The picture above is not from the series. It's from a movie called The Zero Effect which was a modern take on the Sherlock Holmes story A Scandal in Bohemia. But it looks as though CBS wants in on the success that the BBC has been having with the series Sherlock by creating their own modern-day retelling with a series titled...
...wait for it...
...Elementary.
Although this is not really the first attempt at an American version of Sherlock Holmes. Along with the movie The Zero Effect mentioned above, both the series's Monk and House both take aspects of the character and the stories of Sherlock Holmes.
I mean House even lives on 221B Baker Street for heathen snakes!!
And to ensure the series is a dismal failure, it will take Sherlock Holmes and have him solving crimes in modern-day New York City.
However, if they end up enlisting someone like David Tennant, Eddie Izzard or Christopher Eccleston in the role I might change my opinion of the production.
I had heard a rumor from someone that Robert Downey Jr. might star in the series but I think that is total bullshit. Especially after the rigorous schedule of filming the series Ally McBeal nearly killed him.
Besides, given how much he probably made between Sherlock Holmes and Iron Man I don't think he'll have much interest in breaking his back making a weekly television series.
I really can't think of another American actor off-hand who could really pull off the eccentric qualities of Holmes. At least not in the way that Benedict Cumberbatch has made the part his own on television.
But I fear we're probably going to end up with someone like Ashton Kutcher or Charlie Sheen as Sherlock Holmes.
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Actually, I thought this had more in common with Nero Wolfe - with Ben Stiller as the Archie Goodwin character. Wolfe rarely leaves his house, follows a strict schedule that would bore Sherlock to tears, has Archie do most of the legwork and indulges in eccentric behavior during set hours.
Wow that's good to know!! I had read from a few sources that the plot was based on "Scandal". But not ever having read Nero Wolfe I might have to check out some of the stories :-)
Yes, the plot is very loosely based on "Scandal in Bohemia" - there is an Irene Adler-ish character, and Zero uses disguises and even has a tragic past inspired by "The Seven Per-Cent Solution", but the plot has a different twist and Zero is more like Wolfe in his methods. Of the Nero Wolfe books, I'd say try "The Golden Spiders", "Black Orchids", and "The Second Confession".
I forgot to add that there's a popular fan theory that Wolfe is the son of Sherlock and Irene Adler, which Rex Stout was happy to neither confirm or deny. :)
I had heard another rumor that Bertie Wooster was supposed to be the son of Sherlock Holmes and Jeeves was the son of Moriarty. Jeeves was serving as Wooster valet for the ill his own father caused on Wooster's Dad
That would make it the second time Stephen Fry played a character connected to Sherlock Holmes! Hilarious.
However, it should be mentioned this would be the first time he played a Holmes related character in the buff.
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