While the creation of a younger Holmes sister might raise a few eyebrows among Sherlock purists, the first trailer for Enola Holmes – which imagines a younger sister of Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes setting her off on her own adventure – looks, if nothing else, like a lot of fun. On the upside, we seem […]
Read more25 July, 2010 was a day that shall live in telly infamy. It was 10 years ago today that one of the best television series ever, bar none, was born. Sherlock, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, was the creation of the mind palaces of Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss. Much like its comedic country counterpart […]
Read moreIf you look up ‘must-see’ in any dictionary anywhere, you’ll be presented with a description of the 2011 National Theatre production of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Directed by Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Days) and starring Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock, Doctor Strange) and Jonny Lee Miller (Trainspotting, Elementary), the stage adaptation by Nick Dear (Jane Austen’s Persuasion) is headed to the National Theatre’s YouTube channel for a free screening beginning this Thursday.
Read moreThe mind palace of former Sherlock and Dracula co-creator Steven Moffat is about to get busy again. We had the good fortune to cross paths earlier this month with the former Doctor Who showrunner in the hotel lobby during the 2020 BBC Showcase in Liverpool along with his wife and Hartswood Films Executive Producer, Sue Vertue. They took a […]
Read moreI think, in my head, I have wanted (or, threatened) to do this since we began this little British blog experiment on October 1, 2009. There are so many things to be thankful, not only during Thanksgiving, but every day of every year. For today, however, here are a few additional folks that have not only given me something to write about for the last decade but have given us all endless laughter, tense drama and heart-pounding mysteries for more years than the law should allow.
Read moreBased on Bram Stoker’s classic novel of the same name, the mind palaces of Sherlock co-creators, Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss have teamed up with Hartswood Films for Dracula, the 3-part BBC/Netflix series that digs deep into the undead life of the vampire that single-handedly made evil sexy. In addition to it being a bit of a Sherlock reunion of […]
Read moreDouglas Adams’ comedy sci-fi classic The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is headed for an American television remake. The brilliant British staple originated as a comedy radio series in 1978, became a hugely successful series of novels and, subsequently, a classic 6-part television series for BBC2 in 1981. According to Deadline, it will be developed for an American audience by Carlton Cuse (Lost, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, Bates Motel, Locke & Key) and feature writer Jason Fuchs.
Read morePrinciple filming on the Steven Moffat/Mark Gatiss adaptation of the uber-anticipated Dracula has begun with the production returning to Bray Studios in London, the home of Hammer Films, following some time at Slovakia's Orava Castle.
Read more'Sherlock' co-creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss couldn't be happier about Bang as their new "intelligent, witty and sexy" Dracula.
Read moreThe two-part radio series will star Hodge as Sherlock Holmes' landlady and housekeeper.
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