喜剧演员萨沙·拜伦·科恩（Sacha Baron Cohen）即将主演华纳兄弟的漫画电影《魔术师曼德雷》（Mandrake the Magician），该片根据美国早期超级英雄漫画改编，导演是与萨沙·拜伦·科恩并非亲戚的伊坦·科恩（Etan Cohen）。 《魔术师曼德雷》由李·福克（Lee Falk）在1934年首次创作出来，漫画的主角是一名可以迅速让敌人进入催眠状态的魔术师，他还有一个搭档——非洲黑人大块头洛萨（Lothar），他的敌人既有黑帮、也有伪装大师、还有外星人。另外他还有一个双胞胎弟弟，虽然拥有相同的能力但却用它去作恶。 《魔术师曼德雷》曾被拍成过电视电影，但还没有被搬上过大银幕。华纳新拍的这个版本将效仿《大侦探福尔摩斯》（Sherlock Holmes），赋予这个古老漫画全新的生命力。

Detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson join forces to investigate a mysterious murder at Buckingham Palace. It seems like an open-and-shut case as all signs point to Professor James Moriarty, the criminal mastermind and longtime nemesis of the crime-solving duo. When new twists and clues begin to emerge, the world's greatest sleuth and his trusted assistant must now use their legendary wits and ingenious methods to catch the killer as they only have four days before the queen becomes the next victim.

When obscenely rich hedge-fund manager James is convicted of fraud and sentenced to a stretch in San Quentin, the judge gives him one month to get his affairs in order. Knowing that he won't survive more than a few minutes in prison on his own, James desperately turns to Darnell-- a black businessman who's never even had a parking ticket -- for help. As Darnell puts James through the wringer, both learn that they were wrong about many things, including each other.