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[zencat]

Yes, I think so. If you read that interview, Lane talks about how the series will gradually how Sherlock becomes the man we know (YB like). I find his talk about two mentors pulling him in opposite directions to be very intriguing. Lane says he'd like to do at least nine books and take Sherlock right up to his meeting with Watson from A Study in Scarlet. All sounds like good fun to me.

[Trident]

In that case I'll definitely give them a try!

[marktmurphy]

I've just found this trailer : featuring a few clips of the new Sherlock (although it's months old!), and apparently there's some airing as new season trailers on the BBC now, although I haven't seen any myself yet.
Does this mean it's coming soon?

[terminus]

Am reading Death Cloud - and it seems there's a chronological mistake (within the book itself) within the first five chapters.

Sherlock and Matty go into the town and walk past the high walls, the carriage with the pink eyed driver comes out of the gates. The following day (and the following chapter) sees the boys at the train station - and the subsequent discovery of the first body - and at a point several chapters later, though taking place on the same day, the book refers to the walk past the high walls and the encounter with the pink eyed driver having occured that morning.

It threw me out of the narrative a smidgeon.

[marktmurphy]

Had a flick through the other day; I notice it's all set around where I am right now! And for any Americans who might not know, it's pronounced Gilford

[Royal Dalton]

I've just found this trailer : featuring a few clips of the new Sherlock (although it's months old!), and apparently there's some airing as new season trailers on the BBC now, although I haven't seen any myself yet.
Does this mean it's coming soon?

It's supposed to be on towards the end of August, Mark.

[marktmurphy]

Well the great man himself reckons end of August/beginning of September, yes:
http://www.youtube.c...amp;feature=sub

I finally saw one the new season drama trails; some nice bits including a line to the effect of 'heroes don't exist and if they did I wouldn't be one' or something and Watson saying 'good deduction'. And Holmes using a little pocket plastic magnifying glass!

[marktmurphy]

First publicity pictures:





http://www.digitalsp...e-sherlock.html

Looks great!

[Safari Suit]

Freeman still using one of his three facial expressions there

[marktmurphy]

He does indeed have a face, yes.

I like the costume design; just remencient enough of Victorian-style outfits.

[Brisco]

Those pictures look awesome! Thanks for sharing. I really can't wait for this series. I hope that the pilot at least ends up on the eventual DVD if we're not going to see it on TV. I wonder if it's been cannibalized so that we still get the original meeting between Holmes and Watson and Holmes perceiving that he's been in Afghanistan, or if all that will be gone and we'll just jump in with them already knowing each other?

[marktmurphy]

I think the opening episode just got reworked: it'll still open with them meeting for the first time. I'm excited about this; these are great writers who get Holmes, the casting is spot-on, I'd say, and I get the feeling they're going for the adventure vibe.

[volante]

Do you know; I'm looking forward to this now.

[marktmurphy]

Starts towards the end of this month it seems:

http://www.bbc.co.uk...placed_sherlock

The world's favourite detective has emerged from the fog. With sparkling scripts and unforgettable performances from the two leads, Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock) and Martin Freeman (John Watson), this is Sherlock for a new generation.

Sherlock Holmes was always a modern man. It's the world that got old. Now he's back as he should be: edgy, contemporary, difficult – and dangerous – in three new dramas on BBC One.

Watson, a doctor, soldier and war hero, is fresh from military service in Afghanistan. A chance encounter brings him into the world of Sherlock Holmes, a loner, detective and genius. The two men couldn't be more different, but Sherlock's inspired leaps of intellect, coupled with John's pragmatism, soon forge an unbreakable alliance.

A woman in pink lies dead in a derelict house, the fourth in a series of impossible suicides. DI Lestrade is the best Scotland Yard has got, but even he knows he can't compare to the young man who can tell a software designer by his tie or an airline pilot by his thumb.

Sherlock has a unique analytical mind, earning his living and staving off boredom by solving crimes. The weirder and more baffling the better...

Across three thrilling, scary, action-packed and hugely entertaining episodes, Sherlock and John navigate a maze of cryptic clues and lethal killers to get at the truth.

Sherlock Holmes is played by Benedict Cumberbatch, John Watson by Martin Freeman, Mrs Hudson by Una Stubbs, Inspector Lestrade by Rupert Graves, Molly Hooper by Louise Brealey and Sargeant Sally Donovan by Vinette Robinson.

'Holmes and Watson' are gone; enter 'Sherlock and John'!

[marktmurphy]

Loadsa clips!

[zencat]

Just discovered Goldsboro Books has a signed limited hardcover edition of Andy's Lanes Death Cloud. They are also going to do a limited edition of Red Leech. I'm getting both.

http://www.goldsboro...il.asp?bid=2741

[marktmurphy]

Benedict explains a little of the type of action that viewers can expect: "There are some great chase scenes – the odd explosion, some kung fu sequences, a fight with a Chinese war lord. I shoot a human giant who strangles people with his bare hands, chase a taxi cab through the streets of London – so it's definitely a rollercoaster ride."

http://www.bbc.co.uk...sherlock3.shtml

I'm very up for this!

[Jackanaples]

I've been eagerly awaiting this since its announcement. Now that I've seen the five minute pitch clip I can see that my excitement was completely warranted. It looks like a brilliant take on Sherlock Holmes.

[Royal Dalton]

The first episode's being shown on the 25th of July.

[Tybre]

The Guardian have had a quick word with Mark Gatiss about Sherlock. Don't think there's really anything particularly new there, but thought I share.

[zencat]

Andy Lane's Young Sherlock Holmes Death Cloud U.S. hardcover coming in February 2011. Amazon. Course we'll probably be at Book 3 in the UK by then.

[terminus]

Did the UK even have a hardcover edition of the book? I've not seen one. If we didn't, it must be a good sign that they're going in for hardcover (and, presumably, a much later paperback too) first in the USA.

[zencat]

Just this one.

Just discovered Goldsboro Books has a signed limited hardcover edition of Andy Lanes' Death Cloud. They are also going to do a limited edition of Red Leech. I'm getting both.

http://www.goldsboro...il.asp?bid=2741

[marktmurphy]

Big piece in the Radio Times about Sherlock together with a blistering review, there's an official trailer here, and generally it's all looking rather superb. Haven't been this excited about Holmes in ages.

Not interested, Zen?

[zencat]

Oh, I'm very interested! But I just don't know how I'm going to see this in the U.S.

[marktmurphy]

It'll start on PBS on October 24th, apparently

[Tybre]

Oh, I'm very interested! But I just don't know how I'm going to see this in the U.S.

Haven't checked out the link, but if you mean Sherlock and not the trailer: This year's promo for Masterpiece Mystery includes Sherlock, and generally they run the clips of series in the order they air, so it'll probably be airing last. Or, there is a way you can watch a handful of British channels and a couple other foreign channels (haven't personally checked them all out but one is French and one is Russian). Personally I'm going to use the latter method come Sunday if I'm home at the time it's on. Time zones and all that.

[Royal Dalton]

They showed some footage from it on GMTV today. A lot of ramped up editing going on there. It'll be interesting to see if they can pull this one off.

Of course, it helps that those two are big Holmes fans. Moffat was even pretty active in the Holmes thread on the old Outpost Gallifrey forum back in the day. He said his favourite Universal Rathbone film was Sherlock Homes and the Spider Woman, as I recall.

[zencat]

It'll start on PBS on October 24th, apparently

Oh, excellent! Thanks.

[Royal Dalton]

Positive review of episode one: http://www.beehiveci...erlock17580223/

New interview with Moffat and Gatiss: http://www.denofgeek...w_sherlock.html