133 Years Later, An Iconic Villain Is Finally Getting The Spotlight

A new British TV series titled Moriarty will center on Professor James Moriarty, a criminal psychology professor at Durham University who secretly masterminds sophisticated crimes across Northern England. When a rival criminal faction attacks his underground empire, Moriarty chooses to join the police as a consultant. He will use the law as a weapon to dismantle his foe while keeping his true identity hidden from police. Moriarty will be paired with Detective Imogen Burrows, a stoic Yorkshire detective, forming a team to pursue the conflict. Moriarty will later discover that the main danger is not the rival faction he is dismantling.

"Moriarty is described as a "modern reinvention of the crime procedural, based on the most famous villain in all of detective fiction." There's also a surprisingly detailed plot summary: "Moriarty is a Professor of Criminal Psychology at Durham University but leads a secret double life as the mastermind behind every crime of sophistication in the North of England. When a rival criminal begins an assault on his underground empire, Moriarty will have only one choice: to join the police as a consultant, using the law as a weapon to dismantle his foe while keeping his true identity hidden from the police.""

""Paired with Detective Imogen Burrows, a stoic Yorkshire detective, they'll form a fearsome team, but Moriarty will soon realize that the real threat isn't the rival criminal faction he's dismantling." The premise centers on Moriarty’s double life and his decision to work with police while concealing who he truly is, turning the investigation into a controlled strategy against his enemies."

"Fremantle and Archery Pictures are collaborating on Moriarty, a new British TV series following the cunning crime lord as he steps to the other side of the law. The series will be written by BBC journalist-turned-screenwriter Chris Cornwell and Oliver Lansey, creator of the German-language series Where's Wanda? This series will be a modern adaptation, much like the BBC series Sherlock."

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