Sir Ian McKellen has unveiled a picture of himself as a 93-year old Sherlock Holmes.
McKellen [75], will play the detective in Mr. Holmes [previously titled, A Slight Trick of the Mind], a film based on the Mitch Cullin novel.
The X-Men star accompanied the picture with the words: “Over 70 actors have previously played Sherlock Holmes. Now he’s 93 years old and it’s my turn. #MrHolmes.”
Set in 1947, Mr. Holmes follows the detective living out has twilight years in a Sussex village with his housekeeper and her son, haunted by an unsolved case from 50 years before.
The movie will also star Laura Linney as Holmes’s housekeeper, Mrs. Munro.
Mr. Holmes will be released later this year.