Cohen, Ferrell to star in Sherlock film

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  This will be Sasha Baron Cohen's greatest acting challenge: making Will Ferrell revelant again.

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Sacha Baron Cohen As Sherlock Holmes?? Will Ferrell As John Watson?? Apatow Takes On The Big Brain Of Baker Street!!
Published 7/2/2008 by Hercules at Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.
I am – Hercules The Judd Apatow factory is gearing up a new Sony comedy about Sherlock Holmes scripted by Etan Cohen (“Tropic Thunder”). The untitled project reteams “Talladega Nights” producer Apatow with stars Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell, who assay Holmes and sidekick Watson, respectively. (You know what's a forgotten and hugely underrated Sherlock Holmes comedy? "Without A Clue," starring Michael Caine as Watson's idiot puppet. Ben Kingsley plays the genius physician who concocted the detective and it may represent the funniest role he's ever played.) Read all of the Wednesday-morning Variety story on the Sony project here .

Borat And Ron Burgundy Are On The Case
Published 7/2/2008 at Cinema Blend News
Borat And Ron Burgundy Are On The Case Up until this point Judd Apatow has produced movies that focused on modern types of bumbling dudes, but now it looks like he might be headed to the past, with two of the best possible time-travel buddies in tow. Variety is reporting that Sacha Baron Cohen will play Sherlock Holmes, with Will Ferrell as his trusty sidekick Watson, in an untitled comedy about history's most famous detective. Cue up the London fog and the Hound of the Baskervilles! Apatow nation is going overseas! Weirdly enough, Guy Ritchie is apparently planning his own ...

Borat and Ron Burgandy To Team Up For Sherlock Holmes Film
Published 7/2/2008 at FilmWad
Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell will be teaming up on screen again (first time was in "Talladega Nights") for an unnamed Sherlock Holmes film, with Baron Cohen playing Holmes and Ferrell playing his assistant Watson. The Columbia Pictures film is being scripted by Etan Cohen (the dude who wrote "Tropic Thunder") and the whole thing is being produced by Judd Apatow (of course) and Jimmy Miller ("Elf," "Talladega Nights"). The film isn't the only Sherlock Holmes film in development as Warner Bros. is currently shepherding a Guy Ritchie-helmed take on the inspector As with any of these big budget ...

BORAT & WILL FERRELL: SHERLOCK & WATSON
Published 7/2/2008 at FilmDrunk.com
Sacha Baron Cohen, who's still shooting scenes for Bruno, and Will Ferrell, who just wrapped Land of the Lost, are set to headline a comedy about Sherlock Holmes.  Judd Apatow is producing and Etan Cohen of Tropic Thunder (trailer here) is writing the script. "Just the idea of Sacha and Will as Sherlock Holmes and Watson makes us laugh," said Col co-prexy [I have no idea what "Col co-prexy" means either, I think maybe it's his military rank? –Ed.] Matt Tolmach. "Sacha and Will are two of the funniest and most talented guys on the planet, and having ...

Early buzz: Radiohead, Huey, Netflix and more
Published 7/2/2008 by Whitney Matheson at USATODAY.com - Pop Candy
Hey, everyone! I don't know about you, but I'm getting quite excited about the holiday weekend -- I'll be heading to Detroit to visit friends who recently had a baby. I've never visited the city before, and all I've been told is that we should eat Lebanese food. If you have suggestions (any good comic-book shops?), let me know. Some headlines: - Netflix has decided to reverse its earlier decision and keep its user profile feature ...

Hancock’s High Expectations. Trade Roughage 07/02/08
Published 7/2/2008 by Karina Longworth at SpoutBlog
Hancock is expected to make around $100 million this weekend, simply because Will Smith + July 4th = boatloads of money, regardless of negative buzz. SAG still doesn’t have a contract, but nobody seems to be particularly concerned. According to Variety, “There’s a ubiquitous sense among studio and network execs, talent reps and multihyphenates that SAG does not have the bedrock of support among its members to call for a work stoppage.” Meanwhile, Tom Hanks is supporting a ratification of the AFTRA deal, which would almost certainly nix any possibility of a SAG strike, ...

Sacha Baron Cohen + Will Ferrell = Sherlock Holmes + Dr. Watson
Published 7/2/2008 by Scott Weinberg at Cinematical
Filed under: Comedy, Mystery & Suspense, Sony, Remakes and Sequels Columbia Pictures is prepping a comedy in which Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell will play iconic characters Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, respectively. Already you know if you're going to see this movie or not, right? Count me in the 'definitely interested' pile, but then I'm one of the only people who thought Semi-Pro was freakin' hilarious, so maybe I'm just a sucker for Will Ferrell. And Sacha Cohen as Sherlock Holmes? That sounds potentially priceless. Like Peter Sellers caliber funny. (Maybe.) Comedy flick ...

Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell Are ‘Sherlock’ Homies
Published 7/2/2008 at Vulture
... project — no, not the super-serious Guy Ritchie one at WB — just unleashed a fearsome barrage of comedy, as Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell are set as Sherlock Holmes and Watson, respectively. Tropic Thunder's Etan Cohen is writing the script, but who could possibly be producing this comedy? Through a simple chain of deductive reasoning, we knew it had to be you, Judd Apatow. [Variety] ...

Best Movie Ever?
Published 7/2/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (R. Emmet Sweeney) at Termite Art
From Variety: "Columbia Pictures has set an untitled comedy that will star Sacha Baron Cohen as master detective Sherlock Holmes and Will Ferrell as Watson, his crime-solving partner."

Which Sherlock Holmes Movie Would You Rather See?
Published 7/2/2008 by BuzzSugar at BuzzSugar -- Entertainment hourly.
There was Sherlock Holmes movie news recently (Guy Ritchie looking to re-invent the old sleuth story) and now there's more Sherlock Holmes movie news (Sacha Baron Cohen playing Holmes, Will Ferrell to play Watson in, of course, a comedic version). Can we call it a Sherlock Holmes "surge" or "trend" yet? Regardless, there are two Holmes projects in the works and both sound intriguing. Especially now that I've seen the (freaking amazing) trailer for Ritchie's upcoming RocknRolla, I can't wait to see what kind of Sherlock Holmes movie Ritchie can create. At the same time, Sacha Baron ...

Sacha Baron Cohen/Will Ferrell Sherlock Holmes Comedy is, Frankly, Hilarious?
Published 7/2/2008 at I Watch Stuff - The Best Movie News Ever
... be more wrong. It turns out the very notion of Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell playing Sherlock Holmes is enough to induce riotous laughter: "Just the idea of Sacha and Will as Sherlock Holmes and Watson makes us laugh," said Col co-prexy Matt Tolmach. "Sacha and Will are two of the funniest and most talented guys on the planet, and having them take on these two iconic characters is frankly hilarious." I guess that is pretty funny, if you're a sadist. Holmes pic nabs Baron Cohen, Ferrell [Variety]

Will Ferrell To Play Drunk, Naked Watson To Sacha Baron Cohen's Sherlock [Sherlock Cohens]
Published 7/2/2008 by Seth at Defamer
... Sherlock: Elementary Deductions For Solving Puzzling Murders Throughout Queen Victoria's London in a Deerslayer Hat—an updating of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's iconic mysteries. From Variety.com: ...

Ferrell, Baron Cohen team up for Sherlock Holmes comedy
Published 7/2/2008 by Franck Tabouring at The Screening Log
... Although plot details have not been revealed yet, Variety reports Etan Cohen (“Tropic Thunder”) is writing the script. Baron Cohen will play master detective Holmes, while Ferrell will jump into the role of his partner Watson. ...

Holmes, how you've changed!
Published 7/2/2008 by Alison Willmore at IFC: Indie Eye
... Late yesterday it was announced that Sacha Baron Cohen has been cast as Sherlock Holmes with Will Ferrell as Watson in a new, Judd Apatow-produced comedy inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle's detective -- the second Holmes major reinvention in the works, with Guy Ritchie working on a version that will ...

Cohen, Ferrell Set for Sherlock Holmes Comedy
Published 7/3/2008 by Jocelyn at In Case You Didn't Know
... us laugh,” Columbia Pictures copresident Matt Tolmach said in Variety. There’s no word on when the film is due to go into production; presently, Cohen is at work on Bruno, while Ferrell recently wrapped Land of the Lost and has Step Brothers coming out later this month. This is the second project featuring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s legendary sleuth currently in development at a major studio. A drama from director Guy Ritchie is in the works elsewhere. Source ...