Sherlock Holmes has been portrayed in just about every way imaginable. Serious Sherlocks, eccentric ones, extremely rude ones, action heroes, teenagers, retirees, and even garden gnomes — it’s fair to say audiences have watched the Great Detective tackled from nearly every conceivable angle. Yet, despite decades of constant reinvention, Holmes’s appeal remains evergreen. Now, Harry King Television is preparing to bring the character back for a brand-new slate of screen adventures, assembling a creative team determined to put a spin on the legendary detective that audiences haven’t seen before.
Drawing from JonathanSercombe’s book The Unexpurgated Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the upcoming project plans to feature overarching, season-long narrative arcs alongside individual episodes exploring original cases from Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic body of work, first published between 1887 and 1927. To help steer the adaptation, the production has enlisted a seasoned crew including TimJohn (A Street Cat Named Bob), MichaelRyan (Planet 51, Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank), and producer DavidLipman. Together, they aim to push the boundaries of traditional Holmes adaptations, expanding the scope and scale of Baker Street’s mysteries.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
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In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
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What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
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How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
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Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
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What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
What Will the New ‘Sherlock Holmes’ Series Focus On?
The real twist, however, is both the medium and the target demographic: this new project—currently operating under the working title AnimatedSherlock — is actually an animated series explicitly aimed at mature audiences. Choosing to forgo live-action wasn’t just a stylistic choice, but a key narrative driver. “Taking the animation route allows us to reimagine Sherlock Holmes on a grander, more imaginative and risqué scale than before,” Sercombe told Variety. With Lipman—best known for his work on the Shrek franchise—and a veteran team combining their animation legacy with the well-loved IP, the series promises a decidedly adult, boundary-pushing entry into the Holmes canon.
As the series will have room to breathe, it should give us the opportunity to spend more time with, and learn a lot more about, other characters, including Dr. Watson, Baker Street landlady Mrs. Hudson, and the criminal mastermind Professor Moriarty. “Together we are creating our very own Sherlock Holmes universe that feels both timeless and completely fresh – rich in character, humor, and adventure,” Sercombe added in his written statement. “We are creating our very own Sherlock Holmes universe that feels both timeless and completely fresh — rich in character, humor, and adventure.”
