Sherlock Holmes in Two Big Screen Outings (and One's a Comedy)

[J_UNTITLED]

From ComingSoon.net (Original Source: Variety)

- "Guy Ritchie has come aboard to direct Warner Bros.' Sherlock Holmes for Lionel Wigram and Dan Lin, reports Variety.

Ritchie is also working on a rewrite/polish of Tony Peckham's script, based on Wigram's upcoming comic book "Sherlock Holmes." The studio is eyeing a 2010 release.

The logline remains under wraps, but executives at Warners are aiming to reinvent Holmes and sidekick Dr. John H. Watson. Wigram's noted that the new Holmes would be more adventuresome and take advantage of his skills as a boxer and swordsman."

From ComingSoon.net (Original Source: Columbia Pictures)

- "Comedy superstars Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell will team together for a Columbia Pictures comedy based on the renowned characters Sherlock Holmes and Watson, with Baron Cohen taking the role of the master detective and Ferrell as his partner in solving crime, Watson, it was announced today by Doug Belgrad and Matt Tolmach, presidents of Columbia Pictures. The screenplay will be written by Etan Cohen (Tropic Thunder). Judd Apatow and Jimmy Miller will produce.

The film will re-team Baron Cohen and Ferrell after their collaboration on the 2006 box office hit Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. The Sherlock Holmes character by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle will inspire the screenplay, which will use the works as a starting point for the comedy.

Commenting on the announcement, Tolmach said, "Just the idea of Sacha and Will as Sherlock Holmes and Watson makes us laugh. 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.""

[J_UNTITLED]

... Anyone?

[MyBlu-rayBrotherEd]

I'll have to wait to see the preiviews before I decide on the Sherlock Holmes movies.

On a side note, I do enjoy the links to trailers that you post dude

[J_UNTITLED]

...Anyone else?

[Gamma_Winstead]

Me! I think i might have to see the trailers first too...

[GreenScar]

Robert Downey Jr was just pegged to play Holmes in the Guy Ritchie version. It's also set to film before the comedy.