The first image has been released of Will Ferrell and John C Reilly as Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. The pair are back together for the first time since Step Brothers to tackle another version of literature’s greatest detectives – presumably with a few more penis jokes than the BBC’s Sherlock.
In the pic, via EW, Ferrell very much looks the part – complete with pipe and deerstalker – suggesting Holmes And Watson will be a pretty faithful adaptation of the Arthur Conan Doyle characters. It won’t be.
Directed by Get Hard’s Etan Cohen, the new film will be a comedy departure from the dozens of other Holmes adaptations – with Rob Brydon co-starring as Inspector Lestrade, Hugh Laurie as Mycroft, Ralph Fiennes as Moriarty, Kelly McDonald as a (younger?) Mrs Hudson and Pam Ferris as Queen Victoria.
The film was bumped from its original summer 2018 release window and is now set to arrive on Boxing Day.