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The scariest thing I've read in months:
Warner Bros. Pictures is teaming with producer Lionel Wigram to adapt Wigram's upcoming comic book Sherlock Holmes for the big screen. Neil Marshall (The Descent) will direct, while screenwriter Michael Johnson penned the script for the action-adventure.
"Sherlock" is expected to be Marshall's next directing project, as the studio is eager to push ahead, says Variety. Helmer is currently filming Doomsday for Rogue Pictures.
The trade says the exact storyline is being kept under wraps, but creative executives 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 the studio.
Wigram's vision has Holmes losing some of his Victorian stuffiness and being more adventuresome, including playing up his skills as a bare-knuckle boxer and expert swordsman as he goes about solving crimes.
Now maybe it's just me but I happen to fucking like the Victorian stuffiness. I mean it's only the goddamn point of Sherlock Holmes, but by all means why not completely "re-imagine" the whole damn thing and cast Brad fucking Pitt in the lead role. I'm thinking Ben Stiller as Watson and Owen Wilson as Inspector Lestrade. Oh, hey then you could have Angelina Jolie as Irene Adler. Sure, why fucking not.
If you'll excuse me I need to go vomit now...
Warner Bros. Pictures is teaming with producer Lionel Wigram to adapt Wigram's upcoming comic book Sherlock Holmes for the big screen. Neil Marshall (The Descent) will direct, while screenwriter Michael Johnson penned the script for the action-adventure.
"Sherlock" is expected to be Marshall's next directing project, as the studio is eager to push ahead, says Variety. Helmer is currently filming Doomsday for Rogue Pictures.
The trade says the exact storyline is being kept under wraps, but creative executives 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 the studio.
Wigram's vision has Holmes losing some of his Victorian stuffiness and being more adventuresome, including playing up his skills as a bare-knuckle boxer and expert swordsman as he goes about solving crimes.
Now maybe it's just me but I happen to fucking like the Victorian stuffiness. I mean it's only the goddamn point of Sherlock Holmes, but by all means why not completely "re-imagine" the whole damn thing and cast Brad fucking Pitt in the lead role. I'm thinking Ben Stiller as Watson and Owen Wilson as Inspector Lestrade. Oh, hey then you could have Angelina Jolie as Irene Adler. Sure, why fucking not.
If you'll excuse me I need to go vomit now...
