Reports are out of a new, “modern†(whatever that means – Holmes in a hovercraft?) Holmes story getting ready for filming in January 2009.
The 60-minute film is bring produced by Hartswood Films, which also produced Jekyll and Men Behaving Badly.
Notably, one of the writers of the drama is Steven Moffat, who steps into some very [...]
Filed under: Non-canon, Odds and ends on December 24th, 2008 | No Comments »
It’s Friday again, and time for a what might just become a weekly dose of Holmesian levity … cheers, and have a great weekend!
Filed under: Non-canon on October 26th, 2007 | No Comments »
The Washington Post just ran a very positive review of the latest Sherlock Holmes computer game, “Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened,” in which everybody’s favorite detective goes up against the Cthulthu nasties of H.P. Lovecraft’s world.
Each conversation and clue is meticulously detailed in a notebook you carry. That is a good thing, because from time to [...]
Filed under: Non-canon, Odds and ends on October 19th, 2007 | No Comments »
There’s a new DVD that contains two film versions of A.C. Doyle’s “The Lost World,” a silent film from 1925 and a 1960 version starring Michael Rennie and Claude Raines. The entertainment blog Monsters and Critics just ran a review of it, which is largely positive:
The best inclusion is the 1925 Lost World black and [...]
Filed under: Non-canon, Odds and ends on September 12th, 2007 | No Comments »
Hey kids, guess what came out on DVD today – the first season of the BBC’s new Holmes series, “Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars“! Can’t wait to see this one, particularly since it stars Jonathan Pryce as the Great Detective. Fingers are crossed that it’s good.
Reviews, though, are mixed, but isn’t that always [...]
Filed under: Non-canon, Odds and ends on September 4th, 2007 | No Comments »
From Focus and Frogwares, the people that made “Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened,” comes news of another 3D Holmes adventure …
Having grappled with the machinations of a cult of Cthulhu in his last PC adventure (Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened), the world’s greatest detective is now ready to challenge Arsène Lupin, the gentleman thief. Lupin, a character [...]
Filed under: Non-canon, Odds and ends on July 1st, 2007 | No Comments »
The witty folks at The Morning News have combined two of my literary passions – Sherlock Holmes and the TV show Lost – in this very enjoyable read. It’s worth sticking with to the end.
“We interviewed the family of the deceased,†Lestrade continued. “Apparently the dead man kept his regular routine this morning, leaving his [...]
Filed under: Non-canon on April 18th, 2007 | No Comments »
Ah, now this is not only blessed good news, but if it comes to pass it will be nicely poetic: Nicholas Rowe, who played Holmes in “Young Sherlock Holmes” 22 years ago, is evidently a contender for the lead role in Neil Marshall’s upcoming big-budget film. We’ve officially got our fingers crossed that Nicholas gets [...]
Filed under: Non-canon, Odds and ends on April 5th, 2007 | 3 Comments »