'Moriarty' Series About Sherlock Enemy Coming From Fremantle, Archery
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Key Points:
- Fremantle and Archery Pictures are collaborating on a new series titled "Moriarty" (working title), a modern reinvention focusing on Sherlock Holmes' arch-nemesis, James Moriarty, as a criminal psychology professor leading a double life.
- The show will explore Moriarty's role as a mastermind behind sophisticated crimes in Northern England, who must secretly work with the police as a consultant to combat a rival criminal faction while keeping his identity hidden.
- The series is created by writers Chris Cornwell and Oliver Lansley and will pair Moriarty with Detective Imogen Burrows, forming a complex partnership against emerging threats.
- Casting for the lead role has not been announced, with notable previous portrayals of Moriarty including Andrew Scott in BBC's Sherlock and Dónal Finn in Prime Video's Young Sherlock.
- Fremantle is handling worldwide sales for the project, which currently has no attached network, and aims to combine crime procedural elements with psychological exploration of villainy within the Sherlock Holmes universe.