Sherlock Holmes finds himself ever more in the Zeitgeist following the CBS pilot order for Elementary, a modern-day Sherlock Holmes series from writer Rob Doherty.
Elementary is described as a modern take on the cases of the pipe-smoking private eye created by Arthur Conan Doyle, with Sherlock now living in New York City. The script comes from Medium writer-producer Doherty, who is executive producing the project with Sarah Timberman & Carl Beverly.
Can the CBS take on the famous detective hold a candle to the exceptional BBC version starring Benedict Cumberbatch, which was recently renewed for a third series? The proof will be in the pudding, but they’ll certainly have to go some.
With Guy Ritchie’s movie franchise starring Robert Downey Jr. maintaining its appeal, there’s an abundance of Sherlock Homes going around, but it should be interesting to compare all of the different interpretations. Hopefully Elementary contains an overarching story to give it substance.
Elementary will be produced by CBS TV Studios and studio-based Timberman/ Beverly Prods.
Source: Deadline
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I can’t believe they’re doing this! I’m pretty certain it won’t even come close to Sherlock’s brilliance. And then it’s CBS so they’ll totally boring-procedural-ize it.
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Not a chance in hell that this will be anywhere close to Sherlock.
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This will be to Cumberbatch’s “Sherlock” what NBC’s “Prime Suspect” was to Helen Mirren’s version.
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