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Guy Ritchie’s SHERLOCK HOLMES Is …

I am – Hercules!!

Robert Downey Jr. is aboard to play the titular coke-craving big brain of Baker Street in Guy Ritchie’s “Sherlock Holmes” over at Warner Bros.

Ritchie has been polishing the project's script by Tony Peckham ("Don't Say A Word").

Ritchie's directorial credits include "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels," "Snatch," "Swept Away," "Revolver" and the Halloween 2008 release "RocknRolla."

The Warner project is not to be confused with Judd Apatow's untitled Sherlock Holmes comedy with Will Ferrell and Sacha Baron Cohen over at Sony, which is being written by the guy who scripted "Tropic Thunder" (which coincidentally also stars Downey).

Will another American play John Watson? Or does Jason Statham top the short list for the detective's physician sidekick?

Read all of Variety’s story on the matter here.

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Wow
by F-1000
Jul 9th, 2008
09:45:23 PM
Underwhelming
by myrtle_mae_simmons
Jul 9th, 2008
09:46:01 PM
If he could play Charlie Chaplin
by F-1000
Jul 9th, 2008
09:46:01 PM
Oooooh man.
by JediRob
Jul 9th, 2008
09:46:05 PM
I'm not sure how I feel on this one
by Jackie Boy
Jul 9th, 2008
09:46:10 PM
I was kind of hoping for Shia...
by VictorNewman
Jul 9th, 2008
09:48:29 PM
Hollyweird's Gestault
by fiester
Jul 9th, 2008
09:51:52 PM
I love reading Sherlock Holmes but...
by Mgmax
Jul 9th, 2008
09:52:54 PM
Here it comes...
by BYOBkenobi
Jul 9th, 2008
09:53:49 PM
Volcano movies
by Mgmax
Jul 9th, 2008
09:53:59 PM
I thought it would be ARod
by Undead03
Jul 9th, 2008
09:56:04 PM
Robert Downey Jr.--as--Morton Downey Jr.!
by fiester
Jul 9th, 2008
09:57:08 PM
The Hardy Boys?
by fiester
Jul 9th, 2008
09:58:37 PM
should'a been Hugh Laurie
by Maniaq
Jul 9th, 2008
09:58:59 PM
talk about "method" acting...
by The Marquis de Side 3
Jul 9th, 2008
10:00:27 PM
Hoping Ritchie...
by Henry_Krinkle_from_FairLawn
Jul 9th, 2008
10:00:48 PM
Love Downey, but I'm not excited about this.
by The Guy Who Slept Through Everything.
Jul 9th, 2008
10:01:10 PM
What about Nicholas Rowe?
by Mystery Roach
Jul 9th, 2008
10:01:25 PM
Hugh Laurie fer sure
by Massage...Bored
Jul 9th, 2008
10:02:50 PM
2 Sherlock Holmes movie,? Screw that!
by VictorNewman
Jul 9th, 2008
10:03:13 PM
Hugh Laurie is already playing Sherlock Holmes on TV
by TVguy4566
Jul 9th, 2008
10:07:41 PM
As for Downey
by TVguy4566
Jul 9th, 2008
10:08:45 PM
Holmes is 6ft + according to Watson!
by aversiontherapy2
Jul 9th, 2008
10:12:47 PM
IAmJack'sUserID
by aversiontherapy2
Jul 9th, 2008
10:15:39 PM
Jack Black for Watson?
by aversiontherapy2
Jul 9th, 2008
10:17:00 PM
RDJ
by wyvern
Jul 9th, 2008
10:17:41 PM
House IS Holmes
by deanbarry
Jul 9th, 2008
10:18:40 PM
Downey Can Pull It Off
by kevinwillis.net
Jul 9th, 2008
10:29:02 PM
I gotta agree with Whiney
by Bricktops hammer
Jul 9th, 2008
10:33:32 PM
Bring back the kid from
by Bricktops hammer
Jul 9th, 2008
10:38:40 PM
Peter Jackson as Watson
by Bricktops hammer
Jul 9th, 2008
10:39:31 PM
Did I Saw Demi-Dog?
by kevinwillis.net
Jul 9th, 2008
10:42:24 PM
I'll wait and see on Richie's Holmes
by Violator90
Jul 9th, 2008
10:44:52 PM
demi dog
by deanbarry
Jul 9th, 2008
10:45:28 PM
Yes to Laurie, but it's Rathbone's character
by tiredpm
Jul 9th, 2008
10:57:03 PM
Sorta OT: What happened to Holmes v Dracula?
by MrD
Jul 9th, 2008
10:58:34 PM
Gene Wilder - Sherlock Holmes Smarter Brother
by Ninja Nerd
Jul 9th, 2008
10:58:38 PM
So... Ritchie and Aptow
by Larry of Arabia
Jul 9th, 2008
11:03:12 PM
A major role DID NOT go to Bale?!?!?
by Mullah Omar
Jul 9th, 2008
11:04:50 PM
see
by chipps
Jul 9th, 2008
11:06:43 PM
I like Downey, but this seems like miscasting
by FastEddie8139
Jul 9th, 2008
11:08:52 PM
miscasting a great actor just cause he's bankable
by pipergates
Jul 9th, 2008
11:13:52 PM
i don't know how i feel about this
by blonde redhead
Jul 9th, 2008
11:14:45 PM
chipps, if you look at the originall illos for holmes
by blonde redhead
Jul 9th, 2008
11:16:01 PM
Holmes got to be tall, gaunt, and BRITISH
by pipergates
Jul 9th, 2008
11:17:00 PM
Daniel Day
by Bricktops hammer
Jul 9th, 2008
11:23:17 PM
That should be Mr. Ciccone...
by Citizen Sane
Jul 9th, 2008
11:23:47 PM
illos?
by chipps
Jul 9th, 2008
11:26:02 PM
I actually love the idea of Dalton as Holmes...
by mr_macphisto
Jul 9th, 2008
11:26:22 PM
Wasn't there...
by mr_macphisto
Jul 9th, 2008
11:27:43 PM
Octagonproplex
by Bricktops hammer
Jul 9th, 2008
11:31:07 PM
Or Walken
by Bricktops hammer
Jul 9th, 2008
11:33:33 PM
Richard E. Grant as Holmes
by Mgmax
Jul 9th, 2008
11:33:53 PM
ACTUALLY, octagonproplex...
by mr_macphisto
Jul 9th, 2008
11:35:32 PM
We'll see...
by the dolphins are in the jacuzzi
Jul 9th, 2008
11:40:32 PM
giles for sherlock!
by wyvern
Jul 9th, 2008
11:41:16 PM
let's not forget
by chipps
Jul 9th, 2008
11:46:38 PM
I don't wanna quit playing Dolphin
by Bricktops hammer
Jul 9th, 2008
11:48:10 PM
like it
by Bricktops hammer
Jul 9th, 2008
11:52:50 PM
David Wenham (sp?) for Holmes
by Bricktops hammer
Jul 9th, 2008
11:58:33 PM
Yeah, seriously, why no Shia?
by YouAreAllMyBastardChildren
Jul 10th, 2008
12:18:07 AM
British character + British director = American actor?
by My friends call me Killjoy
Jul 10th, 2008
12:18:40 AM
More to the point...
by mr_macphisto
Jul 10th, 2008
12:33:26 AM
Underwhelming? WTF?
by krushjudgement
Jul 10th, 2008
01:36:09 AM
John Holmes as Watson!
by darwinmayflower
Jul 10th, 2008
01:36:32 AM
Jeremy Brett
by The_Skook
Jul 10th, 2008
01:45:50 AM
The_Skook
by bod33
Jul 10th, 2008
02:01:41 AM
Why not Ralph Fiennes
by spectrebeeyatch
Jul 10th, 2008
02:09:03 AM
love me some RDjr, but COME ON
by samsquanch
Jul 10th, 2008
02:20:10 AM
Hugh Laurie would be dream casting
by F-1000
Jul 10th, 2008
02:28:46 AM
Pressed enter too soon...
by F-1000
Jul 10th, 2008
02:30:09 AM
Stephen Graham for Watson
by robzilla
Jul 10th, 2008
02:34:52 AM
Emma Watson as Holmes, Michael Moriarty as Watson, Katie Holmes
by Sledge Hammer
Jul 10th, 2008
02:42:45 AM
That should have been Katie Holmes as Moriarty...
by Sledge Hammer
Jul 10th, 2008
02:43:36 AM
Vinny Jones for Holmes!!
by Ecto-1
Jul 10th, 2008
03:01:24 AM
Beerisgood
by Strabo
Jul 10th, 2008
03:02:22 AM
oh yea and...
by Ecto-1
Jul 10th, 2008
03:03:17 AM
Sherlock Holmes Vs the Daleks?
by Ecto-1
Jul 10th, 2008
03:06:48 AM
Might as well give Watson to Benicio.
by RawShark13
Jul 10th, 2008
03:21:22 AM
WHO REALLY GIVES A SHIT...
by depalma25
Jul 10th, 2008
03:24:02 AM
That's right I said it... Diana
by depalma25
Jul 10th, 2008
03:26:31 AM
Sorry: bad casting and wrong director.
by wowsah156
Jul 10th, 2008
03:28:32 AM
i'm looking forward to this
by chipps
Jul 10th, 2008
03:36:43 AM
Guy Ritchie
by kwisatzhaderach
Jul 10th, 2008
03:45:57 AM
This site should be renamed Ain't It Shit
by Carl's hat
Jul 10th, 2008
03:47:22 AM
yeah chipps...
by depalma25
Jul 10th, 2008
03:53:58 AM
thought he'd cast his gaptoothed, chickenhead wife as Holmes..
by Monkey_King
Jul 10th, 2008
04:06:06 AM
EH!?
by FILMFUNK
Jul 10th, 2008
04:07:36 AM
So these are both comedies then?
by kafka07
Jul 10th, 2008
04:31:13 AM
seriously Guy, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY?
by Maniaq
Jul 10th, 2008
05:18:04 AM
Shia LaBeouf for Sherlock Holmes!
by Judge Briggs
Jul 10th, 2008
05:22:50 AM
Ian Holm for Watson
by Mr_X
Jul 10th, 2008
05:33:07 AM
hmmm
by chipps
Jul 10th, 2008
05:33:17 AM
BTW dont go to baskerville hall is wales
by Mr_X
Jul 10th, 2008
05:36:33 AM
A very good choice
by NudeandAroused
Jul 10th, 2008
06:05:24 AM
I don't like either directorial choice...
by beastie
Jul 10th, 2008
06:10:45 AM
Ritchie
by palewook
Jul 10th, 2008
06:15:31 AM
Any role involving drugs is his?
by Dazzler69
Jul 10th, 2008
06:40:09 AM
Casting Holmes..
by Von Tarkin
Jul 10th, 2008
07:11:28 AM
apples and pears........
by naughty pirate
Jul 10th, 2008
07:26:49 AM
Jeremy Brett was the best Holmes EVER
by Sailor Rip
Jul 10th, 2008
07:31:09 AM
Downey
by socalactor
Jul 10th, 2008
07:44:21 AM
Considering all the brits that have played our characters as of
by terry1978
Jul 10th, 2008
07:56:49 AM
Iron Man 2... anyone???
by Blanket-Man
Jul 10th, 2008
07:59:29 AM
Ah, slashfilm does say Favreau's on-board IM2!
by Blanket-Man
Jul 10th, 2008
08:09:56 AM
You've all swayed me.
by O_Goncho
Jul 10th, 2008
08:22:00 AM
Damn You Michael Bay
by MCMLXXVI
Jul 10th, 2008
08:30:51 AM
"Watson! The needle!"
by livingwater
Jul 10th, 2008
08:32:30 AM
the best Holmes
by livingwater
Jul 10th, 2008
08:35:51 AM
Hound of the Baskervilles
by Gatsbys West Egg Omlet
Jul 10th, 2008
09:03:45 AM
Favreau for Watson
by Diagnostic
Jul 10th, 2008
09:14:05 AM
"Sherlock Holmes Beach Party"
by Uncapie
Jul 10th, 2008
09:17:30 AM
Jason Staham...
by Turtle_Z
Jul 10th, 2008
09:18:55 AM
Brosnan is too beefy
by ArcadianDS
Jul 10th, 2008
09:20:17 AM
As for the best Holmes so far
by ArcadianDS
Jul 10th, 2008
09:26:09 AM
Hugh Laurie should have been cast as Sherlock Holmes, but...
by Leafar the Lost
Jul 10th, 2008
09:38:33 AM
Stephen Dillane!!!!!
by aRTCy
Jul 10th, 2008
09:43:26 AM
Holmes, Sherlock Holmes.
by djmusicK
Jul 10th, 2008
09:48:21 AM
Wow, a Guy Ritchie movie that might actually make money
by Cotton McKnight
Jul 10th, 2008
09:52:38 AM
SO LAZY & LAME. Should be a Brit. WTF?!
by cowboyone
Jul 10th, 2008
10:14:59 AM
Paul Bettany as Holmes
by cowboyone
Jul 10th, 2008
10:16:27 AM
Madfonna for Watson
by CountdeCeredigion
Jul 10th, 2008
10:35:50 AM
Madfonna?
by CountdeCeredigion
Jul 10th, 2008
10:36:17 AM
hmm
by Brett_FlashJ
Jul 10th, 2008
10:42:34 AM
Personally I still think Peter Cushing...
by Sledge Hammer
Jul 10th, 2008
10:42:53 AM
Joking aside - Jeremey Brett...
by CountdeCeredigion
Jul 10th, 2008
10:50:14 AM
ArcadianDS
by Mgmax
Jul 10th, 2008
11:24:02 AM
Ouch !
by TheCap
Jul 10th, 2008
11:31:56 AM
??!? What another Sherlock Holmes???!
by Damien Chowder
Jul 10th, 2008
12:34:43 PM
amazing how Hollywood figures out
by metaluna
Jul 10th, 2008
12:40:34 PM
Ellen Page for Watson
by ThrowMeTheIdol
Jul 10th, 2008
12:41:07 PM
Drew McWeeney as Moriarty
by Balcony Fool
Jul 10th, 2008
12:51:05 PM
Holmes should be...
by moonlightdrive
Jul 10th, 2008
01:57:50 PM
You can't fault that casting, Downey is superb
by KillaKane
Jul 10th, 2008
02:02:55 PM
Guy Ritchie
by SunTzu77
Jul 10th, 2008
04:06:06 PM
Tom Baker would be awesome. Cane definitely see Robert
by CrichtonAstronut
Jul 10th, 2008
04:47:48 PM
And a From Hell treatment of a study in Scarlette
by CrichtonAstronut
Jul 10th, 2008
04:50:26 PM
Apatow should be spoofing the American Gumshoe
by CrichtonAstronut
Jul 10th, 2008
04:55:45 PM
Actually, a big-screen Mike Hammer...
by NiceGuyEddie19
Jul 10th, 2008
06:30:47 PM
Good casting
by disfigurehead
Jul 10th, 2008
08:15:34 PM
Alan Ford as Moriarty
by Grand Moff Toht
Jul 10th, 2008
08:26:39 PM
Casting could work!!!
by picardsucks
Jul 10th, 2008
09:04:18 PM
Downey is a good actor
by RedHHades
Jul 10th, 2008
10:11:52 PM
Either way...
by mr_macphisto
Jul 11th, 2008
12:21:07 AM
Basil Rathbone
by Grand Moff Toht
Jul 11th, 2008
11:10:41 AM
And for the story
by Grand Moff Toht
Jul 11th, 2008
11:14:56 AM
DAMN! I WAS HOPING FOR BRENDAN FRASER
by EbertsFatThumb
Jul 11th, 2008
09:30:28 PM
Grand Moff Toht
by picardsucks
Jul 12th, 2008
10:46:16 AM
And another thing!!
by picardsucks
Jul 12th, 2008
10:55:37 AM

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