US Sherlock remake

[MartG]

Announced today that Lucy Liu will play 'Joan Watson', Holmes' female sidekick.

Anyone else expecting this to be the direst drivel possible ?

[TheEnd]

A film?

Whilst there is a current Sherlock franchise already going on?

[FloppyRaccoon]

TheEnd said:

A film?

Whilst there is a current Sherlock franchise already going on?

Series. Set in New York city if I remember right?

I'll give it a chance. Not all of their efforts are disasters.

[FourWheelDrift]

They've ruined almost everything else they have done their own version of, so why not.

[PaulG40]

FourWheelDrift said:

They've ruined almost everything else they have done their own version of, so why not.

Didn't they make a Faulty Towers remake too that when shown the U.S. audience weren't gelling to it so they made one slight change, got rid of Basil Faulty! The entire point of the show and they took him out!

I didn't like the life on mars version either!

[FourWheelDrift]

Not sure if it's current but from wikipedia - "PBS member station. Maryland Public Television, which covers the state of the same name and the surrounding area, airs all episodes of Fawlty Towers in order on Tuesday afternoons (4:00 pm ET) and Saturday nights (11:00 pm ET), along with other BBC sitcoms" That's the UK version. So they get it, unlike the producers of the US version.

I've also seen the German version of Fawlty Towers and yes they do show The Germans - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_FIFNJqh1M



Sherlock on the other hand, well their choice for Sherlock (the least known Trainspotter) is a bit odd for a US series too.

[tr7v8]

Heard today that the sceptics are starting a US film of Only Fools & Horses! My first, second & third thoughts were WTF

[FourWheelDrift]

tr7v8 said:

Heard today that the sceptics are starting a US film of Only Fools & Horses! My first, second & third thoughts were WTF

Here's a early cast photo, Delboy is a woman and that's grandad on the left.







Ok, it's the US remake of Being Human.

[KB_S1]

FourWheelDrift said:

Sherlock on the other hand, well their choice for Sherlock (the least known Trainspotter) is a bit odd for a US series too.

JLM is based in USA now.
Does quite a bit of tv out there.

[Halb]

Some remakes can be good, but one of the thing that makes Sherlock is his quintessential Englishness. Making him American...well you might as well just make another random detective story, because there are a few that deal with super analytical observant people; Psyche, The Mentalist, Monk et al.

[Beefmeister]

He's not American, he'll still be British. Jonny Lee Miller.

Amusing that now both actors in the new theatrical production of Frankenstein will have played Holmes...

[AshVX220]

It could be JLM with a US accent, they have no problem hiring British actors and having them speak with an accent.

I just find it odd, that they'll have Sherlock in NYC with a female side-kick. The whole premise seems strange to me.

[AshVX220]

DPM!!!

[Halb]

And Unforgettable as well, that is also the same sort of thing.

[KB_S1]

AshVX220 said:

It could be JLM with a US accent, they have no problem hiring British actors and having them speak with an accent.

I just find it odd, that they'll have Sherlock in NYC with a female side-kick. The whole premise seems strange to me.

Apparently he will be English and a consultant to Scotland Yard. Over to NYC for addiction treatment.

[TheHeretic]

It isn't. Remake. There was talk of a lawsuit by the BBC over it. The 2 series are unrelated as far as I have read.

[SWoll]

KB_S1 said:

FourWheelDrift said:

Sherlock on the other hand, well their choice for Sherlock (the least known Trainspotter) is a bit odd for a US series too.

JLM is based in USA now.
Does quite a bit of tv out there.

He does indeed. He was the main villain in season 5 of Dexter and played it very well.

A decent choice for the role I would say, although I hold out little hope of it being any good (can't stand Lucy Liu either)

With the films and excellent Uk series i think i'm a bit Sherlocked out TBH.

Apparently they're going to call it "Elementary".....