Because Americans can't seem to leave a good thing alone, word is that CBS is doing their own contemporary Sherlock series called Elementary with Jonny Lee Miller as Holmes and Lucy Liu as (Joan) Watson, set in New York City. That's all everyone knows about this, not whether the pilot is already picked up, or anything else.
Some things to point out:
The only good thing about this is that we might finally get to hear Jonny Lee Miller use his own English accent... will he? I hope he's not playing an American.
I think if they got someone else, this show would be DOA. Some people might give the pilot a shot because of Lucy Liu. But I don't know about its long term chances of survival. But it might fill in tiny void left by the three, 90 minute episodes that is BBC's Sherlock, which appears to take forever to shoot.
That is, if the pilot gets picked up...
Some things to point out:
- The word "Elementary" was never uttered in original Sir Arthur Conan Doyle canon.
- That said, I hope that deerstalker cap never makes a appearance - it already did in the BBC one.
- Gender swapping Watson is a way out of the homoerotic undercurrent between Holmes and (John) Watson.
The only good thing about this is that we might finally get to hear Jonny Lee Miller use his own English accent... will he? I hope he's not playing an American.
I think if they got someone else, this show would be DOA. Some people might give the pilot a shot because of Lucy Liu. But I don't know about its long term chances of survival. But it might fill in tiny void left by the three, 90 minute episodes that is BBC's Sherlock, which appears to take forever to shoot.
That is, if the pilot gets picked up...
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