Severin Films is celebrating the late Peter Cushing with an unprecedented box set highlighting the most unexpected gems from the filmography of the legendary horror actor.
Cushing Curiosities, releasing August 29, presents 6-discs of rarely seen feature films and television broadcasts restored and scanned from original vault sources, plus a curated plethora of Special Features that celebrate Cushing’s unique career like never before.
From Hammer Films to Star Wars, he remains one of genre films’ best-loved actors. Now celebrate six of the most unexpected, rarely seen and decidedly curious performances from the legendary career of Peter Cushing: Cushing delivers a rare villain turn in the 1960 aviation thriller Cone Of Silence. That same year, Cushing brought gentle dignity to The Boulting Brothers’ cold-war drama Suspect. In 1962’s The Man Who Finally Died, Cushing co-stars opposite Stanley Baker as a former Nazi hiding a grave post-war secret.
Cushing returns to his...
Cushing Curiosities, releasing August 29, presents 6-discs of rarely seen feature films and television broadcasts restored and scanned from original vault sources, plus a curated plethora of Special Features that celebrate Cushing’s unique career like never before.
From Hammer Films to Star Wars, he remains one of genre films’ best-loved actors. Now celebrate six of the most unexpected, rarely seen and decidedly curious performances from the legendary career of Peter Cushing: Cushing delivers a rare villain turn in the 1960 aviation thriller Cone Of Silence. That same year, Cushing brought gentle dignity to The Boulting Brothers’ cold-war drama Suspect. In 1962’s The Man Who Finally Died, Cushing co-stars opposite Stanley Baker as a former Nazi hiding a grave post-war secret.
Cushing returns to his...
- 8/16/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
A study in scarlet in Replace
It has made waves at horror festivals around the world this year, from Fantasia to Frightfest to Grimmfest, and now Norbert Keil's sumptuously sinister Replace is getting a DVD release. It's the story of Kira (played by Rebecca Forsythe), a young woman who panics when her skin begins to dry out and break, resorting to desperate measures to preserve her life and beauty. Veering off in unexpected directions, it emerges as a clever piece of near future science fiction, and it's also a film that overflows with striking imagery.
It all began, Norbert tells me, with his personal fear of ageing.
"I had a back operation a few years back and I was faced with my mind being healthy and wanting to move but my body just saying no, you can't and I won't do what you want me to do. That loss of control is one.
It has made waves at horror festivals around the world this year, from Fantasia to Frightfest to Grimmfest, and now Norbert Keil's sumptuously sinister Replace is getting a DVD release. It's the story of Kira (played by Rebecca Forsythe), a young woman who panics when her skin begins to dry out and break, resorting to desperate measures to preserve her life and beauty. Veering off in unexpected directions, it emerges as a clever piece of near future science fiction, and it's also a film that overflows with striking imagery.
It all began, Norbert tells me, with his personal fear of ageing.
"I had a back operation a few years back and I was faced with my mind being healthy and wanting to move but my body just saying no, you can't and I won't do what you want me to do. That loss of control is one.
- 10/16/2017
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
A U.K. production of “Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet” is casting nonunion talent for several roles, including the title character. The piece, “a site specific adaptation of the original story,” is casting a female actor aged 18–30 to play the “wiry and spry” Holmes, as well as male and female actors for five supporting roles. Auditions will be held by appointment in York, England Feb. 18 and 28, with a run slated for July 26–Aug. 12 across several different locations in York. Hired actors will be compensated £500. Learn more about “Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet” here, and check out more London gigs in Backstage’s casting calls! Visit Backstage’s YouTube channel for tips to help get you that “yes”!
- 2/10/2017
- backstage.com
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We’ve scoured the scenes of Sherlock special, The Abominable Bride, to dig out its nerdy details. Spoilers ahead…
Warning: contains spoilers for The Abominable Bride.
If, by the time Sherlock special The Abominable Bride came around, your usually-shining powers of observation had been dulled by New Year’s indulgence, never fear.
We’ve hunted around the episode with (mostly) clear heads and stumbled upon a few fun titbits, from Wilder the Diogenes butler, to set design jokes, nods to Doyle’s original stories, Paget’s illustrations, previous Sherlock episodes and more…
1. This dilated pupil (we'd suggest Cumberbatch’s rather than Freeman’s?) is the first hint-in-hindsight that what’s to follow involves narcotics.
2. Both A Study In Pink and The Abominable Bride start with Watson waking up from a nightmare of his time in an Afghan war, centuries apart.
3. Joining the regular cast’s Victorian counterparts...
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We’ve scoured the scenes of Sherlock special, The Abominable Bride, to dig out its nerdy details. Spoilers ahead…
Warning: contains spoilers for The Abominable Bride.
If, by the time Sherlock special The Abominable Bride came around, your usually-shining powers of observation had been dulled by New Year’s indulgence, never fear.
We’ve hunted around the episode with (mostly) clear heads and stumbled upon a few fun titbits, from Wilder the Diogenes butler, to set design jokes, nods to Doyle’s original stories, Paget’s illustrations, previous Sherlock episodes and more…
1. This dilated pupil (we'd suggest Cumberbatch’s rather than Freeman’s?) is the first hint-in-hindsight that what’s to follow involves narcotics.
2. Both A Study In Pink and The Abominable Bride start with Watson waking up from a nightmare of his time in an Afghan war, centuries apart.
3. Joining the regular cast’s Victorian counterparts...
- 1/4/2016
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
26 years ago today, the Griswold family cemented their place in the pantheon Christmas movies. The third installment of National Lampoon’s “Vacation” comedy series features plenty of holiday hijinks ensuing — including a squirrel in the Christmas tree, a sled ride made dangerous by an experimental substance, and a bit of kidnapping — as Chevy Chase’s Clark Griswold tries to keep it all together in front of his siblings. Fun fact: “Christmas Vacation” was one of two Christmas movies released in 1989, the other being John Hancock’s “Prancer.” Johnny Galecki, a.k.a. Rusty Griswold (now better known as Leonard from “The Big Bang Theory”) appeared in both of these holiday movies. Other notable December 1 happenings in pop culture history: • 1887: The first Sherlock Holmes story, “A Study in Scarlet,” was published in “Beeton’s Christmas Annual” • 1903: “The Great Train Robbery,” notable for many firsts in filmmaking, had its...
- 12/1/2015
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
In 2009, the BBC produced a 60-minute pilot for a new series. It was written by Steven Moffat, starred Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, and was based on the first (and little-adapted) Sherlock Holmes novel by Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet. If this sounds familiar, it's because the episode was ultimately reworked – and re-shot entirely – as the episode 'A Study in Pink', after the BBC decided to produce the show as three feature-length episodes rather than six hour-long ones.
Reports that the pilot had been scrapped led to some less-than-positive buzz around the show, with rumours flying that the series was a dud – but then Sherlock debuted in all its 90-minute glory back in summer of 2010, and we all remember how that went.
Co-creators Moffat and Mark Gatiss have always maintained that they're proud of the pilot, and it's included on the first series DVD as proof. So on...
Reports that the pilot had been scrapped led to some less-than-positive buzz around the show, with rumours flying that the series was a dud – but then Sherlock debuted in all its 90-minute glory back in summer of 2010, and we all remember how that went.
Co-creators Moffat and Mark Gatiss have always maintained that they're proud of the pilot, and it's included on the first series DVD as proof. So on...
- 7/25/2015
- Digital Spy
George R.R. Martin originally planned different fates for Game Of Thrones’ Daenerys, Jaime, Tyrion, Sansa, Arya, Catelyn, Robb and more…
Warning: contains spoilers for Game Of Thrones seasons 1-4.
There’s something irresistible about looking back on the humble beginnings of the enormously famous. That snap of Barack Obama as a toddler standing in the Hawaiian surf, the original lyrics of Bowie hits scribbled on scraps of 1960s lined paper, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s crossed-out opening lines for a story called A Study In Scarlet… Now, from the offices of HarperCollins via Waterstones and Winter Is Coming, comes another gem: George R.R. Martin’s original outline for A Song Of Ice And Fire.
Martin’s three-page letter was faxed in October 1993, three years before A Game Of Thrones was published. In it, the author lays out plans for his planned “epic trilogy” (so epic, it gradually stretched from three...
Warning: contains spoilers for Game Of Thrones seasons 1-4.
There’s something irresistible about looking back on the humble beginnings of the enormously famous. That snap of Barack Obama as a toddler standing in the Hawaiian surf, the original lyrics of Bowie hits scribbled on scraps of 1960s lined paper, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s crossed-out opening lines for a story called A Study In Scarlet… Now, from the offices of HarperCollins via Waterstones and Winter Is Coming, comes another gem: George R.R. Martin’s original outline for A Song Of Ice And Fire.
Martin’s three-page letter was faxed in October 1993, three years before A Game Of Thrones was published. In it, the author lays out plans for his planned “epic trilogy” (so epic, it gradually stretched from three...
- 2/9/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
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When a character’s been around for long enough, and has been passed through multiple different writers, they start to get a little fuzzy round the edges. Sherlock Holmes has certain constants – the Ocam’s razor approach to detective work, the arrogance, the vices, usually some sort of nod to a hat – but there are also flaws with the character that have been there since Arthur Conan Doyle first put pen to paper with A Study in Scarlet, and have only been compounded with time, different writers, and popularity. The same thing happens with any property that’s suitably famous, old and written by multiple people.
The Avengers aren’t quite as perfect as everybody makes out. Batman has had his fair share of issues over the years, which tend to be swept under the rug. But spare a thought for the bad guys, too, since The Joker...
When a character’s been around for long enough, and has been passed through multiple different writers, they start to get a little fuzzy round the edges. Sherlock Holmes has certain constants – the Ocam’s razor approach to detective work, the arrogance, the vices, usually some sort of nod to a hat – but there are also flaws with the character that have been there since Arthur Conan Doyle first put pen to paper with A Study in Scarlet, and have only been compounded with time, different writers, and popularity. The same thing happens with any property that’s suitably famous, old and written by multiple people.
The Avengers aren’t quite as perfect as everybody makes out. Batman has had his fair share of issues over the years, which tend to be swept under the rug. But spare a thought for the bad guys, too, since The Joker...
- 12/8/2014
- by Tom Baker
- Obsessed with Film
The Museum Of London’s Sherlock Holmes exhibition is packed with nerd gold for Doyle fans…
Just before the entrance to the final room of the Museum Of London’s superbly comprehensive Sherlock Holmes exhibition, three objects - a deerstalker hat, a calabash pipe, and a magnifying glass - are mounted on a white wall. In between those three objects is blank space, room enough for someone to duck in, pose in profile, and momentarily occupy the silhouette of the great detective. It’s a neat distillation of Sherlock Holmes’ iconic (and non-literary, as fans will happily tell you) popular image, but also tells us something about the nature of the fandom that surrounds him. In between Holmes’ fixed compass points - hat, pipe and glass; or deductions, Watson and London - is a vessel into which we can pour ourselves and our interpretations.
This exhibition is testament how many...
Just before the entrance to the final room of the Museum Of London’s superbly comprehensive Sherlock Holmes exhibition, three objects - a deerstalker hat, a calabash pipe, and a magnifying glass - are mounted on a white wall. In between those three objects is blank space, room enough for someone to duck in, pose in profile, and momentarily occupy the silhouette of the great detective. It’s a neat distillation of Sherlock Holmes’ iconic (and non-literary, as fans will happily tell you) popular image, but also tells us something about the nature of the fandom that surrounds him. In between Holmes’ fixed compass points - hat, pipe and glass; or deductions, Watson and London - is a vessel into which we can pour ourselves and our interpretations.
This exhibition is testament how many...
- 10/21/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Between the long-awaited confirmation of Sherlock's fourth series, the even longer-awaited confirmation of Sherlock Holmes 3, and the upcoming release of Anthony Horowitz's novel Moriarty, the cult of Holmes is positively thriving.
It's no secret that we're big Baker Street fans here at Digital Spy, so we were predisposed to enjoy the Museum of London's new exhibition Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Never Lived and Will Never Die.
Incorporating video footage, paintings, written extracts, props from the BBC's Sherlock and some artifacts belonging to Arthur Conan Doyle himself, there are too many Holmesian treasures to name within the multimedia exhibition. But below are the five main reasons it's a must-do for any fan.
1. See the birth of Sherlock Holmes
On paper, that is. One of the rarest and most impressive items in the exhibition is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's notebook, which contains the first lines of...
It's no secret that we're big Baker Street fans here at Digital Spy, so we were predisposed to enjoy the Museum of London's new exhibition Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Never Lived and Will Never Die.
Incorporating video footage, paintings, written extracts, props from the BBC's Sherlock and some artifacts belonging to Arthur Conan Doyle himself, there are too many Holmesian treasures to name within the multimedia exhibition. But below are the five main reasons it's a must-do for any fan.
1. See the birth of Sherlock Holmes
On paper, that is. One of the rarest and most impressive items in the exhibition is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's notebook, which contains the first lines of...
- 10/17/2014
- Digital Spy
'Sherlock Holmes' movie found at Cinémathèque Française (image: William Gillette in 'Sherlock Holmes') Sherlock Holmes, a long-thought-lost 1916 feature starring stage performer and playwright William Gillette in the title role, has been discovered in the vaults of the Cinémathèque Française. Directed by the all-but-forgotten Arthur Berthelet for the Chicago-based Essanay production company, the approximately 90-minute movie is supposed to be not only the sole record of William Gillette's celebrated performance as Arthur Conan Doyle's detective, but also the only surviving Gillette film.* In the late 19th century, William Gillette himself wrote the play Sherlock Holmes, which turned out to be a mash-up of various stories and novels featuring the detective, chiefly the short stories "A Scandal in Bohemia" and "The Final Problem." ("May I marry Holmes?" Gillette, while vying for the role, telegraphed Conan Doyle. The latter replied, "You may marry or murder or do What you like with him.
- 10/3/2014
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
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
BFI launches campaign to find missing film featuring Sherlock Holmes.
The BFI has launched a campaign to find a copy of the first feature film featuring Sherlock Holmes.
Silent film A Study in Scarlet, directed by George Pearson, was released in autumn 1914.
The work is an adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s story of the same name, which shows a fictional murder during Brigham Young’s trek across America with his Mormon followers.
The film was shot on location at Worton Hall studios in the Summer of 1914. Cheddar Gorge in Somerset and Southport Sands in Merseyside stood in for the Rocky Mountains and the Utah plains.
Pearson’s second Holmes film, The Valley of Fear (1916), starring H.A. Saintsbury, is also missing.
Bryony Dixon, curator, silent film, BFI National Archive said: “Every archivist dreams of finding lost films. But this is a film of great importance. Sherlock Holmes is internationally renowned as a great detective. It would be...
The BFI has launched a campaign to find a copy of the first feature film featuring Sherlock Holmes.
Silent film A Study in Scarlet, directed by George Pearson, was released in autumn 1914.
The work is an adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s story of the same name, which shows a fictional murder during Brigham Young’s trek across America with his Mormon followers.
The film was shot on location at Worton Hall studios in the Summer of 1914. Cheddar Gorge in Somerset and Southport Sands in Merseyside stood in for the Rocky Mountains and the Utah plains.
Pearson’s second Holmes film, The Valley of Fear (1916), starring H.A. Saintsbury, is also missing.
Bryony Dixon, curator, silent film, BFI National Archive said: “Every archivist dreams of finding lost films. But this is a film of great importance. Sherlock Holmes is internationally renowned as a great detective. It would be...
- 8/15/2014
- ScreenDaily
BFI launches campaign to find missing film featuring Sherlock Holmes.
The BFI has launched a campaign to find a copy of the first feature film featuring Sherlock Holmes.
Silent film A Study in Scarlet, directed by George Pearson, was released in autumn 1914.
The work is an adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s story of the same name, which shows a fictional murder during Brigham Young’s trek across America with his Mormon followers.
The film was shot on location at Worton Hall studios in the Summer of 1914. Cheddar Gorge in Somerset and Southport Sands in Merseyside stood in for the Rocky Mountains and the Utah plains.
Pearson’s second Holmes film, The Valley of Fear (1916), starring H.A. Saintsbury, is also missing.
Bryony Dixon, curator, silent film, BFI National Archive said: “Every archivist dreams of finding lost films. But this is a film of great importance. Sherlock Holmes is internationally renowned as a great detective. It would be...
The BFI has launched a campaign to find a copy of the first feature film featuring Sherlock Holmes.
Silent film A Study in Scarlet, directed by George Pearson, was released in autumn 1914.
The work is an adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s story of the same name, which shows a fictional murder during Brigham Young’s trek across America with his Mormon followers.
The film was shot on location at Worton Hall studios in the Summer of 1914. Cheddar Gorge in Somerset and Southport Sands in Merseyside stood in for the Rocky Mountains and the Utah plains.
Pearson’s second Holmes film, The Valley of Fear (1916), starring H.A. Saintsbury, is also missing.
Bryony Dixon, curator, silent film, BFI National Archive said: “Every archivist dreams of finding lost films. But this is a film of great importance. Sherlock Holmes is internationally renowned as a great detective. It would be...
- 8/15/2014
- ScreenDaily
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
"They're all pretty screwed up," Amanda Abbington tells Zap2it about her character and those of her "Sherlock" co-stars. "She's an assassin; he's a sociopath; and John's killed a psychopathic cabbie."
In Sunday's (Feb.2) Season 3 finale, Abbington's character, pregnant Mrs. Mary Watson, wife of Dr. John Watson (Martin Freeman), best pal to Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch), reveal herself to be a trained assassin just before popping a bullet from a serious-looking gun into Sherlock's torso.
As it turned out she was being blackmailed by the real villain, Magnussen (Lars MIkkelsen) and didn't shoot to kill, but it's safe to say the revelation was a shock in an episode full of shocks.
The gun Abbington used in the scene now links "Sherlock" to another great British franchise.
"I was taught admirably by a firearms expert," Abbington says. "I did really well, loved it. I was so frightened of it. He gave me this fun,...
In Sunday's (Feb.2) Season 3 finale, Abbington's character, pregnant Mrs. Mary Watson, wife of Dr. John Watson (Martin Freeman), best pal to Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch), reveal herself to be a trained assassin just before popping a bullet from a serious-looking gun into Sherlock's torso.
As it turned out she was being blackmailed by the real villain, Magnussen (Lars MIkkelsen) and didn't shoot to kill, but it's safe to say the revelation was a shock in an episode full of shocks.
The gun Abbington used in the scene now links "Sherlock" to another great British franchise.
"I was taught admirably by a firearms expert," Abbington says. "I did really well, loved it. I was so frightened of it. He gave me this fun,...
- 2/3/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Feature Louisa Mellor 20 Jan 2014 - 07:00
An in-depth look at how His Last Vow, Sherlock’s series 3 finale, adapts the Doyle story of Charles Augustus Milverton…
Warning: contains major spoilers for Sherlock series three.
Having ticked off Moriarty, the Woman and the hell-hound in series two, Sherlock’s third run was in need of a villain. Enter Charles Augustus Magnussen, a Scandi take on Arthur Conan Doyle’s detestable master blackmailer played to grotesque perfection by The Killing’s Lars Mikkelsen.
Though perhaps the most despicable, Mikkelsen wasn’t the first on-screen version of the Doyle character. Barry Jones gave an arch, cruelly playful turn as the blackmailer in the 1965 BBC adaptation with Douglas Wilmer and Nigel Stock as Holmes and Watson. Robert Hardy, recognisable to many as Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge in the Harry Potter series, was an odious, amused Milverton in the 1992 television film with Jeremy Brett...
An in-depth look at how His Last Vow, Sherlock’s series 3 finale, adapts the Doyle story of Charles Augustus Milverton…
Warning: contains major spoilers for Sherlock series three.
Having ticked off Moriarty, the Woman and the hell-hound in series two, Sherlock’s third run was in need of a villain. Enter Charles Augustus Magnussen, a Scandi take on Arthur Conan Doyle’s detestable master blackmailer played to grotesque perfection by The Killing’s Lars Mikkelsen.
Though perhaps the most despicable, Mikkelsen wasn’t the first on-screen version of the Doyle character. Barry Jones gave an arch, cruelly playful turn as the blackmailer in the 1965 BBC adaptation with Douglas Wilmer and Nigel Stock as Holmes and Watson. Robert Hardy, recognisable to many as Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge in the Harry Potter series, was an odious, amused Milverton in the 1992 television film with Jeremy Brett...
- 1/19/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
It's been a week. The third series of Sherlock ended last Sunday with Steven Moffat's 'His Last Vow', and now all that awaits is yet another painfully indefinite hiatus.
We're promised that series four and five are in the works, but neither has yet been officially confirmed by the BBC, and Moffat certainly didn't skimp on the cliffhangers with his finale. Replacing the overwhelming question mark of series two's 'How did he do it?" was a more general sense of "Wtf?" Is Moriarty really back? Are John and Mary really going to have a child? Does anyone on this show ever stay dead?
Below, we've pulled together our speculation on what's to come at 221B Baker Street.
Moriarty
Did you miss him? The strange thing about Andrew Scott's Moriarty is that he was never an integral enough part of Sherlock in its first two series for his absence...
We're promised that series four and five are in the works, but neither has yet been officially confirmed by the BBC, and Moffat certainly didn't skimp on the cliffhangers with his finale. Replacing the overwhelming question mark of series two's 'How did he do it?" was a more general sense of "Wtf?" Is Moriarty really back? Are John and Mary really going to have a child? Does anyone on this show ever stay dead?
Below, we've pulled together our speculation on what's to come at 221B Baker Street.
Moriarty
Did you miss him? The strange thing about Andrew Scott's Moriarty is that he was never an integral enough part of Sherlock in its first two series for his absence...
- 1/19/2014
- Digital Spy
Boris Johnson: Sherlock's mockery of me is 'perfectly legitimate'
Sherlock closes case with almost 8.8 million viewers
The Daily Mail perceives a sinister political agenda in the series finale of BBC's Sherlock Holmes. Its page 7 lead story today is headlined "Sherlock's new foe and more evidence of Left-wing bias."
The paper points out that Holmes's new enemy is a foreign newspaper baron, and unashamed capitalist, called Charles Augustus Magnussen, who uncovers secrets about the great and the good which he uses to blackmail them.
According to the Mail's report, this "not-so-subtle depiction of the evil press baron was created by the series' co-writer, Steven Moffat, who has previously ranted against right-wing media and declared his dislike of the Conservatives."
It points to an interview Moffat gave to The Guardian before the last general election in March 2010, in which he said: "I hope the Tories don't win."
He also...
Sherlock closes case with almost 8.8 million viewers
The Daily Mail perceives a sinister political agenda in the series finale of BBC's Sherlock Holmes. Its page 7 lead story today is headlined "Sherlock's new foe and more evidence of Left-wing bias."
The paper points out that Holmes's new enemy is a foreign newspaper baron, and unashamed capitalist, called Charles Augustus Magnussen, who uncovers secrets about the great and the good which he uses to blackmail them.
According to the Mail's report, this "not-so-subtle depiction of the evil press baron was created by the series' co-writer, Steven Moffat, who has previously ranted against right-wing media and declared his dislike of the Conservatives."
It points to an interview Moffat gave to The Guardian before the last general election in March 2010, in which he said: "I hope the Tories don't win."
He also...
- 1/13/2014
- by Roy Greenslade
- The Guardian - Film News
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle first introduced Sherlock Holmes to the world in his 1887 novel A Study in Scarlet. Since then, the London-based detective best known for his logic, use of disguises, and overall ability to solve just about anything has been portrayed on screens both big and small. From Basil Rathbone’s 1930′s version of the character, featuring his signature pipe, to Benedict Cumberbatch’s recent adaptation, every Sherlock has a little something different to offer its audience.
Many actors have taken on the role, but we’ve narrowed it down to four. Which Sherlock do you prefer? Vote below!
Many actors have taken on the role, but we’ve narrowed it down to four. Which Sherlock do you prefer? Vote below!
- 1/8/2014
- by Samantha Highfill
- EW.com - PopWatch
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After a two year absence, Sherlock was back. And in that time, it had built something of an Internet following; fanfics were written about the two leads, theories were created as to how the title character cheated death at the conclusion of The Reichenbach Fall, and the return of the show was hyped-up to phenomenal proportions (such is the effect of only producing an average of one and half episodes per year). But, when it did return, it would seem the writers had become over-confident, and now wanted to make the show for the fans, not the audience. The result was disappointment from those who don’t engage in Internet fanaticism. Allow me to explain…
The episode is titled The Empty Hearse, following a tradition of adapting original Holmes stories with a twist, eg: The Hounds Of Baskerville from The Hound Of The Baskervilles, A Scandal In Belgravia from...
After a two year absence, Sherlock was back. And in that time, it had built something of an Internet following; fanfics were written about the two leads, theories were created as to how the title character cheated death at the conclusion of The Reichenbach Fall, and the return of the show was hyped-up to phenomenal proportions (such is the effect of only producing an average of one and half episodes per year). But, when it did return, it would seem the writers had become over-confident, and now wanted to make the show for the fans, not the audience. The result was disappointment from those who don’t engage in Internet fanaticism. Allow me to explain…
The episode is titled The Empty Hearse, following a tradition of adapting original Holmes stories with a twist, eg: The Hounds Of Baskerville from The Hound Of The Baskervilles, A Scandal In Belgravia from...
- 1/4/2014
- by Alexander Sigsworth
- Obsessed with Film
The wait is almost over, Sherlock fans. While the two-year hiatus has felt like a cruel eternity to just about everyone who watched Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock plummet to his faux-death in 'The Reichenbach Fall', consider this: fans in 1893 were forced to wait an entire decade for Arthur Conan Doyle to resurrect their hero on the page.
A decade. So with the gap put in perspective, and third series premiere 'The Empty Hearse' now confirmed to air on New Year's Day in the UK and January 19 in the Us, we can relax and look back on our favourite moments from the series so far, in chronological order...
Sherlock whipping a corpse ('A Study in Pink')
It's surprising just how rarely the first meeting of Holmes and Watson has ever been portrayed on screen - most adaptations begin with the pair already established in their odd couple dynamic - but Steven Moffat...
A decade. So with the gap put in perspective, and third series premiere 'The Empty Hearse' now confirmed to air on New Year's Day in the UK and January 19 in the Us, we can relax and look back on our favourite moments from the series so far, in chronological order...
Sherlock whipping a corpse ('A Study in Pink')
It's surprising just how rarely the first meeting of Holmes and Watson has ever been portrayed on screen - most adaptations begin with the pair already established in their odd couple dynamic - but Steven Moffat...
- 12/18/2013
- 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 Frances Roberts Feb 15, 2013
After initial negativity, Elementary now has a 10 million plus audience and is likely to make it to season 2. What went right?
Just over a year ago, we reported the news that CBS was developing a modern-day New York-set Sherlock Holmes series with more than a whiff of cynicism: “It’s a good job it won’t be instantly compared to a multi-award winning, commercially successful and critically adored hit show that’s based around a not dissimilar idea…”.
That was nothing though, compared to the vitriol that spewed forth from the comments section (a place, admittedly, where the lingua franca is hyperbole). Disgust and outrage, rounded out with a notable thread of America-bashing, were amongst the gentler reactions.
It was as if, instead of a TV programme, the network had proposed setting fire to a first edition of A Study in Scarlet while whistling a cheery...
After initial negativity, Elementary now has a 10 million plus audience and is likely to make it to season 2. What went right?
Just over a year ago, we reported the news that CBS was developing a modern-day New York-set Sherlock Holmes series with more than a whiff of cynicism: “It’s a good job it won’t be instantly compared to a multi-award winning, commercially successful and critically adored hit show that’s based around a not dissimilar idea…”.
That was nothing though, compared to the vitriol that spewed forth from the comments section (a place, admittedly, where the lingua franca is hyperbole). Disgust and outrage, rounded out with a notable thread of America-bashing, were amongst the gentler reactions.
It was as if, instead of a TV programme, the network had proposed setting fire to a first edition of A Study in Scarlet while whistling a cheery...
- 2/14/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Benedict Cumberbatch is everywhere lately. He will not only be appearing in the upcoming film Star Trek Into Darkness and the Hobbit, his likeness can be seen in a new Japanese manga based on the popular BBC series Sherlock.
Sherlock Holmes has been fodder for many adaptations—including in comic books—over the past 126 years since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle invented the brilliant English detective from Baker Street. A story in the Japanese manga (comic book) Young Ace features an adaptation of an adaptation. The story adapts the BBC show Sherlock, which stars Benedict Cumberbath and Martin Freeman (Who will be starring as Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson’s highly anticipated the Hobbit trilogy, in which Cumberbatch will also be appearing as the Necromancer) as modern versions of Holmes and Watson.
Drawn by manga artist Jay, the characters will look like Cumberbatch and Freeman. The book will adapt A Study in Pink,...
Sherlock Holmes has been fodder for many adaptations—including in comic books—over the past 126 years since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle invented the brilliant English detective from Baker Street. A story in the Japanese manga (comic book) Young Ace features an adaptation of an adaptation. The story adapts the BBC show Sherlock, which stars Benedict Cumberbath and Martin Freeman (Who will be starring as Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson’s highly anticipated the Hobbit trilogy, in which Cumberbatch will also be appearing as the Necromancer) as modern versions of Holmes and Watson.
Drawn by manga artist Jay, the characters will look like Cumberbatch and Freeman. The book will adapt A Study in Pink,...
- 12/11/2012
- by feeds@themoviepool.com (Rob Young)
- Cinelinx
It has been said no one can take Sherlock Holmes and put him in the modern day; he is forever stuck in Victorian London. Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss have proved this so wrong.
Sherlock” (PBS, BBC DVD) is one of the brightest shining beacons of TV. There’s nothing ‘elementary’ about it (See what I did there?).
The entertainingly named Benedict Cumberbatch plays our 21st century master detective, and has, with the rest of the crew, given new life blood to classic mysteries.
Whereas the recent Holmes film series keeps the original time frame but adds lots of pyrotechnics, the TV show takes Arthur Conan Doyles original conceits and makes them thoroughly modern.
While the traditional Dr. John Watson keeps a diary that is eventually published, today he (Martin Freeman, from the U.K. “Office” and upcoming Hobbit films) writes a popular blog. He’s still a war veteran,...
Sherlock” (PBS, BBC DVD) is one of the brightest shining beacons of TV. There’s nothing ‘elementary’ about it (See what I did there?).
The entertainingly named Benedict Cumberbatch plays our 21st century master detective, and has, with the rest of the crew, given new life blood to classic mysteries.
Whereas the recent Holmes film series keeps the original time frame but adds lots of pyrotechnics, the TV show takes Arthur Conan Doyles original conceits and makes them thoroughly modern.
While the traditional Dr. John Watson keeps a diary that is eventually published, today he (Martin Freeman, from the U.K. “Office” and upcoming Hobbit films) writes a popular blog. He’s still a war veteran,...
- 9/29/2012
- by David W Reynolds
- Obsessed with Film
Because Fifty Shades of Grey is an excuse to do just about anything, e-publisher Clandestine Classics will be releasing new editions of Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet, Northanger Abbey, and, awesomely, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea with steamy sex scenes added in. To anyone who might point out that this idea is the working definition of "fan fiction," well, Fifty Shades started as "just fan fiction," and you see what happened there. Also, aren't you a little bit curious about the old-timey submarine sex? Be honest.
- 7/18/2012
- by Amanda Dobbins
- Vulture
Jane Austen and zombies? Over. Now, thanks to 50 Shades of Grey, it’s Jane Austen and steamy sex scenes. Total-e-Bound Publishing has introduced Clandestine Classics, a collection of novels that have been raised — or lowered? — to guilty pleasure status. Allow us to quote from some of the descriptions:
Pride & Prejudice: “Electrifying sexual tension soon leads to an unexpected kiss and Elizabeth’s world is turned upside down.” You can do better. That doesn’t do the excerpt justice.
Jane Eyre: “He demands her abject surrender. In his strong and athletic arms, Jane submits to his darkest desires and discovers hers are every bit as searing,...
Pride & Prejudice: “Electrifying sexual tension soon leads to an unexpected kiss and Elizabeth’s world is turned upside down.” You can do better. That doesn’t do the excerpt justice.
Jane Eyre: “He demands her abject surrender. In his strong and athletic arms, Jane submits to his darkest desires and discovers hers are every bit as searing,...
- 7/18/2012
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW.com - PopWatch
When it comes right down to it, Sherlock Holmes is famous for thinking.
He doesn't boast a superhero physique or wield overwhelming firepower. His caustic wit doesn't make him popular, his patience for his intellectual inferiors (i.e., everyone) is non-existent and he's not even officially employed by anyone.
But he has that incredible, relentless intellect going for him, an intellect that makes him much more than an acerbic combination of Google, Wikipedia and the iPhone's Siri. And the great accomplishment of "Sherlock" (Season 2 premieres Sunday, May 6 on PBS Masterpiece; check local listings) is that is has made the workings of his mind -- and his contradictory soul -- so fantastically entertaining.
The success of "Sherlock," which has been a runaway hit worldwide, has something to do with the casting of Holmes and his stalwart, droll partner, Dr. John Watson. Benedict Cumberbatch's Holmes is fascinating even when he's staring...
He doesn't boast a superhero physique or wield overwhelming firepower. His caustic wit doesn't make him popular, his patience for his intellectual inferiors (i.e., everyone) is non-existent and he's not even officially employed by anyone.
But he has that incredible, relentless intellect going for him, an intellect that makes him much more than an acerbic combination of Google, Wikipedia and the iPhone's Siri. And the great accomplishment of "Sherlock" (Season 2 premieres Sunday, May 6 on PBS Masterpiece; check local listings) is that is has made the workings of his mind -- and his contradictory soul -- so fantastically entertaining.
The success of "Sherlock," which has been a runaway hit worldwide, has something to do with the casting of Holmes and his stalwart, droll partner, Dr. John Watson. Benedict Cumberbatch's Holmes is fascinating even when he's staring...
- 5/3/2012
- by Maureen Ryan
- Huffington Post
When it comes right down to it, Sherlock Holmes is famous for thinking.
He doesn't boast a superhero physique or wield overwhelming firepower. His caustic wit doesn't make him popular, his patience for his intellectual inferiors (i.e., everyone) is non-existent and he's not even officially employed by anyone.
But he has that incredible, relentless intellect going for him, an intellect that makes him much more than an acerbic combination of Google, Wikipedia and the iPhone's Siri. And the great accomplishment of "Sherlock" (Season 2 premieres Sunday, May 6 on PBS Masterpiece; check local listings) is that is has made the workings of his mind -- and his contradictory soul -- so fantastically entertaining.
The success of "Sherlock," which has been a runaway hit worldwide, has something to do with the casting of Holmes and his stalwart, droll partner, Dr. John Watson. Benedict Cumberbatch's Holmes is fascinating even when he's staring...
He doesn't boast a superhero physique or wield overwhelming firepower. His caustic wit doesn't make him popular, his patience for his intellectual inferiors (i.e., everyone) is non-existent and he's not even officially employed by anyone.
But he has that incredible, relentless intellect going for him, an intellect that makes him much more than an acerbic combination of Google, Wikipedia and the iPhone's Siri. And the great accomplishment of "Sherlock" (Season 2 premieres Sunday, May 6 on PBS Masterpiece; check local listings) is that is has made the workings of his mind -- and his contradictory soul -- so fantastically entertaining.
The success of "Sherlock," which has been a runaway hit worldwide, has something to do with the casting of Holmes and his stalwart, droll partner, Dr. John Watson. Benedict Cumberbatch's Holmes is fascinating even when he's staring...
- 5/3/2012
- by Maureen Ryan
- Aol TV.
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
Conan Doyle's detective was born in an age of empire and intrigue, much like our own. That's why Sherlock is still relevant
Sherlock Holmes is back. As usual. This Christmas holiday, the engaging modern-times Sherlock returns to the BBC while a second Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes film tops the UK box office. But these are just the latest in an inexhaustible sequence of Holmes adaptations.
It is no secret that Sherlock Holmes is one of the world's best-loved fictional characters (and the one people find hardest to accept as fiction rather than fact). But why was late-Victorian Britain so good at inventing timeless heroes and villains?
Holmes, who first appeared in 1887 in Arthur Conan Doyle's novel A Study in Scarlet, is the contemporary of some other extraordinary gentlemen. In 1886 Robert Louis Stevenson published The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde; in 1897, Bram Stoker was to give the world Dracula.
Sherlock Holmes is back. As usual. This Christmas holiday, the engaging modern-times Sherlock returns to the BBC while a second Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes film tops the UK box office. But these are just the latest in an inexhaustible sequence of Holmes adaptations.
It is no secret that Sherlock Holmes is one of the world's best-loved fictional characters (and the one people find hardest to accept as fiction rather than fact). But why was late-Victorian Britain so good at inventing timeless heroes and villains?
Holmes, who first appeared in 1887 in Arthur Conan Doyle's novel A Study in Scarlet, is the contemporary of some other extraordinary gentlemen. In 1886 Robert Louis Stevenson published The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde; in 1897, Bram Stoker was to give the world Dracula.
- 12/21/2011
- by Jonathan Jones
- The Guardian - Film News
When it was released in 2009, Sherlock Holmes was a bit of a run away success. Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law, as the titular character and his sidekick Doctor Watson, respectively, formed an action/comedy duo that was both physically imposing and hilarious. Guy Ritchie crafted a movie that plays as if we’re watching what The World’s Greatest Detective’s adventures would have been like in real life had he really existed. The Holmes he and Downey created is rougher around the edges and grittier than previous interpretations.
Was their version of Mr. Holmes accurate and faithful to the original stories? Considering the amount of dedicated fans, there are sure to be many different ideas over what constitutes a proper depiction of Sherlock Holmes. In evaluating the movie’s choices, it’s best to use only the canon created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as an objective standard,...
Was their version of Mr. Holmes accurate and faithful to the original stories? Considering the amount of dedicated fans, there are sure to be many different ideas over what constitutes a proper depiction of Sherlock Holmes. In evaluating the movie’s choices, it’s best to use only the canon created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as an objective standard,...
- 11/21/2011
- by Trevor Gentry-Birnbaum
- Obsessed with Film
Awhile back, our liege lord and protector, one Dusty Rowles, was considering enabling facebook comments on the site. It's complicated, it's a rigamarole, he decided not to do it and I didn't really care either way until now. This gem of a story from TechCrunch is about a commenter's mom who tracked him down, via facebook, into the TechCrunch comments section and broke out the old, "Call your mother!" Delightful. What Pajiban personal drama could we hope to expect? The mind reels. (TechCrunch)
Speaking of meddlesome mothers, this story (stolen from the estimable Eric Snider) features my new favorite mom on the whole wide internet. She has Banned Barbie from her household because she's afraid of the harm it will do to her children. To her female children? Is this about body issues? No, he's concerned about her "hot-blooded, American male children" who will, in her opinion, be scarred for...
Speaking of meddlesome mothers, this story (stolen from the estimable Eric Snider) features my new favorite mom on the whole wide internet. She has Banned Barbie from her household because she's afraid of the harm it will do to her children. To her female children? Is this about body issues? No, he's concerned about her "hot-blooded, American male children" who will, in her opinion, be scarred for...
- 8/17/2011
- by Joanna Robinson
Getty Cindy and George Anthony leave courtroom after daughter Casey was found not guilty.
Casey Anthony Parents Sit Down With Dr. Phil: George and Cindy Anthony will appear on the Dr. Phil show two months after their daughter, Casey Anthony, was acquitted of murder. The parents are expected to endure tough questions from Dr. Phil about the death of their granddaughter, Caylee Anthony. ”I looked them straight in the eye and asked them some very tough questions,” Dr. Phil McGraw...
Casey Anthony Parents Sit Down With Dr. Phil: George and Cindy Anthony will appear on the Dr. Phil show two months after their daughter, Casey Anthony, was acquitted of murder. The parents are expected to endure tough questions from Dr. Phil about the death of their granddaughter, Caylee Anthony. ”I looked them straight in the eye and asked them some very tough questions,” Dr. Phil McGraw...
- 8/17/2011
- by Lyneka Little
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
A Study in Scarlet, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first novel featuring his legendary detective Sherlock Holmes -- which was first published in 1887 -- has been removed from the sixth-grade reading curriculum by the county school board of Albemarle, Va, after voting on it last Thursday for reasons that have attracted controversy to the famed mystery in the past, according to an article at the Los Angeles Times' Nation Now blog.
Doyle's extremely negative portrayal of Mormonism as a religion dominated by those who would commit acts of murder, kidnapping, and enslavement to protect their ideals has long been criticized by followers of the Mormon religion. But according to several sources, including Doyle's own daughter and Levi Edgar Young, a descendant of Mormon leader Brigham Young, Doyle had admitted in the years following the publication of A Study in Scarlet that at the time he wrote it his attitude toward...
Doyle's extremely negative portrayal of Mormonism as a religion dominated by those who would commit acts of murder, kidnapping, and enslavement to protect their ideals has long been criticized by followers of the Mormon religion. But according to several sources, including Doyle's own daughter and Levi Edgar Young, a descendant of Mormon leader Brigham Young, Doyle had admitted in the years following the publication of A Study in Scarlet that at the time he wrote it his attitude toward...
- 8/16/2011
- by Robert Morgan
- Geeks of Doom
A Sherlock Holmes novel has been banned from a Virginia school district for being anti-Mormon. The Albemarle County School Board elected to remove author Arthur Conan Doyle's first Holmes novel A Study in Scarlet from the sixth grade reading list after the book was deemed offensive to Mormonism, the Daily Progress reports. Board member Diantha McKiel told the website that the school system in question has a longstanding history of reconsidering books. "Sometimes we have declared books age inappropriate, sometimes we have decided that they should stay where they are," she said. The book was previously used as an introduction to the mystery genre. However, a number of parents found the work's portrayal of religion to be unsuitable (more)...
- 8/15/2011
- by By Tara Fowler
- Digital Spy
Sherlock
The second season of the BBC's "Sherlock" has begun production and will air very late this year or very early next year according to Telly Spotting.
As previously reported, the three telemovies of this season will be based on three of the most famous works featuring Doyle's detective. "Doctor Who" producer Steven Moffat, who wrote the first season premiere "A Study in Scarlet", will write this year's premiere based on "A Scandal in Bohemia" which was the only appearance of the love interest character Irene Adler.
The other two writers from last year are swapping places this time out. This time out Mark Gatiss will adapt the second episode which is based on Holmes' most famous story - the gothic horror tale "Hound of the Baskervilles". After that, Steve Thompson is penning "The Final Problem" featuring the famous final confrontation wih Moriarty at Reichenbach Falls.
Tarzan
Warner Bros. Pictures...
The second season of the BBC's "Sherlock" has begun production and will air very late this year or very early next year according to Telly Spotting.
As previously reported, the three telemovies of this season will be based on three of the most famous works featuring Doyle's detective. "Doctor Who" producer Steven Moffat, who wrote the first season premiere "A Study in Scarlet", will write this year's premiere based on "A Scandal in Bohemia" which was the only appearance of the love interest character Irene Adler.
The other two writers from last year are swapping places this time out. This time out Mark Gatiss will adapt the second episode which is based on Holmes' most famous story - the gothic horror tale "Hound of the Baskervilles". After that, Steve Thompson is penning "The Final Problem" featuring the famous final confrontation wih Moriarty at Reichenbach Falls.
Tarzan
Warner Bros. Pictures...
- 5/7/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
It seems Guy Ritchies’ Sherlock Holmes sequel has found itself a subtitle beyond the standard number 2 tag – at least according to E!Online, who are reporting that the eagerly awaited film has been dubbed Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.
Now despite sites like E!, Heyuguys, and Geektyrant decrying the title as “lame,” I kind of like it. It feels very much like the old-school nomenclature that marked the original stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and sits nicely with titles like A Study In Scarlet, The Red-Headed League and The Sign of the Four…
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows stars Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Noomi Rapace, Stephen Fry and Jared Harris. The film is scheduled to hit theaters on December 16th 2011.
Now despite sites like E!, Heyuguys, and Geektyrant decrying the title as “lame,” I kind of like it. It feels very much like the old-school nomenclature that marked the original stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and sits nicely with titles like A Study In Scarlet, The Red-Headed League and The Sign of the Four…
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows stars Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Noomi Rapace, Stephen Fry and Jared Harris. The film is scheduled to hit theaters on December 16th 2011.
- 2/16/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Alright boys and girls, horndogs and lustbunnies, we heard your cries of dismay on Friday when confronted with the Garfield/Bieber Dissection. We apologize, that was dirty pool. You know what they say, little ones, sometimes scientific progress goes boink. To ensure this never happens again, we would like to poll you, Junior Scientists, to see which specimens you feel should be subject to further scientific analysis. It's a rough task and heavy is the head that wears the goggles, but we will soldier on for you, dear readers, and for Science.
Please, submit your scientific proposals for our review using the following examples as a guide:
(For the Lovers of Lads)
Title: Lantern Jaws, A Comparative Study
Specimens: Jon Hamm v. Nathan Fillion
Title: Foreign Policy: A Study Abroad
Specimens: Djimon Honsou v. Javier Bardem
(For the Lovers of Ladies)
Title: Habanero vs. Peperoncini, A Study in Spice
Specimens: Penelope Cruz v.
Please, submit your scientific proposals for our review using the following examples as a guide:
(For the Lovers of Lads)
Title: Lantern Jaws, A Comparative Study
Specimens: Jon Hamm v. Nathan Fillion
Title: Foreign Policy: A Study Abroad
Specimens: Djimon Honsou v. Javier Bardem
(For the Lovers of Ladies)
Title: Habanero vs. Peperoncini, A Study in Spice
Specimens: Penelope Cruz v.
- 1/24/2011
- by Joanna Robinson
Today's generation is surrounded by technology. Rapidly-advancing tools of all sorts are so prevalent in every aspect of our lives that we depend on them, nay, expect them to make our lives easier, more enjoyable, and more interesting. Multi-billion dollar industries such as cinema are in no way immune from the public's desire for bigger and better things. Moviegoers have the options of watching films in a variety of locales, in IMAX or 3D, via regular projection screens or the latest in digital picture. For those who prefer to stay close to home, the options multiply. Satellite TV, cable TV, Redbox, a widespread availability of DVDs, and even the disappearing neighborhood rental store all combine to contain every movie that the discerning film aficionado could ever hope to watch, available at the push of a button or a short drive up the street.
Well... almost every movie. It may seem...
Well... almost every movie. It may seem...
- 1/21/2011
- Shadowlocked
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
Archer
FX will roll out the thirteen episode second season of its critically acclaimed spy satire "Archer" on Thursday January 27th at 10 Pm Et/Pt. Sadly the network has decided to release the first season on DVD only (no Blu-ray), that release comes out December 28th.
Torchwood: The New Earth
Everything's on track for the ten episode fourth season to begin production January 11th reports Wales Online. Two weeks of shooting will take place in Wales in the second half of January, the rest of the production will take place in Los Angeles.
Actress Eve Myles has confirmed she's now setup in Los Angeles and will be residing there for seven months to work on the production which will air in the Summer.
Davies himself confirmed earlier this month that events in 'New Earth' will take place two years after the events of 'Children of Earth'. The three new...
FX will roll out the thirteen episode second season of its critically acclaimed spy satire "Archer" on Thursday January 27th at 10 Pm Et/Pt. Sadly the network has decided to release the first season on DVD only (no Blu-ray), that release comes out December 28th.
Torchwood: The New Earth
Everything's on track for the ten episode fourth season to begin production January 11th reports Wales Online. Two weeks of shooting will take place in Wales in the second half of January, the rest of the production will take place in Los Angeles.
Actress Eve Myles has confirmed she's now setup in Los Angeles and will be residing there for seven months to work on the production which will air in the Summer.
Davies himself confirmed earlier this month that events in 'New Earth' will take place two years after the events of 'Children of Earth'. The three new...
- 12/1/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Now that Sherlock has premiered Stateside on Masterpiece Mystery, I'm curious to know what you thought of the modern-day version of Sherlock Holmes, from creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss. I reviewed the first three episodes of Sherlock here, and spoke with Moffat, Gatiss, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Martin Freeman in a feature over here at The Daily Beast. But now that the series premiere--"A Study in Pink" (so clearly an allusion to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "A Study in Scarlet")--has aired last night, I want to hear what you thought of the mystery series. What did you think of the partnership of Cumberbatch's Holmes and Freeman's John Watson? Did you like the way that Mssrs Moffat and Gatiss updated elements of both characters and included such technological advances such as iPhones, text messaging, and blogging? Did you love the way that director Paul McGuigan visually translated these...
- 10/25/2010
- by Jace
- Televisionary
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
“You guys are the first people in the Us to see Sherlock… Legitimately.”
That’s how the screening was introduced. Sherlock, the modern take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes that takes place in present day London, debuted on the BBC across the pond last July to wide acclaim and popularity. Some Us viewers have had the opportunity to acquire episodes of this miniseries via other means, but officially, the screening at New York Comic-Con was the first time it’s being shown in this country. It will air on PBS later this month as part of their Masterpiece Mystery! series.
I’ve been a pretty big fan of Sherlock Holmes, having read most of Conan Doyle’s tales of the quirky detective. For decades, we’ve seen many interpretations of the character brought to the screen. Most recently, of course, in Guy Ritchie’s boisterous interpretation, starring Robert Downey,...
That’s how the screening was introduced. Sherlock, the modern take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes that takes place in present day London, debuted on the BBC across the pond last July to wide acclaim and popularity. Some Us viewers have had the opportunity to acquire episodes of this miniseries via other means, but officially, the screening at New York Comic-Con was the first time it’s being shown in this country. It will air on PBS later this month as part of their Masterpiece Mystery! series.
I’ve been a pretty big fan of Sherlock Holmes, having read most of Conan Doyle’s tales of the quirky detective. For decades, we’ve seen many interpretations of the character brought to the screen. Most recently, of course, in Guy Ritchie’s boisterous interpretation, starring Robert Downey,...
- 10/11/2010
- by Arya Ponto
- JustPressPlay.net
I've always been a big fan of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories, and when I heard that the newest spin on the classic gumshoe would be a contemporary update, I was intrigued but nervous. Those fears were quelled shortly into the first 90-minute installment of this three-part British series.
There have been many Sherlock incarnations over the years, and I have always felt that Basil Rathbone played the role better than anyone else. That being said, Benedict Cumberbatch has big shoes to fill, and while I don't believe he lives up to Rathbone, he is a very steady, natural and convincing Holmes. Additionally, Martin Freeman is an excellent Dr. Watson. This version of Watson is a bit darker than we're used to, but he is also more competent and not the bumbling sidekick he's often portrayed as. The two have flawless chemistry on screen from their first meeting.
There have been many Sherlock incarnations over the years, and I have always felt that Basil Rathbone played the role better than anyone else. That being said, Benedict Cumberbatch has big shoes to fill, and while I don't believe he lives up to Rathbone, he is a very steady, natural and convincing Holmes. Additionally, Martin Freeman is an excellent Dr. Watson. This version of Watson is a bit darker than we're used to, but he is also more competent and not the bumbling sidekick he's often portrayed as. The two have flawless chemistry on screen from their first meeting.
- 8/4/2010
- by Crit Obara
- TVovermind.com
Steven Moffat has revealed that he is overjoyed with the viewing figures for Sherlock's premiere episode. 'A Study In Pink', a remake of Arthur Conan-Doyle's classic 'A Study In Scarlet', opened to an audience of 7.5m last week. Doctor Who's Moffat, who wrote the modern-day adaptation with Mark Gatiss, said: "It's amazing for the first episode of a new series." BBC One (more)...
- 7/29/2010
- by By Paul Millar
- Digital Spy
Sherlock has received positive reviews following its premiere last Sunday. 'A Study In Pink', a modern-day adaptation of Arthur Conan-Doyle's 'A Study In Scarlet', was seen by an audience of 7.5m and was yesterday revealed to have achieved a high AI rating of 87. Metro's Keith Watson praised Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, who played the 21st century Holmes and Watson. "I like Benedict Cumberbatch in the title role. He has the right edge and energy, the razor-sharp mind, but also the lack of social skills and impatience that appears to border on cruelty," he said. "Martin Freeman's Watson is very good, too - closer to Conan Doyle's thoughtful narrator than the bumbling fool so often portrayed on screen. Their relationship is spot on - a mixture of frustration, admiration and genuine affection." (more)...
- 7/28/2010
- by By Paul Millar
- Digital Spy
It must be fantastic to be Steven Moffat right now. His first season as Executive Producer of Doctor Who has been exceptionally well received; he’s the writer for the Steven Spielberg produced The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn and last night, his new show Sherlock started on BBC One.
Sherlock, an update of the classic Sherlock Holmes novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, stars Benedict Cumberbatch as our eponymous sleuth and Martin Freeman as Doctor John Watson. Last night’s first episode, A Study in Pink, was an update of the very first Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet. The update looks so effortless; one imagines it involved a great deal of blood sweat and tears from Moffat. Using key elements from the original story, Holmes is called in by Detective Inspector Lestrade (a put-upon Rupert Graves) to investigate four apparent suicides. Each victim has taken...
Sherlock, an update of the classic Sherlock Holmes novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, stars Benedict Cumberbatch as our eponymous sleuth and Martin Freeman as Doctor John Watson. Last night’s first episode, A Study in Pink, was an update of the very first Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet. The update looks so effortless; one imagines it involved a great deal of blood sweat and tears from Moffat. Using key elements from the original story, Holmes is called in by Detective Inspector Lestrade (a put-upon Rupert Graves) to investigate four apparent suicides. Each victim has taken...
- 7/26/2010
- by Sarah
- Nerdly
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