‘Sherlock Holmes’ – Torchwood’s Ianto features in new pics, plus UK release info

If you haven’t heard already, Gareth David-Lloyd, aka Torchwood’s Ianto Jones is the co-star in yet another cinematic adaptation of Sherlock Holmes… Don’t get your hopes up folks, this version comes from the purveyors of low-budget, The Asylum. Starring along side David-Lloyd in the film are newcomer Ben Syder and Star Trek: Enterprise’s Dominic Keating in a story set in London sometime in the 19th Century.

Holmes (Syder) and Watson (David-Lloyd) are called upon to help track down and ultimately capture Spring Heeled Jack (Keating), presented here as a mechanical genius. Spring-Heeled Jack has been terrorising London with a steam-powered body armour that permits him to carry out crimes without fear of capture, as well as several robotic dinosaurs and monsters as a means of committing various crimes. During the investigations, however, Holmes and Watson learn of a plot by Spring-Heeled Jack to assassinate Queen Victoria by using a robotic woman, with a bomb built into her workings, to seemingly visit the Queen, with the bomb automatically detonating once inside Buckingham Palace.

Sherlock Holmes, which has already been released on DVD in the US, has been picked up for UK release by Revolver Entertainment, who have just released a whole heap of images from the film – all of which you can see below; and yes you’re eyes aren’t playing tricks, that IS a dinosaur…

You can check out the US DVD art and trailer here.