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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 big shoes next year as he takes over for Russell T. Davies as the head writer for “Doctor Who”:

“Everything that matters about Holmes and Watson is the same. Conan Doyle’s original stories were never about frock coats and gas light – they’re about brilliant detection, dreadful villains and blood-curdling crimes. Other detectives have cases, Sherlock Holmes has adventures, and that’s what matters.”

That sounds pretty open-ended, particularly the bit about not needing frock coats and gas lights. Holmes without gas lights?

Filed under: Non-canon, Odds and ends on December 24th, 2008