Holmes & Watson

According to Deadline, after disastrous test screenings Sony tried to sell the film to Netflix, but the attempt was rejected.

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During the opening days of its Christmas 2018 release, attendees reported a surprising number of walkouts from theaters.

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Many critics condemned the film for being dreadfully unfunny and technically surprisingly inept, with sloppy editing and several shots out of focus.

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It is the first (and, as of 2021, only) film in Razzie Awards history to win Worst Picture without also being nominated for Worst Screenplay.

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Mrs. Hudson's lovers are Charlie Chaplin, Mark Twain, Harry Houdini, Sigmund Freud and Albert Einstein.

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In 2008 Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell took the roles of Sherlock Holmes and Watson respectively. The project was redeveloped in 2016 with Ferrell as Holmes and John C. Reilly as Watson.

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Steve Coogan is not included in the final title sequence.

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Christophe Beck wrote an unused score for this film.

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Sherlock's brother Mycroft is played in this film by Hugh Laurie, and in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films by Stephen Fry. Fry and Laurie have been a comedy team since 1980 and friends since university.

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Hugh Laurie (Mycroft) had previously played the lead character in the television series House (2004). The character Greg House was modeled on Sherlock Holmes.

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As of 2018, this is the seventh adaptation based on Sherlock Holmes lore in a decade: Sherlock (2010), Sherlock Holmes (2009), Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), Elementary (2012), Mr. Holmes (2015) and Sherlock Gnomes (2018).

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In January 2017 the filming location was Hampton Court Palace in London.

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John C. Reilly worked with previous Watson actor Robert Duvall on Days of Thunder (1990), while Will Ferrell worked with him on Kicking & Screaming (2005). Reilly also appeared with Lucy Liu in Chicago (2002) and with Jude Law in The Aviator (2004).

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John C. Reilly and Steve Coogan appear in this film. They also appear together in Stan & Ollie (2018).

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This is the second role Ralph Fiennes shares with John Huston. Both played James Bond's boss, M. Huston appeared in Casino Royale (1967).

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John C. Reilly and Kelly Macdonald appear in this film. They also appeared together in Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018).

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Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly had previously worked together on Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) and Step Brothers (2008).

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Ralph Fiennes appeared in Spectre (2015) alongside Andrew Scott, who played Moriarty in Sherlock (2010).

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Ralph Fiennes's breakthrough role was in Schindler's List (1993), in which he worked with Sir Ben Kingsley. Kingsley played Dr. Watson in Without a Clue (1988). Fiennes also played M in the James Bond films, a character previously played by Bernard Lee, the grandfather of Jonny Lee Miller, who played Sherlock in Elementary (2012).

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Rebecca Hall has appeared alongside three actors who have played Sherlock Holmes. She starred with Benedict Cumberbatch, who played Sherlock in Sherlock (2010), in Starter for 10 (2006), and with Robert Downey Jr., who played Sherlock in Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), in Iron Man 3 (2013). Holmes & Watson (2018) marks the third such film for her.

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