To The Left, Robert Downey, Jr—Ian McKellen Is The New Sherlock Holmes
Ever since we got wind that Ian McKellen would be playing an aged Sherlock Holmes, we've been on the lookout for details.
Now, the teaser trailer for the Bill Condon-directed Mr. Holmes has landed, just days before the film is set to premiere at the Berlin Film Festival (alongside Disney's live-action update of Cinderella).
This reimagining sees the iconic sleuth as a 93-year-old struggling to come to terms with his diminishing mental state, even as he solves one last case that's haunted him for fifty years.
Yesterday, McKellen tweeted the first "clue":
Exclusive first clip from my new film MR HOLMES. I’m Holmes, age 93, working my final case with a young confidante. https://t.co/UmlbDP25to
— Ian McKellen (@IanMcKellen) February 4, 2015
Mr. Holmes will premiere this Sunday at the Berlin Film Festival.