Posted by Maureen
on 11/17/2008, 8:57 pm
65.185.185.22
A Sherlock Holmes comedic mystery, starring Sacha Baron Cohen as Holmes and Will Ferrell as Dr. Watson. I don't know whether to be excited or scared.
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/39134
Beaks: Moving on to what you're doing now, what kind of tone are you going for with the Sherlock Holmes comedy?
Cohen: I think it's going to be really fun. It's a cool balancing act, but a tough one, too. We want people to feel like they didn't get cheated out of seeing a great Sherlock Holmes mystery; we want to have all of the action and fun that you'd expect. But at the same time, we want to really exploit the dynamic that people loved in TALLADEGA NIGHTS between Sacha and Will. I think we can do that and still be true to the original stories. If you go back and look at the original [Sir Arthur] Conan Doyle stories, there really is a kind of comedy duo dynamic that exists between Watson and Holmes. I think we're being more true to the stories than people will anticipate.
Beaks: Is there going to be a Moriarty, and, if so, have you thought about casting yet?
Cohen: That is something I'm probably not allowed to talk about. (Laughs)
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