On average, the life expectancy of peritoneal mesothelioma patients is 12 months. However, multiple studies have shown that patients who have cytoreduction with HIPEC experience significantly longer survival times. Many patients now survive up to 5 years and some even live beyond 7 years.
It was written by co-creator Mark Gatiss, who also portrays Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock's brother in the series, and was directed by Paul McGuigan. The episode is a contemporary adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles, one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 's most famous works.
The project is being directed by LEGO Movie animation supervisor Chris McKay â who swapped LEGO films after he was originally set to call the shots on The LEGO Movie Sequel (which Rob Schrab is now handling) â and is being scripted by Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter novelist/screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith.