Sherlock Holmes (2010 film)

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes
Film poster
Directed byRachel Lee Goldenberg
Screenplay byPaul Bales
Stephen Fiske
Based onCharacters created
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Produced by
Starring
Narrated byDavid Shackleton
CinematographyAdam Silver
Edited byRachel Lee Goldenberg
Music byChris Ridenhour
Production
company
Distributed by
Release date
  • January 26, 2010 (2010-01-26)
Running time
85 minutes
Countries
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1 million

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, also known simply as Sherlock Holmes, is a 2010 British-American steampunk mystery film directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg and produced by independent American film studio The Asylum. It features the Sherlock Holmes characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, though it follows an original plot. The film details an unrecorded case in which eccentric detective Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson investigate a series of unusual monster attacks and a plot to destroy London. Gareth David-Lloyd plays Dr. John Watson and Ben Syder, making his film debut, plays Sherlock Holmes.

The film is a direct-to-DVD mockbuster intended to capitalize upon the Warner Brothers film of the same name directed by Guy Ritchie, and is the second film by The Asylum to be inspired by the writings of Arthur Conan Doyle, the first being King of the Lost World. The film was shot primarily in Caernarfon, Wales on a low budget. The Asylum had previously used the same locations to film Merlin and the War of the Dragons. Syfy have since acquired the television rights of the film.