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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

'Magneto' Is 'Sherlock Holmes'



Sneak Peek images of 'Magneto' actor Sir Ian McKellan as aging super-sleuth 'Sherlock Holmes' on the London, UK set of Oscar-winning director Bill Condon's new crime feature, "Mr. Holmes", based on the 2005 novel, "A Slight Trick Of The Mind" by author Mitch Cullin, co-starring Laura Linney as Holmes' housekeeper, 'Mrs Munro':


"...in 1947, 'Sherlock Holmes', long retired, lives in a sleepy Sussex village with his housekeeper, 'Mrs Munro' and her amateur-sleuthing son, 'Roger'.


"But far from living out a peaceful retirement, Holmes is haunted by an unsolved case from fifty years ago. He remembers only fragments: a confrontation with an angry husband and a secret bond with his beautiful but unstable wife.


"With his legendary mental powers on the wane, and without sidekick 'Watson', Holmes is faced with the toughest case of his life — a case that might finally reveal to him the mysteries of the human heart..."


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