Cohen is Sherlock Holmes, Ferrell to Play Watson!

[Galactus]

Looks like Columbia is also planning a Sherlock Holmes-movie, although it will be a comedy:


Cohen is Sherlock Holmes, Ferrell to Play Watson!
Source: Variety July 2, 2008


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, reports Variety.

Etan Cohen (Tropic Thunder) is writing the script, and Judd Apatow and Jimmy Miller will produce.

The comedy is inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes tales. Though the thrust is different, the Baron Cohen-Ferrell pairing is the second major studio project featuring the supersleuth, as Warner Bros. is prepping the Anthony Peckham-scripted drama Sherlock Holmes with director Guy Ritchie.

The Columbia project reteams Baron Cohen and Ferrell, who played rival racecar drivers in Columbia's 2006 hit comedy "Talladega Nights," which Apatow and Miller also produced.

 

[Carmine Falcone]

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, reports Variety.

Jesus.....**** off.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Could be fun. but seems to be an odd choice given the already in the works Holmes movie at WB.

 

[Sava]

didnt they already do a comedy based on Sherlock Holmes?...


...anywho, love Cohen and Farrell, so yeah, i'm up for this

 

[ABleedingCorpse]

*sigh*

 

[TNC9852002]

I don't know much about Sherlock Holmes.

All I know is that Cohen + Farrell again will be something special to see!

-TNC

 

[donk70]

I like them both, but I want to see the classic Holmes and Watson

 

[Dark Donnie]

Does the Guy Ritchie one have a script? This might beat it into production.

 

[Immortalfire]

Fail.

 

[Kent]

Bah. I want a real Sherlock Holmes -flick.

 

[Prison Mike]

I like.

 

[Matt]

Aww, come on guys, pull the sticks from your butts. It could be fun satire.

 

[Kent]

Out of the endless amount of movies Will Ferrell has been in I've liked maybe two... yes. It could be a fun satire. It's more likely it'll be ****.

 

[Immortalfire]

Aww, come on guys, pull the sticks from your butts. It could be fun satire.

Peopel with bad grammer have no worhty opinons so shut up Matty.

 

[ttotheusher]

At least, make it a period film. Dont try to update it to modern day. That way, it has a slight chance of succeeding.

Didnt Gene Wilder try to make a Holmes comedy called Sherlock Holmes Younger Brother? As I recall, it was awful. So, if Wilder cant do it, I seriously doubt Apatow & Co can.

 

[Sentinel X]

They HAD to make it a comedy huh?
I used to be excited for this til I got this news. Why are the studios so ******ed?!

 

[Groovetopia]

I dunno I'm kind of having mixed feelings on this one. I'm a Apatow fan and a Ferrell fan even though he's been a big disappointment as of late but I think this has the potential to put him back on track. Should be interesting to see...

Also does anybody else think we're getting back to the days where two of the "same" movie are being release at the same time ala Deep Impact and Armegedon?

 

[Immortalfire]

Why are the studios so ******ed?!

Why, you ask why? Why does the phone always ring when you're in the bathtub?

 

[The Apatow Crew]

I just how you people get pissed off at these things. Your almost as bas as the ones over at AICN sometimes.

 

[Drizzle]

The prospect of Sacha Baron Cohen as Sherlock Holmes intrigues me, but the thought of Will Ferrell as Watson makes me want to violently vomit.

 

[C.F. Kane]

Cohen as Holmes I could see.

Ferrell playing anything other than a bloated, self-important, middle aged white American is beyond his capabilities.

 

[ABleedingCorpse]

I enjoy Cohen a lot. His characters are hilarious. I could see a good comedic performace from him as Sherlock Holmes. Ferrell on the other hand.....*sigh*. I haven't like one single thing that guy has done since *after* he left SNL. I can handle a comedy spoof of Sherlock Holmes and enjoy it, but having Ferrell in it would be the reason why I won't look forward to this film.

 

[Asteroid-Man]

Aww, come on guys, pull the sticks from your butts. It could be fun satire.

Peopel with bad grammer have no worhty opinons so shut up Matty.

Oh the irony... unless that was sarcasm...

Anyways, Cohen is a racist bigot and Will Ferrell has no sense of comedy and he's simply annoying. This movie is going to be pure crap.

 

[Mr. Credible]

guy ritchie is still making his "serious" period piece, don't worry.

and i'm a big fan of pretty much anything ferrell and/or apatow, so... yeah, bring it on.

 

[StorminNorman]

Oh the irony... unless that was sarcasm...

Anyways, Cohen is a racist bigot and Will Ferrell has no sense of comedy and he's simply annoying. This movie is going to be pure crap.

Oh you're cute.

Cohen as Holmes in a serious movie would be interesting.

Cohen with Ferrell in a comedy makes me sad...in the pants.