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Maid Marian
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 Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 7:55 am Post subject: Ali G star 'lands Sherlock part' |
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I actually beg to differ with the comment I have highlighted! I don't find either of them funny at all nono.gif
This is definitely one movie I will be avoiding 
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| Quote: | Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell will star in a Hollywood comedy based on the tales of Sherlock Holmes, industry paper Variety reports.
Cohen, best known for playing comic characters Ali G and Borat, will play Holmes in the as-yet untitled film.
Ferrell has been cast as his crime-solving partner Dr Watson.
Columbia Pictures co-president Matt Tolmach told Variety: "Just the idea of Sacha and Will as Sherlock Holmes and Watson makes us laugh."
"They are two of the funniest and most talented guys on the planet, and having them take on these two iconic characters is frankly hilarious," he added.
Producers Judd Apatow and Jimmy Miller, who worked with the duo on the 2006 hit film Talladega Nights, will produce the film.
The new Sherlock Holmes film is being scripted by comedy writer Etan Cohen, who worked on Ben Stiller's forthcoming movie Tropic Thunder.
Baron Cohen, who recently starred in Sweeney Todd, is making a film about his comic character Bruno, which is due out in the US next May.
Will Ferrell is working alongside British star Anna Friel in comic adventure Land of the Lost, which is lined up for release in July 2009. |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 8:09 am Post subject: |
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| I dont find Ali G funny at all nono.gif |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:49 am Post subject: |
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| i find them both quite funny but i think a comedy version of sherlock holmes will be quite odd |
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| frys_red_jacket wrote: | | i find them both quite funny but i think a comedy version of sherlock holmes will be quite odd |
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It has already been done with Michael Caine and Ben Kingsley 045.gif. In that version though Watson was the brains and Sherlock was portrayed as a 'bumbling' detective who didn't know what he was doing :roll: |
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| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 9:08 am Post subject: |
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I do find Ali G funny but it seems very odd to cast him as Sherlock Holmes...
I think they've deliberately leaked this as it does sound odd to cast him in such a serious role.
The mind boggles these days! All about money. |
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