MTV Movies Blog (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
“Step-Brothers” may be opening tomorrow but there is one Will Ferrell movie we can’t wait for: the untitled Sherlock Holmes movie in which he will play Dr. Watson to Sacha Baron Cohen’s Sherlock. We tried to pry some info from Will but … well … he only had one curious idea for his character.
KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
The stars of “Step Brothers” are stepping up to some bigger projects: •Will Ferrell is park ranger Rick Marshall in “Land of the Lost,” a remake of the cheesy ’70s TV show (July 17, 2009). And Columbia Pictures just announced he’ll play Dr. Watson to Sacha Baron Cohen’s Sherlock Holmes.
KillerMovies (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Fox Atomic has acquired "Accidentes," a pitch that Sacha Baron Cohen will produce with an eye toward starring in it as an ambulance-chasing personal injury lawyer..
Cinematical (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Filed under: Comedy , Deals , Scripts When Ian Holm chased ambulances, so to speak, as Mitchell Stevens in The Sweet Hereafter , there was a certain amount of class to it. Yes, he was looking for lawsuits, but Holm managed to bring some heart to the role. But what would Sacha Baron Cohen do? I think it's safe to say that he'll have an entirely different technique as a personal injury lawyer; and hopefully...
Entertainment Base! Fun! Daily! (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Cultural humor alert: Sacha Baron Cohen will produce and possibly star in a film for Fox Atomic entitled, Accidentes, a pitch from Borat co-writer Peter Baynham. Here’s the logline: “The protag will be a lawyer of Latin descent who transforms from contingency attorney to hero of the working class when he helps an immigrant win a [...]
Defamer (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Always on the lookout for the next bushy-stashed, swarthily complected foreigner to add to his comedic repertoire, Sacha Baron Cohen has attached himself to a comedy pitch snapped up by Fox Atomic....
E! Online (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Thanks to Borat, Sacha Baron Cohen is used to being on the receiving end of lawsuits. Now, he'll be filing them. The comic actor is set to produce and star in Accidentes, a comedy...
The Sun (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
SACHA Baron Cohen is set to play an ambulance-chasing lawyer in a new movie
Vulture (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Photo: Getty Images Numeros Accidentes : Fox Atomic has picked up Accidentes , a pitch from Sacha Baron Cohen and his fellow Borat scribe Peter Baynham , about a Hispanic lawyer who transforms from ambulance chaser to working-class hero when he wins an immigrant's case against his wealthy employer. It's not definite, but Baron Cohen is considering starring as the lawyer if only because he has yet...
Frankly My Dear... (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Sacha Baron Cohen continues to cash in on his Borat fame, even though he hasn't had the chance to put another star vehicle into theaters since that one. He's sold a pitch about a Latino ambulance chasing lawyer who becomes...
Cinema Blend Feeds (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Borat will profit from Accidentes if he can tear himsself away from Isla Fisher.
Empire News (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
That's 'accidents' in Spanish, you know
Ain't it Cool News (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
This one's called ACCIDENTES, and it only sounds like a Francis Veber farce. Written by Peter Baynham (who chipped in on BORAT), the film would star Cohen as an ambulance-chasing attorney (of "Latin descent") who becomes a champion of Los Angeles' many exploited immigrants when he wins a huge court case against a deep-pocketed employer. This creates a schism between the richest and poorest citizens...
Entertainment News - MovieWeb.com (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
He might also star in the comedy.
ComingSoon.net (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly and director Adam McKay talk about some of their upcoming projects including the potential Anchorman sequel, their upcoming HBO show "Eastbound and Down" and the recently announced Sherlock Holmes movie that would reteam Ferrell with Sacha Baron Cohen.
