{"id":47045,"date":"2019-04-19T11:59:50","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T15:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=47045"},"modified":"2019-04-19T11:59:50","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T15:59:50","slug":"bus-holmes-legacy-staged-reading-unveils-virtual-tv-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/bus-holmes-legacy-staged-reading-unveils-virtual-tv-series\/","title":{"rendered":"BU&#8217;s &#8216;Holmes Legacy&#8217; Staged Reading Unveils Virtual TV Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BOSTON, Mass., April 19, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Sherlock Holmes fans! Boston University writers created a new TV series based on Stephen King\u2019s \u201cThe Doctor\u2019s Case\u201d short story. \u201cHolmes Legacy: The Doctor\u2019s Cases\u201d is a six-episode drama about an older Dr. John Watson, who uses his memories of Sherlock Holmes to foil a new Moriarty and protect present-day London. Experience the live staged reading by professional actors at WBUR\u2019s CitySpace from 12-3 p.m. on April 27-28, 2019.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/19-0419-holmes-legacy-696x522.jpg\" alt=\"Holmes Legacy - The Doctor&#039;s Cases\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/19-0419-holmes-legacy-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/19-0419-holmes-legacy-696x522-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><br \/>\nGet free tickets for the event at <a href=\"http:\/\/holmesdoctorscases.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/holmesdoctorscases.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Adapted from a Stephen King short story and Arthur Conan Doyle\u2019s Sherlock Holmes novels and short stories, this virtual first season delivers deviously perplexing mysteries mixed with dark humor that\u2019s perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes and modern crime dramas. Episodes 1-3 run Saturday with episodes 4-6 on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The live staged reading will be the culmination of a BU Department of Film &amp; Television course created and led by veteran writer\/producer Kam Miller.<\/p>\n<p>The vision? Help a writers room create a first-season\u00a0TV show based on an existing property.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought the students would enjoy working with Mr. King\u2019s take on the Sherlock Holmes characters and going back to the original works for context and inspiration,\u201d Miller said. \u201cOur show\u2019s set in 2019 and 1975, so it\u2019s a different spin from the other Holmes adaptations we\u2019ve seen since 1887.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last spring, Miller shepherded another BU writers room for \u201cGame of Thrones: The Virtual Final Season.\u201d The students\u2019 alternate season 8 \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d episodes have drawn more than two million views on YouTube. See all six episodes and read the annotated scripts at <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualfinalseason.com\/GoT\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/virtualfinalseason.com\/GoT<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>WBUR CitySpace is the new state-of-the-art multimedia venue located at 890 Commonwealth Avenue on Boston University\u2019s campus. CitySpace is the destination to be inspired, entertained, and\u00a0educated.<\/p>\n<p>The Hollywood Reporter ranks the Boston University College of Communication (COM) Film &amp; Television Department among the Top 25 American Film Schools.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/holmeslegacy\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/holmeslegacy<\/a><br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/holmesdoccases\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/instagram.com\/holmesdoccases\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twitter: @holmeslegacy @WBUR @BU_Tweets #SherlockHolmes @GoTVFS #WBURcityspace<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOSTON, Mass., April 19, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Sherlock Holmes fans! Boston University writers created a new TV series based on Stephen King&#8217;s &#8220;The Doctor&#8217;s Case&#8221; short story. &#8220;Holmes Legacy: The Doctor&#8217;s Cases&#8221; is a six-episode drama about an older Dr. John Watson, who uses his memories of Sherlock Holmes to foil a new Moriarty and protect present-day London. Experience the live staged reading by professional actors at WBUR&#8217;s CitySpace from 12-3 p.m. on April 27-28, 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7513,"featured_media":47044,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[406,66,163,1,45,37,237,161,559,82],"tags":[11160,11159],"class_list":["post-47045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-performing-arts-news","category-books-publishing-news","category-boston-news","category-business-news","category-education-news","category-entertainment-news","category-live-theatre-news","category-massachusetts-news","category-products-news","category-television-news","tag-sherlock-holmes","tag-wbur-cityspace","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":5232,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}