A new crime procedural TV series is in the works that puts the focus on Sherlock Holmes’ nemesis – Professor James Moriarty.
Fremantle and Archery Pictures (“Operation Mincemeat”) are collaborating on “Moriarty” which hails from writers Chris Cornwell (“Strike Back,” “A Discovery of Witches”) and Oliver Lansley (“Flack,” “Where’s Wanda?”).
In the series, Moriarty is a Professor of Criminal Psychology at Durham University but leads a secret double life as the mastermind behind every crime of sophistication in the North of England.
When a rival criminal begins an assault on his underground empire, Moriarty will have only one choice: to join the police as a consultant, using the law as a weapon to dismantle his foe while keeping his true identity hidden from the police.
Paired with Detective Imogen Burrows, a stoic Yorkshire detective, they’ll form a fearsome team, but Moriarty will soon realise that the real threat isn’t the rival criminal faction he’s dismantling.
No casting has yet taken place, but the news comes as Holmes has had a busy time of late on screen. CBS recently cancelled its short-lived “Watson” series, which had Randall Park playing a version of Moriarty.
Amazon’s “Young Sherlock” was a hit earlier this year, with Dónal Finn’s take on a young Moriarty one of the most well-received elements of the series. Other actors to have played the role include Jared Harris in “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” in 2011 and Andrew Scott across the BBC’s “Sherlock” series.
Source: TV Line
