Sherlock Holmes and John Watson are bad guys in the trailer for Netflix’s The Irregulars. The upcoming series is based partly on the Baker Street Irregulars. A group of street urchins in Arthur Conan Doyle’s works, they helped Watson and Holmes to gain a street-level view on London and handle some of the more mundane aspect of mystery-solving. The Irregulars takes that idea a step further, tweaking events so that the urchins emerge as the focus of the story.

Described as a dark and mysterious drama, the adaptation centers around a group of troubled street teens who are manipulated into solving crimes for the sinister Doctor Watson (Royce Pierreson) and his elusive business partner Sherlock Holmes (Henry Lloyd-Hughes). Along the way, the crimes take on a terrifying supernatural edge and a dark power emerges. This forces the group to band together in an effort to defeat larger than life forces.

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Netflix has released a teaser trailer for The Irregulars, which will arrive to the streaming service on March 26. The preview teases that a far darker adaptation of Sherlock Holmes, with ominous narration and murders which have a decidedly supernatural bent. You can check out the trailer below.

Featuring an ensemble cast – which includes Thaddea Graham, Darci Shaw, Jojo Macari, Mckell David, Harrison Osterfield, and Clarke Peters –, The Irregulars is created by Tom Bidwell. He’s referred to the series as his dream project, in addition to his oldest idea. Discussing the adaptation back in December 2019, Bidwell noted that it would imagine a situation where the group of street kids that Holmes relied on actually solved his cases for him while he took all the credit. This premise is not made explicit in the trailer for The Irregulars, but it does hint at the grimmer narrative that audiences should expect from the show.

Given the recent success of Enola Holmes, which shifts its lens and turns Sherlock into something of a supporting character, there is certainly an appetite for stories that examine the famous detective more skeptically. Although he’s typically terse, with a lawsuit connected to Sherlock’s notoriously abrasive personality, it will certainly be interesting to see the legendary character depicted in the way that the premise teases. Even beyond that particular point of intrigue, however, the adaptation will likely blend elements of teen drama and the supernatural in a way that has helped shows like The Vampire Diaries turn into massive successes. The Irregulars will likely appeal to viewers of those shows, along with fans of Arthur Conan Doyle.

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Source: Netflix