The CBS remake 'Elementary' is to be set in New York, Jonny Lee Miller is set to play the infamous Sherlock Holmes and the American Network have controversially announced that they have signed actress Lucy Liu to play the role of 'Joan Watson'.
CBS were criticised by their choice of the casting involving both lead parts in their new production.
Jonny Lee Miller was cast alongside Benedict Cumberbatch in the National Theatre stage production of Mary Shelly's novel 'Frankenstein'. Sue Vertue producer of the BBC 'Sherlock' added her thoughts to the casting of Miller telling the independent: "Let's hope their pilot script has stayed further away from our Sherlock than their casting choice."
Charlie's Angels star Lucy Liu was cast just last week as 'Joan Watson' who is a Former Surgeon who has lost her license and CBS were consequently criticised for changing John Watson's sex. One fan wrote "Dear Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, I am So very Sorry, and honestly, sir ashamed at the things we do in the name of profit." However Lucy Liu is not the first female Watson, CBS cast a female Watson in their 1987 pilot 'The Return of Sherlock Holmes'.
What made fan's perhaps most angry was the fact CBS wanted to remake 'Sherlock' in the first place, This is NOT the first time American production companies have remade UK television programmes.
The popular BBC television show 'The Office' which was written by Ricky Gervais and Steven Merchant in 2001-2003 was remade by NBC into 'The Office' which featured actors such as Steve Carell and is currently in it's eighth season proving very popular with American audiences.
MTV also adapted the popular teenage E4 television programme 'Skins' last year however it was later cancelled due to poor ratings and criticism over its sexual content featured in the programme and was argued to contain 'Child Pornography' as many of the actors were under the age of 18.
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