ONE of the biggest grossing films of 2009 featuring Hollywood superstars has been given a North Walian makoever and features a familiar local face.
Forget Robert Downey Jnr and Jude Law as the formidable London duo Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, this week Sherlock Holmes 'with a twist' is being released and viewers can see the plot unfold in a setting closer to home.
The 2010 version of Sherlock Holmes by Hollywood based Asylum International was shot entirely in North Wales and features Denbigh based actor William Jones, who works under the professional name of William Huw, as Inspector Lestrade.
In the film William performed alongside such luminaries as Dominic Keating, from Star Trek Enterprise, as the Evil Thorpe, Gareth David-Lloyd, from BBC action drama Torchwood, as Dr Watson and newcomer Ben Syder who took the title role of Holmes.
The story sees Holmes battling an evil genius who threatens to destroy London with gigantic mechanical dinosaurs, which should give Guy Ritchie a run for his money!
One review of the new film described it as 'a fantastic Holmes adventure and offered 'serious Sherlockians relief from several problems that have plagued them for many years' like no 'Americanisms'.
Asylum will be hoping their version can emulate the success of Ritchie’s take on the detective novel which was released in December and opened to around $62.4 million in its first weekend, placing in second at the US box office.
This is the second film that Hollywood based Asylum International have shot in North Wales. Their first film Merlin and the War of the Dragons which also featured William as the evil magician Torm.