CBS to make pilot for 'Elementary' a modern-day Sherlock Holmes in New York

[karadinart]

Yup, you heard that right - studio-based Timberman/Beverly Prods 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. Veteran Medium writer-producer Doherty wrote the script and is executive producing the project with Sarah Timberman & Carl Beverly.

Seriously, if this is made and picked up I will watch this train wreck with glee. How old will Holmes be I wonder? Will he even be British? Will Watson be a doctor and a soldier and possibly female? Will they have a dog? Will Lestrade be African-American? Of course, right off the bat, they annoy me with 'private eye'.

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[earthspirits.livejournal.com]

lol ~ American versions of British characters and/or films/series, can sometimes be quite ghastly. This one sounds like it might be good for a laugh, but really..."private eye"? I envision a cross between a typical US police procedural (complete with gory "morgue" scenes, car chases and gun fights) and Bogart as Sam Spade. That said, Holmes will probably be cast as a young American 20-something, and everyone will be overly pretty. *chuckle*

Now....if they had set this in 19th century New York, I think it could have been rather interesting. But modern?

[karadin.livejournal.com]

Ah, I think the BBC is doing a show about 19th century police in NY called 'Copper'