Adaptations of Sherlock Holmes dilemmas, Watson hires Reginald Kincaid (Michael Caine), an alcoholic, womanizing, ne'er-do-well actor to impersonate Holmes. The twenty-third film in the VeggieTales series is entitled "Sheerluck Holmes and the Golden Ruler", and features Larry the Cucumber as Holmes and Bob the Tomato as Watson. Robert Downey, Jr. appears as the detective in the Guy Ritchie–directed "Sherlock Holmes" (2009) and its sequel "" (2011), with Jude Law as Dr. Watson, Rachel McAdams as Irene Adler, and Jared Harris as Moriarty. "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" is the highest-grossing Sherlock Holmes film, grossing $545 million worldwide. In 2010, low-budget film company the
Adaptations of Sherlock Holmes Asylum produced "Sherlock Holmes", which is intended to capitalize on Guy Ritchie's film. It stars new actor Ben Syder as Holmes and "Torchwood" actor Gareth David Lloyd as Watson. It was shot in Wales and directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg. In the 2015 film "Mr. Holmes", Ian McKellen portrays the detective as a 93-year-old retiree, living in a countryside farmhouse with his housekeeper (Laura Linney) and her son. As his memory deteriorates, he struggles to recall the last case of his career, which sent him into retirement. In the animated 2018 film "Sherlock Gnomes", Johnny Depp portrayed a gnome counterpart