VIDEO: Sir Ian McKellen Talks New Film MR. HOLMES

Sir Ian McKellen portrays an aging Sherlock Holmes attempting to solve one last mystery in the new film MR. HOLMES. The actor spoke with USA Today's Jason Allen about the project.

Bill Condon's MR. HOLMES, co-starring Laura Linney and Milo Parker hits theaters on July 17th.

MR. HOLMES is a new twist on the world's most famous detective. 1947, an aging Sherlock Holmes returns from a journey to Japan, where, in search of a rare plant with powerful restorative qualities, he has witnessed the devastation of nuclear warfare. Now, in his remote seaside farmhouse, Holmes faces the end of his days tending to his bees, with only the company of his housekeeper and her young son, Roger.

Grappling with the diminishing powers of his mind, Holmes comes to rely upon the boy as he revisits the circumstances of the unsolved case that forced him into retirement, and searches for answers to the mysteries of life and love - before it's too late.