Sherlock Holmes (2013 TV series)

Sherlock Holmes
Genre	Crime drama
Created by	Ruben Dishdishyan Based on the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Written by	Andrey Kavun Leonid Porokhin Igor Pogodin
Directed by	Andrey Kavun
Starring	Igor Petrenko Andrei Panin
Country of origin	Russia
Original language	Russian
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producer	Ruben Dishdishyan 2.3
Running time	50 minutes
Production companies	Russian First Channel Central Partnership
Original release
Network	First Channel

Sherlock Holmes («Шерлок Холмс») is a Russian television series based on the Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, whose première is not expected until late 2012. The series will consist of eight stories of two episodes each spread over two series. Some of the stories presented will be ones that have never before been filmed in popular media.

Production

The idea for a new Russian TV series about Sherlock Holmes was first announced in 2009, shortly before the release of Guy Ritchie's "Sherlock Holmes". But the choosing of the director and actors has been much delayed, and the première has therefore been put off for 3 years. The official production of the series only begun in 2011.

Andrey Kavun, who is known for his work on the film "Kandahar", was appointed director . Igor Petrenko was chosen for the role of Sherlock, and Andrei Panin was cast as Dr. Watson. For the role of Inspector Lestrade, Mikhail Boyarsky was chosen.

Influenced by Guy Ritchie's film, the role of the heroine, Irene Adler, was also expanded on during the show. Her love affair with Sherlock Holmes is one of the series' main storylines. She will be played by actress Lyanka Gryu. Kavun has also said he only plans to use the motives of the original stories, and will recreate the stories almost from scratch. The series will also assume that Watson's descriptions of the crimes have been embellished. Later he will try to adjust reality to his fantasies. As an example, Holmes' famous pipe will be replaced by cigarettes.

Unlike most adaptations of Sherlock Holmes, the Sherlock in this adaptation is younger than Dr. Watson by 15 years.

Cast

• Igor Petrenko as Sherlock Holmes
• Andrei Panin as Dr. Watson
• Lyanka Gryu as Irene Adler
• Mikhail Boyarsky as Inspector Lestrade
• Alexander Golubov as Red Fitzgerald
• Elizaveta Boyarskaya
• Leonid Yarmolnik as Scottish aristocrat
• Andrei Merzlikin
• Igor Sklyar
• Darya Jurgens
• Danila Shevchenko as Arthur Cadogan West
• Rina Grishina as Violet Westberry
• Alexey Gorbunov as Professor Moriarty

See Also

• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson - Soviet TV Series
• Sherlock - British TV series produced by BBC Wales

External Links

• "Sherlock Holmes" on Central Partnership
• Russian "Sherlock Holmes" on Kino Teatr's site.
• Sherlock Holmes is filming in Saint Petersburg