Stephen Fry will produce and star in a new TV adaptation of Ian Rankin's novel Doors Open due to be filmed in Edinburgh later this month.

Rankin's 2008 novel will provide the plot for a two-hour ITV drama starring Fry and Scottish actor Douglas Henshall. Filming will begin in the capital on 23 April 2012 for five weeks.

Producers were keen to use the Granton Centre of Art, the National Galleries' official collections centre on Edinburgh's waterfront, but were refused permission after fears that the film would cause security problems in revealing how to carry out the raid.

The story follows a banker, a professor of art and a computer millionaire who dream up a plan to replace priceless artworks with fakes. They use the cover of the warehouse's now defunct 'Open Doors Day' to put their plan into action.

Henshall will play Mike Mackenzie, the businessman who thinks up the plan while Fry takes the role of art expert Professor Gissing. The script is being developed by writers James Mavor and Sandi Toksvig. Rankin says he's happy that the book is going to be filmed and that the adaptation will do his novel justice.

"It's all thanks to Mr Fry," he said. "I think it will make great TV and I have no concerns about the project. The script is by a mate of mine, James Mavor, who lives in Edinburgh so it should be authentic."

After the project was announced Rankin tweeted Fry, offering to take him to Oxford Bar in Edinburgh when he's filming, the favourite haunt of Rankin's famous detective Rebus.

Fry revealed he became interested in the project after picking up Rankin's novel in an airport and getting hooked. The Scotsman reported that Fry said, "I adored the character of Professor Gissing and a shamefully vain part of me refused to see anyone else in the role."

沪江娱乐快讯：在之前热映的电影《大侦探福尔摩斯2：诡影游戏》中出演英国演艺圈的“国宝”斯蒂芬·弗雷(Stephen Fry)将开发并主演一部新电视系列剧，改编自Ian Rankin的小说《芝麻开门》(Doors Open)，该剧将于本月晚些时候在爱丁堡开拍。

《芝麻开门》是Rankin2008年的小说，ITV将会制作一集两小时的导航集，由"油炸叔"斯蒂芬·弗雷和苏格兰演员道格拉斯·韩歇尔(Douglas Henshall)主演，将于4月23日开机，持续拍摄5周。

这是一个设定很有趣的故事：一名银行家，一名艺术教授和一个技术宅百万富翁，三人梦想计划着将无价的艺术品用假货掉包。他们将利用苏格兰的“Doors Open Day'”计划(一个游览苏格兰成千上万魅力十足建筑内部的企划)，将他们的梦想付诸现实。

道格拉斯·韩歇尔的角色名叫Mike Mackenzie，他将饰演银行家，而“油炸叔”则是艺术教授Professor Gissing再适合不过的人选。剧本由James Mavor和Sandi Toksvig撰写，小说作家Rankin非常高兴自己的书能够从文字转换为图像：“十分感谢弗雷先生，”他说，“我想它会是一部好句，我一点都不担心这个计划。是我的哥们儿James Mavor做的剧本改编，他就住在爱丁堡，所以整个故事会非常真实。”

这部剧听起来有点像《飞天大盗》(Hustle)和《都市侠盗》(Leverage)，不知“油炸叔”的《芝麻开门》会带来怎样的新意。