The Holmes and Watson film is a humorous take on Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic mysteries featuring Will Ferrell as Sherlock Holmes, and John C. Reilly as Doctor Watson.
The director of the film Holmes and Watson, Etan Cohen, should not be confused with the Oscar winning director Ethan Coen. Ethan Cohen has only directed one previous film, to date, Get Hard, where he got to know Will Ferrell. Ethan Coen is responsible, with his brother, Joel, for the Oscar winning movies Fargo, No Country For Old Men and the Oscar nominated remake of True Grit.