real one, and if there’s one thing that almost always creates a make or break moment for a TV show, it’s dealing with a major character’s death.
For a lot of shows, it’s a break moment. Perhaps some of the problem comes from the fact that a character’s death is often prompted by an actor’s exit from the show.
For a lot of shows, it’s a break moment. Perhaps some of the problem comes from the fact that a character’s death is often prompted by an actor’s exit from the show.
- 1/7/2014
- by Jen Krueger
- Comicmix.com
Interview Louisa Mellor 1 Jan 2014 - 22:30
Here's what the cast and creators said after December's preview screening of The Empty Hearse. Huge spoilers ahead...
Spoiler warning: best avoided if you haven’t seen The Empty Hearse.
After the posh BFI screening of The Empty Hearse in December, writer Caitlin Moran chaired a Q&A with the cast and creators. Mark Gatiss, who wrote the episode, was in attendance with Steven Moffat, Executive Producer Sue Vertue, director Jeremy Lovering, and actors Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch. We’ve trimmed a few of the gags, and the four giggly minutes or so spent wading through an online fan-fic, but the rest is mostly intact. It all began with a scream…
Caitlin Moran: Collectively, having seen the mood outside before this started, and the mood in here today, if everybody would like to let free one big scream to let out the tension,...
Here's what the cast and creators said after December's preview screening of The Empty Hearse. Huge spoilers ahead...
Spoiler warning: best avoided if you haven’t seen The Empty Hearse.
After the posh BFI screening of The Empty Hearse in December, writer Caitlin Moran chaired a Q&A with the cast and creators. Mark Gatiss, who wrote the episode, was in attendance with Steven Moffat, Executive Producer Sue Vertue, director Jeremy Lovering, and actors Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch. We’ve trimmed a few of the gags, and the four giggly minutes or so spent wading through an online fan-fic, but the rest is mostly intact. It all began with a scream…
Caitlin Moran: Collectively, having seen the mood outside before this started, and the mood in here today, if everybody would like to let free one big scream to let out the tension,...
- 12/31/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Sherlock will be returning to BBC One with its anticipated third season in just two days’ time, premiering with its first of three episodes on New Year’s Day, and the broadcaster has recently launched a seven-minute prequel ahead of its return.
The new season picks up two years after The Reichenbach Fall, in which we see Sherlock seemingly committing suicide by stepping off a rooftop, before closing the episode with him watching Watson by his graveside from afar.
It opens with an episode entitled, The Empty Hearse, loosely based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Adventure of the Empty House, in which Conan Doyle brought the character back to life after what was to be his final deathly struggle with Moriarty in The Final Problem.
Sherlock has been gone for two years. But someone isn’t quite convinced that he’s dead…
Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman will...
The new season picks up two years after The Reichenbach Fall, in which we see Sherlock seemingly committing suicide by stepping off a rooftop, before closing the episode with him watching Watson by his graveside from afar.
It opens with an episode entitled, The Empty Hearse, loosely based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Adventure of the Empty House, in which Conan Doyle brought the character back to life after what was to be his final deathly struggle with Moriarty in The Final Problem.
Sherlock has been gone for two years. But someone isn’t quite convinced that he’s dead…
Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman will...
- 12/30/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
(Please note that spoilers are included in this article)
Sherlock Holmes is a classic literary figure and a cultural phenomenon . The Great Detective has had an incredible influence over the decades, inspiring everyone from Doctor Who to House M.D. Furthermore he is one of the most portrayed characters of all time, with over seventy actors playing him on screen through the years. However one of the all time great adaptations, along with the Basil Rathbone and Jeremy Brett versions, has to be the ongoing tv series ‘Sherlock’.
Written by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, both of whom are heavily involved with Doctor Who, this is a modern day adaptation of the original Arthur Conan Doyle novels. The programme has been heavily praised for giving the character a resurgence in popularity, by proving that the stories were always about more than the Victorian setting. This was a series with unique mysteries...
Sherlock Holmes is a classic literary figure and a cultural phenomenon . The Great Detective has had an incredible influence over the decades, inspiring everyone from Doctor Who to House M.D. Furthermore he is one of the most portrayed characters of all time, with over seventy actors playing him on screen through the years. However one of the all time great adaptations, along with the Basil Rathbone and Jeremy Brett versions, has to be the ongoing tv series ‘Sherlock’.
Written by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, both of whom are heavily involved with Doctor Who, this is a modern day adaptation of the original Arthur Conan Doyle novels. The programme has been heavily praised for giving the character a resurgence in popularity, by proving that the stories were always about more than the Victorian setting. This was a series with unique mysteries...
- 10/25/2013
- by Michael Burns
- Obsessed with Film
Richard III, Gandalf, Magneto … and now Sherlock Holmes.
Ian McKellen has added Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s uncanny sleuth to his list of literary incarnations, having agreed to play Holmes in director Bill Condon’s upcoming film A Slight Trick of the Mind.
In A Slight Trick of the Mind, the 74-year-old will, obviously, play Holmes in his later years. And this version was not penned by Conan Doyle, but is instead adapted from a 2006 novel by Mitch Cullin.
The story picks up with the detective at age 93, long-ago retired to the rural area of Sussex, where he is haunted...
Ian McKellen has added Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s uncanny sleuth to his list of literary incarnations, having agreed to play Holmes in director Bill Condon’s upcoming film A Slight Trick of the Mind.
In A Slight Trick of the Mind, the 74-year-old will, obviously, play Holmes in his later years. And this version was not penned by Conan Doyle, but is instead adapted from a 2006 novel by Mitch Cullin.
The story picks up with the detective at age 93, long-ago retired to the rural area of Sussex, where he is haunted...
- 9/5/2013
- by Anthony Breznican
- EW - Inside Movies
Finally finished shepherding Hobbits through their various adventures, Sir Ian McKellen is taking on another of British genre fiction's most famous literary creations, as he joins the exponentially expanding list of actors to don the deerstalker cap of Sherlock Holmes. McKellen will reteam with Gods And Monsters director Bill Condon for A Slight Trick of the Mind, in which a long-retired Holmes reopens an unsolved case from fifty years earlier. The detective's autumn years have been explored in the past, most notably in Arthur Conan Doyle's story "The Final Problem" "His Last Bow," in which Holmes comes ...
- 9/5/2013
- avclub.com
Fans of the excellent BBC series Sherlock can rest assured that the recent Hollywood success of Benedict Cumberbatch and his on-screen partner in crime fighting Martin Freeman will not spell the end for the incredibly popular series. The two English actors have both recently been turning heads across the pond in major big budget blockbusters. Freeman is of course the lead in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy, while Cumberbatch is not only voicing the dragon Smaug in Jackson’s opus but also playing the arch villain in next year’s Star Trek Into Darkness.
Naturally, for fans of Sherlock, Steven Moffat and Mark Gattis’ captivating modern day re-imagining of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous sleuth, there is a worry that its two leads will soon become too big for TV and understandably opt to further their movie careers at the expense of the TV series. However, in a recent interview with Yahoo UK,...
Naturally, for fans of Sherlock, Steven Moffat and Mark Gattis’ captivating modern day re-imagining of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous sleuth, there is a worry that its two leads will soon become too big for TV and understandably opt to further their movie careers at the expense of the TV series. However, in a recent interview with Yahoo UK,...
- 12/18/2012
- by Robert Keeling
- We Got This Covered
AfterElton readers know what's Hot in Hollywood. We're a community of voracious yet discerning pop culture consumers, so when it comes to TV, movies, web series and celebrities... tourniquet be damned, our finger is on the bloody pulse! This year in our first annual Hot in Hollywood poll our readers cast over 800,000 votes (yes, you read that correctly) crowning winners in 21 different categories, everything from Favorite Movie Beefcake to Guilty TV Pleasure to Child Actor We Don't Hate.
There were some tight races (Favorite Web Series, Favorite TV Beefcake and Greatest TV Villain) and a couple gimmes (Teen Wolf obviously had a lock on Favorite TV Sidekick), but the big surprise was how evenly distributed the love was. No single TV or film project took home more than one or two awards.
All in all, it was an impressive launch for the first annual Hot in Hollywood Awards, and our...
There were some tight races (Favorite Web Series, Favorite TV Beefcake and Greatest TV Villain) and a couple gimmes (Teen Wolf obviously had a lock on Favorite TV Sidekick), but the big surprise was how evenly distributed the love was. No single TV or film project took home more than one or two awards.
All in all, it was an impressive launch for the first annual Hot in Hollywood Awards, and our...
- 12/10/2012
- by AfterElton.com Staff
- The Backlot
Sherlock Holmes is one of those characters that just seems to spark endless fascination and inspire people to reimagine him almost constantly. Never mind that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle found him so tiresome that he tried to definitively kill him off in The Final Problem. By then, Holmes had reached such popularity that killing him off couldn’t really work. Even now, Holmes seems to resurface in popularity every few years and gets resurrected once again to become the centerpiece of another slew of adaptations.
Of course, Americans being Americans, we just can’t seem to let the excellent “Sherlock” starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman stand. Nope. We’ve got to have a Sherlock of our own, or, well, if he’s not precisely our own, at the very least he’s going to get partially Americanized to serve our own purposes. I’m not necessarily a big fan...
Of course, Americans being Americans, we just can’t seem to let the excellent “Sherlock” starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman stand. Nope. We’ve got to have a Sherlock of our own, or, well, if he’s not precisely our own, at the very least he’s going to get partially Americanized to serve our own purposes. I’m not necessarily a big fan...
- 11/20/2012
- by dragonwomant
- Boomtron
Bringing characters back from the dead has long been a TV staple, but why the sudden spate of fake deaths in film?
In his latest film, Skyfall, James Bond enjoys a usual day at the office. He is beaten, shot at, dropped into icy water, driven off the road and detonated with explosives, before finally being picked off the top off a moving train by a lone sniper and plunging into watery ravine.
"Where the hell have you been," he is asked upon reappearing one night in a darkened alley. "Enjoying death," he replies. "Everybody needs a hobby." "What's yours?" "Resurrection."
A lot of people have been taking it up recently. Resurrection has become screenwriters' favorite means of reviving a weary series without going to the bother of a full reboot. In the latest Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises, Batman spends much of his screen time (spoiler alert) springing back from the grave,...
In his latest film, Skyfall, James Bond enjoys a usual day at the office. He is beaten, shot at, dropped into icy water, driven off the road and detonated with explosives, before finally being picked off the top off a moving train by a lone sniper and plunging into watery ravine.
"Where the hell have you been," he is asked upon reappearing one night in a darkened alley. "Enjoying death," he replies. "Everybody needs a hobby." "What's yours?" "Resurrection."
A lot of people have been taking it up recently. Resurrection has become screenwriters' favorite means of reviving a weary series without going to the bother of a full reboot. In the latest Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises, Batman spends much of his screen time (spoiler alert) springing back from the grave,...
- 10/18/2012
- by Tom Shone
- The Guardian - Film News
After the first season of the BBC's "Sherlock" aired to great critical acclaim and success, show runners Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss teased which of Arthur Conan Doyle's stories would make up the three telemovies of the second season. At the time they said 'Woman’, ‘Hound’ & ‘Fall' which many immediately guessed as being "A Scandal in Bohemia"," "The Hound of Baskervilles" and "The Final Problem".
Now the pair have released the three words that will define the upcoming third season of the show, however these ones aren't as easily identifiable - 'Rat, Wedding, and Bow'. Moffat and Gatiss announced the trio of words this afternoon at the Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival.
Of the three it is 'Bow' that seems to be the easiest to pin down - the Wwi spy themed short story "His Last Bow" which was also the last chronological instalment of the Holmes stories.
Now the pair have released the three words that will define the upcoming third season of the show, however these ones aren't as easily identifiable - 'Rat, Wedding, and Bow'. Moffat and Gatiss announced the trio of words this afternoon at the Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival.
Of the three it is 'Bow' that seems to be the easiest to pin down - the Wwi spy themed short story "His Last Bow" which was also the last chronological instalment of the Holmes stories.
- 8/24/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
While I like Sherlock Holmes, I am far from a scholar nor have I seen every film adaptation or read every pastiche written. Still, I love the concept and the characters and setting are certainly appealing. Holmes, as created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is etched in the public mind as one of the most brilliant consulting detectives ever imagined with no clue going unnoticed. His encyclopedic knowledge is legendary and his eccentricities make him nothing but fascinating, including the desire to have Dr. John Watson accompany him as companion and official biographer, a level of narcissism unique in the late 19th century.
As a result, when it was learned Guy Ritchie was to helm a new adaptation with Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes, eyebrows rose around the world. Then we saw the 2009 release, and were generally pleased with the bromance between Downey and Jude Law, the latest Watson. This...
As a result, when it was learned Guy Ritchie was to helm a new adaptation with Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes, eyebrows rose around the world. Then we saw the 2009 release, and were generally pleased with the bromance between Downey and Jude Law, the latest Watson. This...
- 6/11/2012
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
Spoiler Warning: In reviewing the second series on the BBC series Sherlock, I may discuss some plot points. If you haven’t seen it – and you should – and you want to remain unspoiled on plot twists, best skip this.
By the time I was ten I had read all of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories. I love the characters, I love the settings, and I’ve watched many of the movie and TV incarnations of the world’s most famous detective. Basil Rathbone was my initiation to the cinematic Holmes and, for a long time, he was indelible. My major gripe with the Rathbone Holmes movies was that, with only the exception of one or two, they were all set in the era in which they were made, the 30s and 40s, and had little to do with the actual stories. I wanted the gaslight and the London...
By the time I was ten I had read all of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories. I love the characters, I love the settings, and I’ve watched many of the movie and TV incarnations of the world’s most famous detective. Basil Rathbone was my initiation to the cinematic Holmes and, for a long time, he was indelible. My major gripe with the Rathbone Holmes movies was that, with only the exception of one or two, they were all set in the era in which they were made, the 30s and 40s, and had little to do with the actual stories. I wanted the gaslight and the London...
- 5/27/2012
- by John Ostrander
- Comicmix.com
All good things come to an end and so the curtain comes down on Sherlock season two although Holmes himself somehow lives to fight another day. The Reichebach Fall saw British TV’s best detective coming face to face with his arch nemesis Moriarty in a story that was loosely based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Final Problem. While the episode was entertaining, it did have a few problems. It’s a bit of a giveaway when you announce that there will be a Sherlock season 3 before you even broadcast season two. Could you really have Sherlock without Sherlock? Secondly, Conan Doyle resurrected his version of Holmes after The Final Problem so the smart money was on Steven Moffat doing the same. Moffat gets no brownie points for originality and anyone who saw the last episode of Moffat’s Doctor Who would have been thinking “Hold on a minute,...
- 5/21/2012
- by Edited by K Kinsella
Tonight, UK viewers will see Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sherlock Holmes go against his nemesis James Moriarty, played by the wonderfully creepy Andrew Scott, in the latest adaptation of the novel, ‘The Final Problem‘. For Sherlock fans, it is the final installment in a thrilling three-episode series but for others, it spells the end of the eponymous hero.
But the question is not whether the character will die like in the books (but was subsequently brought back). The million dollar question is will Sherlock, as a show, survive?
After its debut in July 2010, Sherlock has garnered critical acclaim on how it has revitalised Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous creation, thanks to the collaborative creative genius of co-creators Steven Moffatt and Mark Gatiss.
One of the show’s key attractions is the partnership of Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman’s John Watson, who have both attracted the attention of Hollywood. Freeman is due...
But the question is not whether the character will die like in the books (but was subsequently brought back). The million dollar question is will Sherlock, as a show, survive?
After its debut in July 2010, Sherlock has garnered critical acclaim on how it has revitalised Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous creation, thanks to the collaborative creative genius of co-creators Steven Moffatt and Mark Gatiss.
One of the show’s key attractions is the partnership of Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman’s John Watson, who have both attracted the attention of Hollywood. Freeman is due...
- 1/15/2012
- by Katie Wong
- SoundOnSight
Sherlock The Reichenbach Fall Promo Images
The downfall of having a short three episode series, as BBC’s Sherlock has, is it’s over before you even get to appreciate it. Sherlock’s final episode for its second series, “The Reichenbach Fall,” is set to air this Sunday and with that Sherlock will be over for another year (assuming it gets renewed, which it most likely will). I don’t know about the rest of the world, but this makes me very sad. But I can worry about that later, as for now I’m more concerned with these promo images for the series finale.
Straight from BBC, we have a nice handful of images to “The Reichenbach Fall,” and while they are good solid pictures of Sherlock doing his thing, I’m a little disappointed Moriarty didn’t make it into any of these. He’s had a very...
The downfall of having a short three episode series, as BBC’s Sherlock has, is it’s over before you even get to appreciate it. Sherlock’s final episode for its second series, “The Reichenbach Fall,” is set to air this Sunday and with that Sherlock will be over for another year (assuming it gets renewed, which it most likely will). I don’t know about the rest of the world, but this makes me very sad. But I can worry about that later, as for now I’m more concerned with these promo images for the series finale.
Straight from BBC, we have a nice handful of images to “The Reichenbach Fall,” and while they are good solid pictures of Sherlock doing his thing, I’m a little disappointed Moriarty didn’t make it into any of these. He’s had a very...
- 1/13/2012
- by Brody Gibson
- Boomtron
Three sequels reigned supreme. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows premiered in the top spot at the box office with $40 Million. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked premiered in Second Place with $23.5 Million. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol premiered in Third Place with $13 Million. New Year’s Eve was Fourth with $7.4 Million. The Sitter was Fifth with $4.4 Million. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, Young Adult, Hugo, Arthur Christmas, and The Muppets rounded out the top ten respectively.
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is a 2011 British-American action mystery film directed by Guy Ritchie and produced by Joel Silver, Lionel Wigram, Susan Downey, and Dan Lin. It is a sequel to the 2009 film Sherlock Holmes, based on the character of the same name created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The screenplay is by Kieran Mulroney and Michele Mulroney. Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law reprise their roles as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson,...
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is a 2011 British-American action mystery film directed by Guy Ritchie and produced by Joel Silver, Lionel Wigram, Susan Downey, and Dan Lin. It is a sequel to the 2009 film Sherlock Holmes, based on the character of the same name created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The screenplay is by Kieran Mulroney and Michele Mulroney. Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law reprise their roles as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson,...
- 12/19/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
Sherlock Holmes is transformed into a man of action in Guy Ritchie's latest reimagining of the Victorian sleuth
A crippled veteran, returning to London from Afghanistan and forced to live on a small pension, finds a flatmate who turns out to be a drug addict. They become close friends and this other man eventually tells the ex-soldier that Britain is heading for disaster but will emerge "a cleaner, better, stronger land" and suggests they rush to the bank to cash a cheque before its signatory reneges. The subject of this highly topical story is, as you've probably guessed, Dr John H Watson, narrator of the Sherlock Holmes stories. He's well played by Jude Law in Guy Ritchie's second Holmes movie as a sensible, intelligent, reliable chap, even if he too readily explodes or expostulates when confronted by his flatmate's outrageous behaviour.
But while the film's art director and...
A crippled veteran, returning to London from Afghanistan and forced to live on a small pension, finds a flatmate who turns out to be a drug addict. They become close friends and this other man eventually tells the ex-soldier that Britain is heading for disaster but will emerge "a cleaner, better, stronger land" and suggests they rush to the bank to cash a cheque before its signatory reneges. The subject of this highly topical story is, as you've probably guessed, Dr John H Watson, narrator of the Sherlock Holmes stories. He's well played by Jude Law in Guy Ritchie's second Holmes movie as a sensible, intelligent, reliable chap, even if he too readily explodes or expostulates when confronted by his flatmate's outrageous behaviour.
But while the film's art director and...
- 12/18/2011
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Sherlock 2.03 "The Reichenbach Fall" Details Released
Sherlock season 2 hasn't even started yet, and already details for the season finale have been released. The episode, titled "The Reichenbach Fall," looks to be even more climactic than last season's finale, "The Great Game." And, of course, it will deal with the big showdown between Sherlock and Moriarty (or, as the BBC press release describes him, "the greatest criminal mind that the world has ever seen").
The release continues: "Sherlock and John knew he wouldn’t stay hidden for long. But even they never guessed the sheer scale and audacity of the crime that would propel Moriarty back into the headlines. The crime of the century. The Tower of London, the Bank of England, Pentonville prison – all sprung open on the same day as if by magic! But Moriarty’s plans don’t stop there… Sherlock and John lock horns with their old...
Sherlock season 2 hasn't even started yet, and already details for the season finale have been released. The episode, titled "The Reichenbach Fall," looks to be even more climactic than last season's finale, "The Great Game." And, of course, it will deal with the big showdown between Sherlock and Moriarty (or, as the BBC press release describes him, "the greatest criminal mind that the world has ever seen").
The release continues: "Sherlock and John knew he wouldn’t stay hidden for long. But even they never guessed the sheer scale and audacity of the crime that would propel Moriarty back into the headlines. The crime of the century. The Tower of London, the Bank of England, Pentonville prison – all sprung open on the same day as if by magic! But Moriarty’s plans don’t stop there… Sherlock and John lock horns with their old...
- 12/16/2011
- by Sam McPherson
- TVovermind.com
Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law acquitted themselves nicely as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, respectively, in 2009's Sherlock Holmes, thwarting the diabolical plans of Lord Blackwood (Mark Strong). In the upcoming Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, however, the stakes will be raised, as the pair will face off against their oldest and greatest nemesis: Professor James Moriarty.
Though Moriarty only appeared in two of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories — 1883's The Final Problem (which ended with Holmes and Moriarty falling to their deaths) and 1915's The Valley of Fear, Doyle's final Sherlock Holmes novel — Moriarty is as iconic and as expected character in any Sherlock Holmes franchise as Holmes and Watson. In a recent interview with The Huffington Post, Game of Shadows director Guy Ritchie
I can't think of a super-villain in a sort of obvious commercial sense before Moriarty in literature. He really has become the most famous villain in literature,...
Though Moriarty only appeared in two of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories — 1883's The Final Problem (which ended with Holmes and Moriarty falling to their deaths) and 1915's The Valley of Fear, Doyle's final Sherlock Holmes novel — Moriarty is as iconic and as expected character in any Sherlock Holmes franchise as Holmes and Watson. In a recent interview with The Huffington Post, Game of Shadows director Guy Ritchie
I can't think of a super-villain in a sort of obvious commercial sense before Moriarty in literature. He really has become the most famous villain in literature,...
- 12/16/2011
- by Ryan Gowland
- Reelzchannel.com
"The only reason to put yourself through Guy Ritchie's overblown, inelegant Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows is to see Jared Harris, who plays Professor Moriarty, in a chilling low key," argues New York's David Edelstein. "As Holmes's nemesis, Harris suggests a short, unprepossessing brainiac who was mercilessly taunted in prep school, with the result that he is now a bitter nihilist, quietly determined both to trigger a world war and supply the weaponry. I wonder if Harris, who grew up knowing he'd never cut as dashing a figure as his leading-man father, Richard, dipped into his private well of bitterness for his scenes opposite Robert Downey Jr, whose Holmes is in the capering, somewhat fruity mode of… Richard Harris. In any case, Downey is only good when face-to-face with Harris: grounded, alert, angry instead of peevish. Opposite Jude Law's Watson, he flaps his arms and carries on...
- 12/16/2011
- MUBI
Mark Gatiss has suggested that the forthcoming series of Sherlock will delve deeper into Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Dr Watson's (Martin Freeman) friendship. Speaking at the TV panel at Empire Presents... Big Screen, the Sherlock writer opened up about the new run of the BBC drama, which is just "a week and a bit" from completing production. "Season two is what we're calling 'The Woman, The Hound and The Fall' trilogy," Gatiss said. "So there'll be a version of A Scandal in Bohemia, a version of The Hound of the Baskervilles and a version of The Final Problem," he explained, referring to author Arthur Conan Doyle's detective stories. Gatiss had previously confirmed that the second series of Sherlock would be based on these three stories in (more)...
- 8/12/2011
- by By Tara Fowler
- Digital Spy
Mark Gatiss appeared at Empire Magazine's BigScreen event in the UK to briefly talk about the second season of the BBC's "Sherlock" which he both appears in and serves as one of the writers and producers on.
Filming on the season wraps at the end of next week but there's still no air date being mentioned as yet - hopes it would screen later this year now look remote with a very early 2012 bow looking to be more likely at this point.
As previously revealed the three telemovies, described as "'The Woman', 'The Hound' & 'The Fall" by Gatiss, are based on three of Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous Holmes stories - ‘A Scandal In Bohemia’, ‘The Hound Of The Baskervilles’ and ‘The Final Problem’."
The last story sees him facing off against Moriarty at Reichenbach Falls, asked if we would see that here, Gatiss says "We get to the...
Filming on the season wraps at the end of next week but there's still no air date being mentioned as yet - hopes it would screen later this year now look remote with a very early 2012 bow looking to be more likely at this point.
As previously revealed the three telemovies, described as "'The Woman', 'The Hound' & 'The Fall" by Gatiss, are based on three of Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous Holmes stories - ‘A Scandal In Bohemia’, ‘The Hound Of The Baskervilles’ and ‘The Final Problem’."
The last story sees him facing off against Moriarty at Reichenbach Falls, asked if we would see that here, Gatiss says "We get to the...
- 8/12/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Kicking off the TV panel at Empire Presents... Big Screen in fine style was Sherlock creator/writer and erstwhile League Of Gentlemen star Mark Gatiss. With shooting on Sherlock season two only "a week and a bit" away from completion, Gatiss spilled some news that'll have Conan Doyle purists purring. "Season two is what we're calling 'The Woman, The Hound and The Fall’ trilogy," he explained, "so there'll be a version of ‘A Scandal In Bohemia’, a version of ‘The Hound Of The Baskervilles’ and a version of ‘The Final Problem’."For the spoiler-wary, those are the Wikipedia pages to avoid between now and session two’s airing, the date of which remains almost as under wraps as the will-he/won't-he appearance of Holmes' nemesis, Moriaty.So will Holmes be encountering the nefarious Moriarty? “Wait and see!” laughed Gatiss. So is that a 'yes'? “It’s a nnn-yes.”If we're...
- 8/12/2011
- EmpireOnline
Spoiler Warning for those who have not seen season 1 of Sherlock
With the encore screenings of season 1 of Sherlock finishing their run on BBC 1 this Wednesday night with the season finale ‘The Great Game’, I thought it would be an appropriate time to do a quick run through of what we can expect from the forthcoming second season. It has already been confirmed earlier in the year that we will once again be getting a season comprised of three 90 minute episodes, all of which will be based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s three most famous Holmes stories.
The first episode of season 2, A Scandal in Belgravia, is based upon the novel A Scandal in Bohemia. This was the story that introduced our detective to the wily Irene Adler – the only woman to outsmart Sherlock.
In the original story Holmes is hired by the King of Bohemia to retrieve a...
With the encore screenings of season 1 of Sherlock finishing their run on BBC 1 this Wednesday night with the season finale ‘The Great Game’, I thought it would be an appropriate time to do a quick run through of what we can expect from the forthcoming second season. It has already been confirmed earlier in the year that we will once again be getting a season comprised of three 90 minute episodes, all of which will be based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s three most famous Holmes stories.
The first episode of season 2, A Scandal in Belgravia, is based upon the novel A Scandal in Bohemia. This was the story that introduced our detective to the wily Irene Adler – the only woman to outsmart Sherlock.
In the original story Holmes is hired by the King of Bohemia to retrieve a...
- 8/3/2011
- by Tom Ryan
- Obsessed with Film
Downey Jr in drag and Noomi Rapace telling fortunes ... watch the slick, quick promo for Sherlock sequel A Game of Shadows
Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes was, for me, one of those Hollywood confections where the whole does not quite equal the sum of its parts. Robert Downey Jr created a pleasingly offbeat take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous super-sleuth, and the 2009 film offered some nicely realised, wonderfully atmospheric images of 19th-century London, yet something was missing. The flirtatious banter between Holmes and Rachel McAdams's Irene Adler failed to crackle with the required electricity, and Mark Strong's turn as Lord Blackwood felt like just another rent-a-villain in a career that is fast becoming defined by them.
Nevertheless, the film did very little wrong (if you could ignore Ritchie's usual mildly irritating penchant for slo-mo, fast-mo jiggery pokery) and set things up nicely for the sequel via...
Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes was, for me, one of those Hollywood confections where the whole does not quite equal the sum of its parts. Robert Downey Jr created a pleasingly offbeat take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous super-sleuth, and the 2009 film offered some nicely realised, wonderfully atmospheric images of 19th-century London, yet something was missing. The flirtatious banter between Holmes and Rachel McAdams's Irene Adler failed to crackle with the required electricity, and Mark Strong's turn as Lord Blackwood felt like just another rent-a-villain in a career that is fast becoming defined by them.
Nevertheless, the film did very little wrong (if you could ignore Ritchie's usual mildly irritating penchant for slo-mo, fast-mo jiggery pokery) and set things up nicely for the sequel via...
- 7/13/2011
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
Apple have debuted the trailer for Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows and it sure looks eager to please - plenty of footage (so much so that I feel like I’ve seen the entire film), plenty of action (Sherlock crop shots timed to Hans Zimmer’s score… nice), plenty of humour, plenty of Robert Downey Jr doing his thing and very little interest in telling us what the actual story of the sequel is going to be.
I mean there’s a hint at what the film is about – a game of cat-and-mouse chess between Prof. James Moriarty (Jared Harris) – the big arch nemesis of the Baker Street detective and Holmes, but the real meat of the plot isn’t there. I do think that was the one thing missing from the 2009 original. The setting was spectacular, actors were great, direction was ok, music was stunning but it just...
I mean there’s a hint at what the film is about – a game of cat-and-mouse chess between Prof. James Moriarty (Jared Harris) – the big arch nemesis of the Baker Street detective and Holmes, but the real meat of the plot isn’t there. I do think that was the one thing missing from the 2009 original. The setting was spectacular, actors were great, direction was ok, music was stunning but it just...
- 7/13/2011
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
We were promised it, and so it has arrived. Yes, even though the trailer for Sherlock Holmes sequel A Game of Shadows won’t hit cinema screens until Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 arrives, it's already online.And from the looks of this, Guy Ritchie, Robert Downey Jr, Jude Law and company have gone with the If It Ain’t Broke theory of sequels. If you liked the gags and action of the first film, it appears that you’ll be happy with this one, since the footage on show here features plenty of both.There’s also a nice look at the villain of the piece, Professor James Moriarty (played by the excellent Jared Harris) and some time spent with Noomi Rapace’s mysterious Gypsy, Sim.Over at USA Today, there are some new pics up and Ritchie talking about the plot, which draws elements from...
- 7/13/2011
- EmpireOnline
The recent marketing push for Guy Ritchie’s next sojourn to Baker Street has been leading up to this – our first proper look at Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.
With the trademark quick witted banter and slow motion action scenes the second film has Noomi Rapace, Jared Harris and Stephen Fry joining the cast with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law doing their best to take on one of literature’s most famous double acts.
Certainly the first film was enjoyed by many people and this sequel takes place a year after the first and is partly based on Conan Doyle’s short The Final Problem, which as Holmes scholars will know, involves a trip to Switzerland and a visit to the Reichenbach Falls, giving a fairly obvious hint as to how this one will end.
Due out December 16th in the UK. Apple have just put up the trailer so get clicking…...
With the trademark quick witted banter and slow motion action scenes the second film has Noomi Rapace, Jared Harris and Stephen Fry joining the cast with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law doing their best to take on one of literature’s most famous double acts.
Certainly the first film was enjoyed by many people and this sequel takes place a year after the first and is partly based on Conan Doyle’s short The Final Problem, which as Holmes scholars will know, involves a trip to Switzerland and a visit to the Reichenbach Falls, giving a fairly obvious hint as to how this one will end.
Due out December 16th in the UK. Apple have just put up the trailer so get clicking…...
- 7/12/2011
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
USA Today has just done a feature article on the upcoming "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" with a whole swank of new photos including the first proper still of Jared Harris as Moriarty.
The article also goes into details about the plot which "shares elements" with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 1893 short story "The Final Problem", the only story he had that featured Moriarty as a main character (he was only referenced in other stories).
Of course that story ended on one of the most famous moments in literary history with both Holmes and Moriarty seemingly falling to their deaths at Reichenbach Falls - Doyle killing off his creation which he had gotten sick of. A few years later though he penned "The Empty House" which resurrected Holmes and acted as a kind of sequel to 'Problem' - how much of that story will be incorporated here is anyone's guess.
The article also goes into details about the plot which "shares elements" with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 1893 short story "The Final Problem", the only story he had that featured Moriarty as a main character (he was only referenced in other stories).
Of course that story ended on one of the most famous moments in literary history with both Holmes and Moriarty seemingly falling to their deaths at Reichenbach Falls - Doyle killing off his creation which he had gotten sick of. A few years later though he penned "The Empty House" which resurrected Holmes and acted as a kind of sequel to 'Problem' - how much of that story will be incorporated here is anyone's guess.
- 7/12/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
USAToday has your first real good look at Jared Harris as Moriarty (left) in Guy Ritchie’s “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows”, his sequel to 2009′s hit film about the famous English Detective. Gotta say, Harris looks properly English and slightly menacing, but where’s my top hat? For some reason, I always envisioned Moriarty wearing a tall black top hat wherever he goes. Anyways, the article also offers up more in terms of plot for the sequel. The movie, which also sees the return of Rachel McAdams, follows Holmes as he and Watson trace Moriarty’s murderous trail with the help of Holmes’ older brother, Mycroft (Stephen Fry), and a Gypsy, Sim (Noomi Rapace). The film shares elements from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1893 short story The Final Problem, which first appeared in Strand Magazine and introduced Moriarty. McAdams has already confirmed that she’s only doing a...
- 7/12/2011
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
BBC is putting together the second season of its modern retelling of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes detective stories. Each season is made up of three 90-minute episodes and the upcoming Season 2 will adapt three of the most famous Sherlock Holmes stores A Scandal in Bohemia, The Hound of the Baskervilles, and The Final Problem. Russell Tovey announced via his Twitter account that he was going to be a part of the second season, airing this fall. He tweeted “Yep! I’m gonna be in BBC’s Sherlock… Official!” He later tweeted again, this time revealing his role and which episode he would appear in, “Hound of the Baskervilles… And I am playing Henry… Good times” Henry refers to Sir Henry Baskerville, the nephew of Sir Charles Baskerville.
I’ve heard positive things about this series, though I’ve yet to watch it. A modernization seems fun, even...
I’ve heard positive things about this series, though I’ve yet to watch it. A modernization seems fun, even...
- 7/1/2011
- by Brody Gibson
- Boomtron
Mad Men star Jared Harris will play Professor Moriarty in Sherlock Holmes 2, reports Latino Review. The British actor, who has a recurring role as Lane Pryce in the AMC drama, has won the role of Holmes's arch-nemesis. Actors including Brad Pitt, Daniel Day-Lewis and Gary Oldman had previously been linked to the part. Moriarty faced off against Holmes in the Arthur Conan Doyle stories The Final Problem (more)...
- 9/29/2010
- by By Simon Reynolds
- Digital Spy
Hachette imprint Franklin Watts Books has emerged as the publisher for Tony Lee's Sherlock Holmes graphic novel project. Written by Lee and illustrated by Dan Boultwood, Sherlock Holmes And The Baker Street Irregulars is a four-book series based on the peripheral characters from Arthur Conan Doyle's work. Set between the classic stories The Adventure Of The Final Problem and The (more)...
- 6/10/2010
- by By Mark Langshaw
- Digital Spy
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