Sherlock vs. Elementary
Jan. 21st, 2012 07:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
katikatSo, CBS first approached BBC, wanting to remake Sherlock. Now they decided to make their own show. Sue Vertue's response: link.
Interesting. I bet BBC will follow CBS' show VERY closely and the minute they even hint at copying something from Sherlock, they'll be slapped with a plagiarism charge so fast their heads will spin. And good for BBC! Great that they refused to let them remake Sherlock. Can't the US TV come up with ANYTHING original anymore? All CBS does lately are spin-offs and remakes and redos.
The producers of the BBC's acclaimed Sherlock series, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, are prepared to take legal action against the US network over a rival Holmes series which appears to tread on familiar ground.
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Sue Vertue, Sherlock Executive Producer at Hartswood Films, said: "We understand that CBS are doing their own version of an updated Sherlock Holmes. It's interesting, as they approached us a while back about remaking our show. At the time, they made great assurances about their integrity, so we have to assume that their modernised Sherlock Holmes doesn't resemble ours in any way, as that would be extremely worrying."
Interesting. I bet BBC will follow CBS' show VERY closely and the minute they even hint at copying something from Sherlock, they'll be slapped with a plagiarism charge so fast their heads will spin. And good for BBC! Great that they refused to let them remake Sherlock. Can't the US TV come up with ANYTHING original anymore? All CBS does lately are spin-offs and remakes and redos.
