Sherlock Holmes and Tom Sawyer come to TV
A modern update of Sherlock Holmes will air this fall, while a show following Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn is being developed.
A modern update of Sherlock Holmes will air this fall, while a show following Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn is being developed.
Two classic works of literature are headed to TV with slight twists.
One of CBS鈥檚 new shows for the fall is 鈥淓lementary,鈥� a present-day update of the Sherlock Holmes stories starring Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu, while ABC is currently developing a show titled 鈥淔inn & Sawyer鈥� in which the heroes create an investigative business in a steampunk New Orleans as adults. It is described as a take on Mark Twain鈥檚 鈥淭he Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
鈥淓lementary鈥� stars Miller as famous sleuth Sherlock Holmes and Liu as a female Watson. In the CBS show, Sherlock has come to New York from London after spending time in rehab. He works as a consultant to New York鈥檚 police.
Executive producer Rob Doherty said Holmes鈥� drug habit and his legendary nemesis, Professor Moriarty, will both be part of the show. While concerns have arisen over whether the CBS show and the BBC series 鈥淪herlock,鈥� which also features a modernized Holmes and Watson, can coexist, Doherty pointed out that a contemporary update of Sherlock Holmes is not a new idea and that he has seen the first season of 鈥淪herlock鈥� and enjoyed it.
鈥淚've seen many, many different takes and interpretations on the character and the franchise,鈥� Doherty said of Sherlock Holmes adaptations in general. 鈥淭hey're all great. I don't think any of them hurt any of the others.鈥�
CBS鈥檚 Sherlock show begins this September, while 鈥淔inn & Sawyer鈥� was given a script order by ABC, so its air date (if it gets one) will be determined in the future.