Sherlock Holmes Animated Spin-Off ‘Baker Street Four’ Starts Production As Germany’s ARD Joins Major Euro Co-Production
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Production has started on Baker Street Four, an animated series that follows a ragtag trio of street urchins – and a cat called Watson – who act as legendary detective Sherlock Holmes’ eyes and ears on the ground.
German public broadcaster ARD has come on board the project, joining the previously announced French pay TV giant Canal+ and teeing up big-ticket European co-production.
The show is based on the successful French comic book series ‘Les Quatre de Baker Street’, written by Jean-Blaise Djian and Olivier Legrand, and illustrated by David Etien.
Folivari and Blue Spirit are making the series, bringing together two award-winning France-based animation houses. News of the series first surfaced at the Annecy animation fest in 2019.
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