The new Netflix film Enola Holmes, staring Stranger Things‘ protagonist Millie Bobbie Brown as Sherlock Holmes’ younger sister, has gotten Netflix sued by the estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes.
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Netflix wasn’t the only one to get sued over this movie though, as the Conan Doyle Estate has also issued a lawsuit against Nancy Springer, the author of the Enola Holmes books; Random House, the publisher of the novels; and against the Legendary Pictures production company. The Estate claims that the characteristics displayed by Sherlock Holmes (played by Henry Cavill) in this film and the Enola Holmes books—Sherlock Holmes being “warmer” and “less aloof” and “unemotional”—are reminiscent of the later works of Conan Doyle, which are still protected by copyright and not yet in the public domain.
The film is set to be released in September, putting some pressure on the legal system to figure out this problem.
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