Driver for Vera will become the new Sherlock Holmes

In Russia's new TV series of Sherlock Holmes Andrew Kavun main role performed by Igor Petrenko, best known for the films "The Driver for Vera" and "Forbidden Reality". The role of Dr. Watson went to Andrei Panin, which Petrenko has worked on the set "Driver for Vera". Rumors about the series went over the last few years. Initially it was reported that a new series, which is engaged in the production of "Central Partnership", the most expensive in the history of national television, and it will be directed by Oleg Pogodin. In 2009, due to financial difficulties of the work had been frozen. In November 2010, it was reported that the work resumed and the project has changed the director - came into place Pogodin Andrew Kavun, known for his film "Piranha" with Vladimir Mashkov in the title role. However, no details of the new project have been reported. Now it is known that the series will start shooting in September 2011 in St. Petersburg, Tsarskoe Selo, Kronstadt and Vyborg. It is planned to produce 16 series combined into blocks of two. On every block has its own plot, which is based on any work of Arthur Conan Doyle. At the studio stressed that the new series is not a literal adaptation, but rather a free paraphrase. Among the selected works is, as already shining onto the screen and never filmed.