By Tim Greaves
Numerous actors have occupied the role of Sherlock Holmes over the decades, some more suited to the shoes of author Arthur Conan Doyle's famous consulting detective than others. One of the finest portrayals is that by Ian Richardson. Yet, sadly, his is also one that is often overlooked, not leastways because he played the character just twice (in a pair of 1983 films made for television), but also because his light was to be quickly eclipsed a year later by the arrival on TV screens of Jeremy Brett, whose interpretation of Holmes is considered by many to be the definitive one.
Sy Weintraub – who produced several Tarzan movies throughout the 60s and was executive producer on the popular long-running Ron Ely TV series –teamed up with Otto Plaschkes (whose producer credits include Georgie Girl and The Holcroft Covenant) with the intention of making several Holmes adventures headlining Richardson.
Numerous actors have occupied the role of Sherlock Holmes over the decades, some more suited to the shoes of author Arthur Conan Doyle's famous consulting detective than others. One of the finest portrayals is that by Ian Richardson. Yet, sadly, his is also one that is often overlooked, not leastways because he played the character just twice (in a pair of 1983 films made for television), but also because his light was to be quickly eclipsed a year later by the arrival on TV screens of Jeremy Brett, whose interpretation of Holmes is considered by many to be the definitive one.
Sy Weintraub – who produced several Tarzan movies throughout the 60s and was executive producer on the popular long-running Ron Ely TV series –teamed up with Otto Plaschkes (whose producer credits include Georgie Girl and The Holcroft Covenant) with the intention of making several Holmes adventures headlining Richardson.
- 5/10/2016
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
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Here's what Mary Morstan, aka Amanda Abbington, had to say on a visit to the set of the Sherlock Christmas Special this February...
Warning: contains spoilers for Sherlock series 3.
How will Sherlock's trip back in time to Conan Doyle's original era affect the role of series three newcomer Mary Watson? That's what the huddle of journalists visiting the set of Sherlock's The Abominable Bride this February tried to find out in this round-table interview with Amanda Abbington.
Mary won't be quite the same as her series three self, Abbington told us, but neither will she be a subservient Victorian lady. "Not by a long chalk..."
We just saw a brief clip of the Special…
Oh, did you? More than I’ve bloody seen!
How is it playing the Victorian Mary? You put the costume on, do you immediately stand up straighter?
Yeah, you do.
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Here's what Mary Morstan, aka Amanda Abbington, had to say on a visit to the set of the Sherlock Christmas Special this February...
Warning: contains spoilers for Sherlock series 3.
How will Sherlock's trip back in time to Conan Doyle's original era affect the role of series three newcomer Mary Watson? That's what the huddle of journalists visiting the set of Sherlock's The Abominable Bride this February tried to find out in this round-table interview with Amanda Abbington.
Mary won't be quite the same as her series three self, Abbington told us, but neither will she be a subservient Victorian lady. "Not by a long chalk..."
We just saw a brief clip of the Special…
Oh, did you? More than I’ve bloody seen!
How is it playing the Victorian Mary? You put the costume on, do you immediately stand up straighter?
Yeah, you do.
- 11/26/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
The Sherlock special may still seem a very, very long way off, but Digital Spy is ready and waiting to bring you all the latest news and tidbits from the show's panel at San Diego Comic-Con.
Steven Moffat and Sue Vertue will be appearing on the stage in Ballroom 20 alongside Lestrade himself, Rupert Graves, and you can follow along with all the action here from 3.45pm Pt / 6.45pm Et / 11.45pm UK time.
00:46And on that bombshell, we are all finished in Ballroom 20 for Sherlock!
00:46What made them want to cast Benedict as Sherlock, one fan asks, and was there any concern that he wasn't good looking enough? (Sacrilege.) "There was a slight tremor of 'You promised us a really handsome one, and Benedict's really good looking but he's not stunning'", Moffat says. But once he put on his costume and the coat and had the hair, "he became a matinee idol!
Steven Moffat and Sue Vertue will be appearing on the stage in Ballroom 20 alongside Lestrade himself, Rupert Graves, and you can follow along with all the action here from 3.45pm Pt / 6.45pm Et / 11.45pm UK time.
00:46And on that bombshell, we are all finished in Ballroom 20 for Sherlock!
00:46What made them want to cast Benedict as Sherlock, one fan asks, and was there any concern that he wasn't good looking enough? (Sacrilege.) "There was a slight tremor of 'You promised us a really handsome one, and Benedict's really good looking but he's not stunning'", Moffat says. But once he put on his costume and the coat and had the hair, "he became a matinee idol!
- 7/9/2015
- Digital Spy
From spoofs to point-and-click adventure games, here are 10 of the most memorable unusual incarnations of Sherlock Holmes...
We don’t know a great deal about the content of the 90-minute Sherlock special set to air later this year, but one thing has emerged from the set photos and tantalising titbits of information we’ve seen so far. Sherlock Holmes and John Watson will be in nineteenth-century garb, pitching them back into the setting of the legendary detective’s original adventures: 1895, to be precise. Why that happens is as yet unclear, but all will be revealed.
For those still craving their Holmes fix in the meantime, the new film Mr. Holmes offers us Ian McKellen’s take on the character, musing upon an old case as he looks back on his long career from the vantage point of retirement. Jonny Lee Miller’s ultra-modern, Us-based Sherlock will be entering his fourth...
We don’t know a great deal about the content of the 90-minute Sherlock special set to air later this year, but one thing has emerged from the set photos and tantalising titbits of information we’ve seen so far. Sherlock Holmes and John Watson will be in nineteenth-century garb, pitching them back into the setting of the legendary detective’s original adventures: 1895, to be precise. Why that happens is as yet unclear, but all will be revealed.
For those still craving their Holmes fix in the meantime, the new film Mr. Holmes offers us Ian McKellen’s take on the character, musing upon an old case as he looks back on his long career from the vantage point of retirement. Jonny Lee Miller’s ultra-modern, Us-based Sherlock will be entering his fourth...
- 6/29/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
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
Feature Alex Westthorp 19 Feb 2014 - 07:00
Nostalgia ahoy! With Sherlock Holmes more popular than ever, Alex looks back at eighties children's drama, The Baker Street Boys...
The BBC's contemporary take on Arthur Conan Doyle's short stories has made Sherlock the most popular television drama series in many years. Benedict Cumberbatch has made Sherlock his own, his approach to the role as radical for the current era as the late, great Jeremy Brett's was a generation ago. Martin Freeman has banished our memories of his role as Tim Canterbury in Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's The Office, with his wonderful re-assessment of Dr John Watson. The corporation is making the most of the Conan Doyle franchise. After from two rather lacklustre yuletide cases, firstly with Richard Roxburgh in 2002 then Rupert Everett in 2004; they finally have a hit on their hands. The benchmark hitherto has always been Granada Television...
Nostalgia ahoy! With Sherlock Holmes more popular than ever, Alex looks back at eighties children's drama, The Baker Street Boys...
The BBC's contemporary take on Arthur Conan Doyle's short stories has made Sherlock the most popular television drama series in many years. Benedict Cumberbatch has made Sherlock his own, his approach to the role as radical for the current era as the late, great Jeremy Brett's was a generation ago. Martin Freeman has banished our memories of his role as Tim Canterbury in Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's The Office, with his wonderful re-assessment of Dr John Watson. The corporation is making the most of the Conan Doyle franchise. After from two rather lacklustre yuletide cases, firstly with Richard Roxburgh in 2002 then Rupert Everett in 2004; they finally have a hit on their hands. The benchmark hitherto has always been Granada Television...
- 2/18/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Feature Gem Wheeler 14 Feb 2014 - 07:00
Gem compares Elementary and Sherlock's approach to adapting Arthur Conan Doyle's original stories...
Warning: contains plot details for Sherlock series three and Elementary season two.
Unless you’ve been hiding out in a mysterious foreign country since 2012, you’ll know that Sherlock recently concluded its third series by presenting us with another tantalising mystery. The last time this happened, it was the thorny question of how Sherlock managed to survive his leap from the roof of St Bart’s. This year, we’re left to wonder how Moriarty apparently brushed aside the small matter of a self-inflicted bullet wound to the head. It’s comforting to know that times may change, but Sherlock’s capacity to induce fevered speculation and waves of online outrage will be with us for some time to come.
We’ve been granted no fewer than three recent interpretations of the consulting detective.
Gem compares Elementary and Sherlock's approach to adapting Arthur Conan Doyle's original stories...
Warning: contains plot details for Sherlock series three and Elementary season two.
Unless you’ve been hiding out in a mysterious foreign country since 2012, you’ll know that Sherlock recently concluded its third series by presenting us with another tantalising mystery. The last time this happened, it was the thorny question of how Sherlock managed to survive his leap from the roof of St Bart’s. This year, we’re left to wonder how Moriarty apparently brushed aside the small matter of a self-inflicted bullet wound to the head. It’s comforting to know that times may change, but Sherlock’s capacity to induce fevered speculation and waves of online outrage will be with us for some time to come.
We’ve been granted no fewer than three recent interpretations of the consulting detective.
- 2/13/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Feature Rob Leane 14 Jan 2014 - 09:00
Sherlock's series 3 finale has provided a massive talking point for speculation among fans. Rob looks at the options, with huge spoilers...
This article contains major spoilers for His Last Vow.
"You will not apply my precept," he said, shaking his head. "How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?”
- Sherlock Holmes, The Sign of Four, Arthur Conan Doyle
While we may not be able to eliminate any options from the latest water-tight giving-nothing-away Sherlock TV cliff-hanger, we can look at the realistic options and gain a better understanding. So, in the spirit of The Great Detective, let us look at what we know about the twist at the end of series three:
Some Gif footage of one Jim Moriarty has surfaced all over Sherlock’s world; every screen...
Sherlock's series 3 finale has provided a massive talking point for speculation among fans. Rob looks at the options, with huge spoilers...
This article contains major spoilers for His Last Vow.
"You will not apply my precept," he said, shaking his head. "How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?”
- Sherlock Holmes, The Sign of Four, Arthur Conan Doyle
While we may not be able to eliminate any options from the latest water-tight giving-nothing-away Sherlock TV cliff-hanger, we can look at the realistic options and gain a better understanding. So, in the spirit of The Great Detective, let us look at what we know about the twist at the end of series three:
Some Gif footage of one Jim Moriarty has surfaced all over Sherlock’s world; every screen...
- 1/14/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Feature Louisa Mellor 8 Jan 2014 - 12:00
Ahead of Sherlock’s series 3 finale, we tot up what we know so far about this version of Mary Morstan. Speculation ahoy...
Warning: contains plot details for The Empty Hearse, The Sign Of Three and potentially spoiler-y speculation for His Last Vow (which we haven't seen yet).
Something bad is going to happen in Sherlock. How could it not? The Sign Of Three was so cockle-warming an outing for Holmes and Watson, with such a cheering resolution (a baby! a disco! so many declarations of love!), that it had to be setting us up for a fall. A figurative one, this time.
Sherlock’s indestructibility established, the ‘something bad’ dangles Damoclean over other heads than his. There’s John of course, Mycroft, Molly, Lestrade, Mrs Hudson and the Woman, all of whom mean something to us and our hero. Another character though, one whose...
Ahead of Sherlock’s series 3 finale, we tot up what we know so far about this version of Mary Morstan. Speculation ahoy...
Warning: contains plot details for The Empty Hearse, The Sign Of Three and potentially spoiler-y speculation for His Last Vow (which we haven't seen yet).
Something bad is going to happen in Sherlock. How could it not? The Sign Of Three was so cockle-warming an outing for Holmes and Watson, with such a cheering resolution (a baby! a disco! so many declarations of love!), that it had to be setting us up for a fall. A figurative one, this time.
Sherlock’s indestructibility established, the ‘something bad’ dangles Damoclean over other heads than his. There’s John of course, Mycroft, Molly, Lestrade, Mrs Hudson and the Woman, all of whom mean something to us and our hero. Another character though, one whose...
- 1/8/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Review Louisa Mellor 5 Jan 2014 - 22:00
The Sign Of Three is a frenetic comedy outing for Sherlock Holmes, more rom-com than crime fiction…
This review contains spoilers.
1.3 The Sign Of Three
The Sign Of Three proved what Sherlock’s writers have been saying in interviews all year: that theirs isn’t a detective show but a show about a detective.
An extremely funny detective, as it happens. Tot up every big laugh of Sherlock’s seven previous episodes - blanket, Bee Gees, bed sheet, deerstalker, “punch me in the face”, “he fell out of a window”, harpoon, doggers, “bollocks!” - and you’ll barely equal the gag total in this single outing. The Sign Of Three was a broad comedy with a relationship at its heart, or to give it its proper title, a rom-com.
No strangers to the wedding comedy genre, how might the British viewing public feel about...
The Sign Of Three is a frenetic comedy outing for Sherlock Holmes, more rom-com than crime fiction…
This review contains spoilers.
1.3 The Sign Of Three
The Sign Of Three proved what Sherlock’s writers have been saying in interviews all year: that theirs isn’t a detective show but a show about a detective.
An extremely funny detective, as it happens. Tot up every big laugh of Sherlock’s seven previous episodes - blanket, Bee Gees, bed sheet, deerstalker, “punch me in the face”, “he fell out of a window”, harpoon, doggers, “bollocks!” - and you’ll barely equal the gag total in this single outing. The Sign Of Three was a broad comedy with a relationship at its heart, or to give it its proper title, a rom-com.
No strangers to the wedding comedy genre, how might the British viewing public feel about...
- 1/4/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Interview Louisa Mellor 9 Dec 2013 - 07:00
Here's the second of our Sherlock series 3 interviews, with co-creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss...
Read our Sherlock series 3 interview with Benedict Cumberbatch, here.
Perhaps fittingly for the man who reigns over two of the BBC's most successful dramas - Doctor Who and Sherlock - a chair shortage meant that Steven Moffat started this round-table interview resplendent on an ornate, Gothic, regal-looking seat. Hesitating over its practicality, Moffat was urged Lady Macbeth-like by Sherlock co-creator Mark Gatiss to "Take the throne!". Wish granted, down Moffat sat momentarily before going off to fetch a less obtrusive seat with the words, "Actually, do you know what? It's bloody uncomfortable."
Ignoring any eager-to-be-drawn metaphors about power, the round of musical chairs provided some Game of Thrones-related banter with which to kick things off...
This is Game Of Thrones now isn’t it?
Mark Gatiss: I...
Here's the second of our Sherlock series 3 interviews, with co-creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss...
Read our Sherlock series 3 interview with Benedict Cumberbatch, here.
Perhaps fittingly for the man who reigns over two of the BBC's most successful dramas - Doctor Who and Sherlock - a chair shortage meant that Steven Moffat started this round-table interview resplendent on an ornate, Gothic, regal-looking seat. Hesitating over its practicality, Moffat was urged Lady Macbeth-like by Sherlock co-creator Mark Gatiss to "Take the throne!". Wish granted, down Moffat sat momentarily before going off to fetch a less obtrusive seat with the words, "Actually, do you know what? It's bloody uncomfortable."
Ignoring any eager-to-be-drawn metaphors about power, the round of musical chairs provided some Game of Thrones-related banter with which to kick things off...
This is Game Of Thrones now isn’t it?
Mark Gatiss: I...
- 12/8/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
It has now been confirmed by BBC1, the third series finale of "Sherlock" will be titled "His Last Vow".
The title sounds like a reference to Arthur Conan Doyle's short story "His Last Bow" which is more of a spy story than the usual murder mystery elements of Doyle's other stories.
Some tweaking will have to be done though - the story is chronologically the detective's final case in the series.
Steven Moffat penned the episode which Nick Hurran ("Doctor Who") will direct. Filming on the episode commences in two weeks.
The first two episodes - "The Empty Hearse" (based on "The Empty House") and "The Sign of Three" (based on "The Sign of Four)" have already been shot.
Source: Digital Spy...
The title sounds like a reference to Arthur Conan Doyle's short story "His Last Bow" which is more of a spy story than the usual murder mystery elements of Doyle's other stories.
Some tweaking will have to be done though - the story is chronologically the detective's final case in the series.
Steven Moffat penned the episode which Nick Hurran ("Doctor Who") will direct. Filming on the episode commences in two weeks.
The first two episodes - "The Empty Hearse" (based on "The Empty House") and "The Sign of Three" (based on "The Sign of Four)" have already been shot.
Source: Digital Spy...
- 7/21/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The title of Sherlock's third series finale has been revealed.
The Steven Moffat-penned episode will be titled 'His Last Vow', which is a reference to Arthur Conan Doyle's short story 'His Last Bow' (also the name of the collection in which the story appeared).
The first and second episodes are titled 'The Empty Hearse' (The Empty House) and 'The Sign of Three' (The Sign of Four) respectively.
'His Last Vow' will be directed by Doctor Who's Nick Hurran.
Filming on the episode is due to commence in two weeks' time, with the first two episodes having wrapped in May.
> 'Sherlock' at Comic-Con: 10 things we learned
> 'Sherlock' at Comic-Con: panel live blog
Watch Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss discussing the third series of Sherlock with Digital Spy at Comic-Con below:...
The Steven Moffat-penned episode will be titled 'His Last Vow', which is a reference to Arthur Conan Doyle's short story 'His Last Bow' (also the name of the collection in which the story appeared).
The first and second episodes are titled 'The Empty Hearse' (The Empty House) and 'The Sign of Three' (The Sign of Four) respectively.
'His Last Vow' will be directed by Doctor Who's Nick Hurran.
Filming on the episode is due to commence in two weeks' time, with the first two episodes having wrapped in May.
> 'Sherlock' at Comic-Con: 10 things we learned
> 'Sherlock' at Comic-Con: panel live blog
Watch Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss discussing the third series of Sherlock with Digital Spy at Comic-Con below:...
- 7/19/2013
- Digital Spy
The very busy Steven Moffat—who Writes and Produces both Sherlock and Doctor Who—teases fans about the upcoming third season of the critically acclaimed Sherlock.
After a delay that has driven fans crazy, season 3 of the BBC’s Sherlock is finally being filmed and will air this November. For the first time, the show may be simulcast in Britain and America, rather than forcing Americans to wait, or find ways to download the episode. Benedict Cumberbatch was quoted as saying, "Hopefully we're going to broadcast it simultaneously here and in the States by the end of the year, I'm hoping. That is a hope that we talked about a while ago". And speaking of America, there are rumors that an episode will be shot here in the USA.
Benedict “Khan” Cumberbatch and Martin “Bilbo” Freeman are both back in their roles as Holmes and Watson. Fortunately, movie stardom did...
After a delay that has driven fans crazy, season 3 of the BBC’s Sherlock is finally being filmed and will air this November. For the first time, the show may be simulcast in Britain and America, rather than forcing Americans to wait, or find ways to download the episode. Benedict Cumberbatch was quoted as saying, "Hopefully we're going to broadcast it simultaneously here and in the States by the end of the year, I'm hoping. That is a hope that we talked about a while ago". And speaking of America, there are rumors that an episode will be shot here in the USA.
Benedict “Khan” Cumberbatch and Martin “Bilbo” Freeman are both back in their roles as Holmes and Watson. Fortunately, movie stardom did...
- 6/27/2013
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Rob Young)
- Cinelinx
Feature Den Of Geek 3 May 2013 - 07:00
We tot up the facts, rumours, and spoilers circulating about Sherlock’s currently filming third series…
Spoiler warning: we've tried to structure this in a way that means those who want to avoid spoilers, can.
The answer to that question, like most, depends very much on whom you ask. Pose it to the average, non-tv obsessed fellow in the street and they might reply, Sherlock, that’s the one with the flappy coated chap and him from The Office who’s now him from The Hobbit. They’re doing a third series? That’s grand, that. The wife’ll be pleased.
Burrow further into Sherlock fandom and ask someone familiar with the #setlock hashtag and the Purple Shirt of Sex though, and you’ll likely receive not just an answer, but a shooting schedule, a Tumblr of set-visit snaps, and a PowerPoint presentation...
We tot up the facts, rumours, and spoilers circulating about Sherlock’s currently filming third series…
Spoiler warning: we've tried to structure this in a way that means those who want to avoid spoilers, can.
The answer to that question, like most, depends very much on whom you ask. Pose it to the average, non-tv obsessed fellow in the street and they might reply, Sherlock, that’s the one with the flappy coated chap and him from The Office who’s now him from The Hobbit. They’re doing a third series? That’s grand, that. The wife’ll be pleased.
Burrow further into Sherlock fandom and ask someone familiar with the #setlock hashtag and the Purple Shirt of Sex though, and you’ll likely receive not just an answer, but a shooting schedule, a Tumblr of set-visit snaps, and a PowerPoint presentation...
- 5/2/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
The title for the second episode of the upcoming Sherlock series has been announced.
'The Sign of Three' will be written be Steve Thompson, who also wrote the final episode to series two.
The title is thought to relate to the Arthur Conan Doyle novel The Sign of Four, where Watson meets his future wife Mary Morstan.
Sherlock co-creator Mark Gatiss previously announced the first episode of the upcoming series will be called 'The Empty Hearse'.
It will be based on the original story 'The Adventure of the Empty House', which introduces villain Sebastian Moran.
Gatiss previously said of the episode: "There's certain things about 'The Adventure of the Empty House' which feel set in stone because that's how Sherlock comes back, but at the same time we feel free to invent and to introduce new stuff to it."
Thompson has also worked on Doctor Who's upcoming series seven...
'The Sign of Three' will be written be Steve Thompson, who also wrote the final episode to series two.
The title is thought to relate to the Arthur Conan Doyle novel The Sign of Four, where Watson meets his future wife Mary Morstan.
Sherlock co-creator Mark Gatiss previously announced the first episode of the upcoming series will be called 'The Empty Hearse'.
It will be based on the original story 'The Adventure of the Empty House', which introduces villain Sebastian Moran.
Gatiss previously said of the episode: "There's certain things about 'The Adventure of the Empty House' which feel set in stone because that's how Sherlock comes back, but at the same time we feel free to invent and to introduce new stuff to it."
Thompson has also worked on Doctor Who's upcoming series seven...
- 4/10/2013
- Digital Spy
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
Conan Doyle's creation isn't just any old action hero, as portrayed in A Game of Shadows; he invented forensic science
Sherlock Holmes has made the Guinness Book of Records as the most frequently portrayed literary character in film history. More than 70 actors have played the role in more than 200 films. Robert Downey Jr and Guy Ritchie reckon theirs is a more authentic take on Conan Doyle's original than the uptight, deerstalkered pipe-smoker of so many other versions. Fair enough.
Among the 60 stories, you can find a bromantic action hero if you want to. Holmes carries a gun and fires it on more than one occasion. He's an effective bare-knuckle fighter and swordsman, he's on top of obscure martial arts and he's strong enough to straighten out a bent steel poker. As a master of disguise he successfully impersonates a plumber, a bookseller, a priest, a seaman, a groom,...
Sherlock Holmes has made the Guinness Book of Records as the most frequently portrayed literary character in film history. More than 70 actors have played the role in more than 200 films. Robert Downey Jr and Guy Ritchie reckon theirs is a more authentic take on Conan Doyle's original than the uptight, deerstalkered pipe-smoker of so many other versions. Fair enough.
Among the 60 stories, you can find a bromantic action hero if you want to. Holmes carries a gun and fires it on more than one occasion. He's an effective bare-knuckle fighter and swordsman, he's on top of obscure martial arts and he's strong enough to straighten out a bent steel poker. As a master of disguise he successfully impersonates a plumber, a bookseller, a priest, a seaman, a groom,...
- 12/20/2011
- by David Cox
- The Guardian - Film News
Victorian Undead: Sherlock Holmes Vs. Zombies
Author: Ian Edginton | Artist: Davide Fabbri | Publisher: Titan Books
A mixing of genres in the most epic of fashions – Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson battle a zombie outbreak that threatens to overwhelm London. In 1854, a meteor streaked across London’s skies, bringing with it a zombie plague. For twenty years, Her Majesty’s Secret Service kept the threat under control. But now a dastardly fiend has begun using the zombies in an attempt to overthrow the Victorian Government. Holmes and Watson must face off against their favourite foe, Mi-5 and zombies at the same time…
I have often thought that even the most tepid of Movies/Books/TV Series or whatever can be improved by adding zombies. For example some of the cross-overs I am hoping for in 2011 include Entourage vs Zombies, Batman vs Zombies and there’s a glimmer of hope for meerkat manor vs Zombies.
Author: Ian Edginton | Artist: Davide Fabbri | Publisher: Titan Books
A mixing of genres in the most epic of fashions – Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson battle a zombie outbreak that threatens to overwhelm London. In 1854, a meteor streaked across London’s skies, bringing with it a zombie plague. For twenty years, Her Majesty’s Secret Service kept the threat under control. But now a dastardly fiend has begun using the zombies in an attempt to overthrow the Victorian Government. Holmes and Watson must face off against their favourite foe, Mi-5 and zombies at the same time…
I have often thought that even the most tepid of Movies/Books/TV Series or whatever can be improved by adding zombies. For example some of the cross-overs I am hoping for in 2011 include Entourage vs Zombies, Batman vs Zombies and there’s a glimmer of hope for meerkat manor vs Zombies.
- 1/7/2011
- by Rob
- Nerdly
In July of 2009, A&E released the Hercule Poirot and Jane Marple DVD set that included all of those included in this new Great Detectives Anthology. The difference between this set and that 2009 release is the addition of 5 Sherlock Holmes mysteries (featuring Peter Cushing), the omission of 7 Poirot mysteries one Marple mystery. Exactly why this change in the old set was made is hard to say, but the set definitely benefits from the addition of Sherlock Holmes to the mix, it immediately makes the set more palatable to a wider audience who may not have foreknowledge of the two comparatively lesser known detectives who headlined the first set.
The Sherlock Holmes mysteries included in the set are “The Hound of the Baskervilles”, “A Study in Scarlet”, “The Boscombe Valley Mystery”, “The Sign of Four” and “The Blue Carbuncle”.
Just like with the original Poirot & Marple set, they’re oddly out of order,...
The Sherlock Holmes mysteries included in the set are “The Hound of the Baskervilles”, “A Study in Scarlet”, “The Boscombe Valley Mystery”, “The Sign of Four” and “The Blue Carbuncle”.
Just like with the original Poirot & Marple set, they’re oddly out of order,...
- 10/25/2010
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
Sherlock Holmes purists who were not enamored with Robert Downey Jr.'s recent take on the Great Detective may want to thank A&E for cashing in on Hollywood's Christmas blockbuster. In The Sherlock Holmes Collection on DVD the American cable and satellite network has resurrected a bygone Holmes in the form of Peter Cushing. The great British actor, who played Van Helsing in Hammer's horror films in the 1970s and Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars Episode IV, played Holmes in a 1960s BBC television series. Not much of that show survives but what does is a welcome addition to the detective's DVD canon.
Want to know more? The BBC aired the Cushing series in 1968 under the title Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. The show was a continuation of sorts of another series of adaptations the network had aired three years earlier. That starred Douglas Wilmer as...
Want to know more? The BBC aired the Cushing series in 1968 under the title Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. The show was a continuation of sorts of another series of adaptations the network had aired three years earlier. That starred Douglas Wilmer as...
- 2/14/2010
- CinemaSpy
When I think of Sherlock Holmes and his dear Watson (just how dear is still its own mystery), I have a very clear image in my head (despite never having read any of the books or stories, and never having watched anything based on the two until now — such is their presence in popular culture): a tall, lanky, maybe even a bit gaunt figure with a pipe and calculating eyes, accompanied by a short, slightly squat, slightly bumbling man. (Picture an amalgamation of James, Sirius, and Lupin from the Harry Potter series, being trailed by Wormtail.)
The 1960s BBC imagining of the adventures of Holmes and Watson gets it pretty dead on. Peter Cushing as Holmes is perhaps a bit pristine, stuffy even, at times, but for the most part, fits the bill of what most people imagine as Holmes.
Out of the 29 episodes of the series, only six are available today.
The 1960s BBC imagining of the adventures of Holmes and Watson gets it pretty dead on. Peter Cushing as Holmes is perhaps a bit pristine, stuffy even, at times, but for the most part, fits the bill of what most people imagine as Holmes.
Out of the 29 episodes of the series, only six are available today.
- 1/3/2010
- by Jess Goodwin
- JustPressPlay.net
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