Jul 2 2008Sacha Baron Cohen/Will Ferrell Sherlock Holmes Comedy is, Frankly, Hilarious?
Columbia Pictures has announced plans for a comedy that will star Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell as (probably idiot versions of) Sherlock Holmes and Watson. Now, hold on, hold on. I know you're thinking this sounds like another typically-broad, pointless comedy "from the guys who brought us" prior Will Ferrell man-child outings. In other words, a bad idea. You couldn't 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]
Reader Comments
1. lumpy - July 2, 2008 3:00 PM
sorry, will ferrell = over.
2. Elmo - July 2, 2008 3:35 PM
I REALLY hope Sacha is the lead role- he doesn't deserve to be a back seat to Will Ferrel, he doesn't suck yet. And he's English! Damn! They're so sick, they never get old
3. Erik - July 2, 2008 3:59 PM
Oh no. This is going to be awful.
Will Farrell and stupid hair does not a funny movie make.
4. Wombat - July 2, 2008 4:46 PM
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore were, frankly, hilarious, and when they played Sherlock Holmes and Watson it was a disaster. I'm not saying it's going to happen again, I'm just saying I'll wait for a little while before rolling around in a preemptive ball of mirth.
5. Caligula - July 2, 2008 4:47 PM
"Without a Clue"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096454/
6. delic8 - July 2, 2008 6:20 PM
I could actually imagine SBC as Sherlock, in a twisted way. Will Ferrel as Watson just wouldn't work, though--he doesn't look the part at all.
7. Joey - July 2, 2008 6:39 PM
I'll watch it just to count how many times whichever of them plays Sherlock says, "elementary, my dear Watson." I'm guessing it's going to be a lot. Could be the makings of a future drinking game in the works...
8. chester copperpot - July 2, 2008 6:45 PM
Mock me mercilessly, but I think this could be pretty good with a good director and if Cohen plays Holmes.
SBC seems like a real professional and rather cerebral in his idiotic-ness that playing the straight man to ferrell's apish buffoonery would come out genius-level.
9. Ethan Duke - July 2, 2008 7:27 PM
A study in Scarlet..........crap!
10. RandallK - July 2, 2008 7:34 PM
Wow- a chance for Will Ferrell to play an idiot. We've NEVER seen that before.
11. mariama - July 2, 2008 8:16 PM
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12. Liz - July 3, 2008 2:55 AM
What is mariama on about? Why Will Ferrell? Do we need another Holmes comedy?
So many questions, so few answers.
13. Gary - July 3, 2008 4:56 AM
Randall, Watson wasn't an idiot. He was a war veteran and medical doctor, he was competent and intelligent - he just wasn't Sherlock Holmes - a character who invented his own profession to alleviate his boredom. When there wasn't cocaine around, anyway.
A rocket scientist would look like a bumbling idiot if he was similarly out of his element.
14. Matty - July 4, 2008 3:38 PM
As much as it pains me to say it, I laughed hysterically through Blades of Glory and Ferrell's WC cameo. I hate his idiot man-child thing like in Elf/Semi-Pro/etc, but I like his idiot man-child womanizer thing. It's just funny -- fuck it.
So, it would be funny to see Watson as a womanizing man-child.