First Look at Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly in ‘Holmes and Watson’

John C. Reilly and Will Ferrell in Holmes and Watson

A new image has given us our first look at Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in Holmes and Watson.

 

It’s been two years since the announcement that Ferrell and Reilly would reunite for Holmes and Watson, and Entertainment Weekly have given us our first look at the film, slated for release on 21 December 2018.

 

The photograph shows the two of them in costume and portrays a light-hearted tone, which you would expect of a Sherlock Holmes comedy. Ferrell, well known for portraying a likeable news anchor with an enormous ego in Anchorman, looks well at home playing an arrogant Sherlock Holmes.

 

The film was originally slated for an August 2018 release, but has been pushed back to December, no doubt helped by the fact that this is the first time in three years that a Star Wars film won’t be dominating the box office over Christmas.

 

Of course, Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law’s Sherlock Holmes also debuted at Christmas, so it almost feels like tradition for a Holmes theatrical release in December. Indeed, Downey Jr. and Law’s third Sherlock Holmes film is slated for release in December 2020.

 

Ferrell and Reilly’s reunion will be highly anticipated by some, as it will be the first time the pair have starred in the same movie since the cult comedy Stepbrothers hit theatres ten years ago, back in 2008.

 

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