As if reuniting Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly for a Sherlock Holmes comedy wasn't good enough, the cast of Holmes & Watson is shaping up quite nicely. Rebecca Hall, Rob Brydon, and Kelly Macdonald have joined the film which will be written and directed by Get Hard's Etan Cohen. Hall will play Dr. Grace Hart, London's first practicing female doctor. Rob Brydon is Scotland Yard's lead inspector, while Macdonald is Mrs. Hudson, Holmes' housekeeper. This news follows on the recent casting of Lauren Lapkus as a potential love interest and intellectual rival to Holmes. [Deadline]
Forest Whitaker is joining Johnny Depp in the totally unbelievable 2Pac and Biggie film, LAbyrinth, which looks into the investigations of the rappers' murders which many believe to be connected. Brad Furman is directing the film that stars Depp as a disgraced LAPD detective trying to solve the one case that continues to haunt him. Whitaker plays a journalist who teams up with the cop to uncover the truth and attain personal redemption. [Deadline]
