Fremantle and Archery Pictures Developing Modern 'Moriarty' Series About Sherlock Holmes' Nemesis
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Max Goldbart
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· 2 sourcesFremantle and Archery Pictures are developing a modern reinvention series titled *Moriarty*, focusing on Sherlock Holmes' arch nemesis. Deadline reported the series comes from writers Chris Cornwell and Oliver Lansley, reimagining Moriarty as a Professor of Criminal Psychology at Durham University leading a secret double life. Variety described the project as a contemporary drama that offers a fresh twist on the famous villain, as TV executives continue to mine the Sherlock Holmes universe for new content.
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Summary
Fremantle and Archery Pictures are developing a modern reinvention series titled 'Moriarty' focusing on Sherlock Holmes' arch nemesis James Moriarty. The series comes from writers Chris Cornwell (A Discovery of Witches) and Oliver Lansley (Where's Wanda?). The show reimagines Moriarty as a Professor of Criminal Psychology at Durham University who leads a secret double life as a criminal mastermind. The project is described as a "modern reinvention of the crime procedural" based on one of fiction's most famous villains.
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· 2 pulledMoriarty will be a 'modern reinvention of the crime procedural, based on the most famous villain in all of detective fiction.'
Moriarty is a Professor of Criminal Psychology at Durham University but leads a secret double life as the...
