Will Ferrell will play the titular detective, with John C. Reilly set to play his mustachiod sidekick, Dr. Watson.
Holmes and Watson will be directed by Etan Cohen, who recently directed Ferrell and Kevin Hart in Get Hard.
The Hollywood Reporter brings word that the Oscar-nominated Ralph Fiennes (The English Patient, Schindler’s List) and the Emmy-nominated Hugh Laurie (House M.D.) have been tapped to join Sony’s upcoming Holmes and Watson, a comedic take on the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
He can next be heard in the upcoming The LEGO Batman Movie as the voice of Alfred Pennyworth.