Farrell as Watson??

UPDATE 2 – That was quick. We kept in close contact with our source last night and finally got some confirmation. An offer was sent out to Farrell last week but he has passed on the role of Watson.UPDATE – Though some are doubting the veracity of this news, we checked back in with our source who was quite confident and said they “know for a fact” that Farrell is in. Let’s sit back and see how it all plays out!

For quite some time it was rumored that Russell Crowe was in talks to star as Watson alongside Robert Downey, Jr.’s Sherlock Holmes in Guy Ritchie’s aptly-titled SHERLOCK HOLMES. Then Latino Review broke the scoop that Crowe was in fact in talks to star as Professor Moriarty not Watson. That begs the question, who is starring as Watson. We put our own Sherlock hats on and busted out the novelty magnifying glass to get to the bottom of that mystery. What we found was something we didn’t expect (and no, it wasn’t the butler).

According to our sources Colin Farrell is in talks to star as Dr. Watson in SHERLOCK HOLMES. Colin Farrell strikes me as neither a doctor nor a writer (both professions of Dr. Watson) and frankly after his turn in MIAMI VICE, I’m having trouble picturing him as anything but a greasy-haired Sonny Crockett. But our scooper reminds us that SHERLOCK HOLMES is less tiptoeing and collecting clues and more kicking ass and taking names.