Hollywood re-imagines Sherlock Holms as an action adventure hero

[Al-Dog]

Hollywood is going to screw over another great character.

Originally Posted by Variety

Exact storyline is being kept under wraps, but creative execs at Warners say they are looking for the "Sherlock" team to reinvent the sleuth and his loyal No. 2 Dr. Watson in much the same edgy way that Christopher Nolan has reimagined Batman for Warners.

Sounds like another Van Helsing.

[Lavoruis]

Another BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.................
Some day most these big movie companies will flop.
because they churn out this crap.
Long live the indie movie.

[Deacon]

I don't know about this; I recently (early last year, anyway) became a major Sherlock Holmes fan - I burned through all the Conan Doyle stories in about a month.

But I'm also a Neil Marshall fan. Neither "Dog Soldiers" nor "The Descent" broke new ground, but I found them both extremely entertaining; I'm definitely looking forward to seeing how his next one, "Doomsday", takes on the post-apocalypse genre.

As for this... could end up being a nightmare. But it's not like previous takes on Holmes - "The Seven Per Cent Solution", for example - didn't have Holmes participating in action sequences. As long as his detective skills stay at the forefront of his character, I wouldn't have a problem with the occasional bit of action.

[kah]

~sigh~

[rappites]

Leave the classics alone and come up with something original.

[omicron]

easier said than done, Rapps

[williemac]

I love Sherlock Holmes, but action hero....i don't think so. Holmes is a thinking man who uses his brains to capture criminals and not muscles or guns and technology. Just plain old good detective work from the art of deduction. Looks like Hollywood is on its way to ruining another great character. haven't they had enough with the massacer they did on Pink Panther Inspector Jack Clouseau.