Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell will take on detective Sherlock Holmes. The two comedians have officially been cast in Sony’s currently untitled comedy as Holmes and Watson, respectively.

No director is attached yet, but Judd Apatow is producing and Etan Cohen (Idiocracy, Tropic Thunder) is writing the script.

Columbia Pictures’ president Matt Tolmach said,

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.

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