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Pairing stars Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly again seems to be elementary for studio Sony as a Sherlock Holmes movie starring the comedy duo is moving forward.

Mr. Ferrell and Mr. Reilly, who have appeared together in films including 鈥淭alladega Nights鈥� and 鈥淪tepbrothers,鈥� will reportedly star together in a comedic take on the Holmes stories.聽

Etan Cohen, who wrote the screenplay for 鈥淢en in Black 3鈥� and co-wrote the film 鈥淭ropic Thunder,鈥� is set to direct the new Holmes story.

Viewers seem to have endless capacity for Sherlock Holmes stories. On the small screen, offerings include the British TV show 鈥淪herlock,鈥� starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman and the CBS show 鈥淓lementary,鈥� starring Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu, both still producing new episodes.

The 2015 movie 鈥淢r. Holmes鈥� starred Ian McKellen as the detective, while the 2011 movie 鈥淪herlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows鈥� starring Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, and Rachel McAdams, was itself a follow-up to the 2009 box office hit.

It sounds like those behind the upcoming comedy film with Ferrell and Reilly are hoping this familiarity will help the project rather than hurt it, however. 鈥淭he feeling is those iterations have stoked worldwide awareness for the characters, and hopefully will create an appetite for a full-out comic version of the super sleuths, anchored by a couple of stars who are two for two in the hit column together,鈥� writes聽

And what accounts for the continuing popularity of Holmes and Watson? recently, 鈥淚 think it鈥檚 to do with [author Arthur] Conan Doyle鈥檚 extraordinary invention, which has a universal appeal to all nationalities. This is a man who鈥檚 an outsider, who鈥檚 intelligent, who doesn鈥檛 tolerate mediocrity, who is incredibly efficient, but also has his weaknesses and comeuppances.聽 I think the ability to turn the mundane, average and normal into a pop-up world of potential adventure 鈥� is that you never know where it鈥檚 going to lead. There鈥檚 an endless amount of potential adventure.鈥�