Ian McKellen Will Please Sherlock Fans as 'Mr. Holmes'

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created an inexhaustible source for filmmakers with his seminal character Sherlock Holmes.  The cool, cerebral detective appeared in only four novels and 56 short stories, but IMDb shows 267 movie and TV adaptations, and the Guiness Book of World Records has listed Holmes as the "most portrayed movie character," starting with a 1900 Mutoscope film.  Two television shows are currently running, both set in contemporary times: "Sherlock," starring Benedict Cumberbatch in the title role and Martin Freeman as his friend and chronicler Dr. John Watson, which began in 2010 and arguably initiated Cumberbatch's stardom; and "Elementary,"...

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