Ian McKellen as Sherlock Holmes has always sounded like a dream casting, and the first trailer for Mr. Holmes shows that the idea is living up to expectations.
The new Mr. Holmes trailer finds McKellen as Sherlock during his elder years maintaining a bee farm. Though Sherlock is seemingly retired, he’s eager to solve one last mystery.
Still confused by what happens in the Bill Condon-directed film? The teaser doesn’t reveal many details, but the synopsis does: “England in 1947. The famous detective Sherlock Holmes, now 93 years old, lives in his Sussex country house. When he goes to the cinema and sees a film about himself, he mostly shakes his head. For much of what he is purported to have done in the heroic stories has simply been made up. He never wore the legendary hat and, rather than the pipe, he always preferred a cigarette. Long since retired, he steers clear of people and dedicates himself chiefly to bee-keeping. The only people he suffers to be around him are housekeeper Mrs Munro and her small son Roger, whom Holmes is initiating into the secrets of apiculture.
“But sometimes his thoughts are beset by old cases. What really went on with the mysterious Ann Kelmot, whom he shadowed at her husband’s behest? And what connects him to the Umezaki family, who have invited him to Japan? Holmes undertakes one final big journey, experiences a botanical miracle and resolves to tell a compassionate lie … Freely adapted from Mitch Cullin’s novel ‘A Slight Trick of the Mind’, Bill Condon’s film reflects upon the interplay between truth and legend, age and memory, unresolved guilt and the chance to finally make peace with oneself.”
Mr. Holmes does not have a release date but is expected in theaters this year. Based on the trailer and synopsis, it seems certain that both fans of Sherlock and the legendary Ian McKellen will be eager to see this film.
The first clip from the film — depicting Sherlock and Roger taking a seaside stroll — was released last month.
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