Funnyguys Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell are hoping to bring the funny to Sherlock Holmes. The as-yet-untitled comedy project will star Sacha Baron Cohen as Sherlock Holmes and Will Ferrell as his assistant, Dr. Watson.

Tropic Thunder writer Etan Cohen will pen the script, while Judd Apatow and Jimmy Miller (the producer behind Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby) will produce. Read the rest of this entry »

Sasha Baron Cohen, aka Borat, aka Ali G, might be appearing in a Steven Spielberg film, The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2010). The film is about counter-culture hero Abbie Hoffman (pictured above and in video clip below), who was one of several protesters involved in disrupting the 1968 Democratic convention. Charges against Hoffman and others - conspiring to incite a riot - were dismissed. His death on April 12, 1989 was ruled a suicide.

Cohen is reported to be taking on the role of Abbie Hoffman. He’s currently appearing as a rival barber to Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. He’ll also be in Bruno in 2008, and Dinner for Schmucks and Curly Oxide and Vice Thrill, both in 2009.