Three Stooges movie

[jakncoke]

The Farrelly Brothers have found their Three Stooges. Variety says Sean Penn is locked up to play Larry, Jim Carrey is in negotiations to play Curly, and Benicio Del Toro is MGM Studios’ target to play Moe.

Penn has been rumored to be in this for awhile, but Carrey and Del Toro are new. Jim may seem a little on the skinny side to play the normally stout, bald-headed Curly but word is that he’s vowed to gain 40 lbs. I’m not sure that’ll help. Even a fat Jim Carrey won’t look much like Curly. At least we know Carrey has a Three Stooges friendly sense of humor. Last I checked Penn had no detectable sense of humor and Benicio Del Toro was part wolfman. Odd choices for this kind of film.

No mention of Johnny Depp, who had at one point been rumored to be in the running for a role. Maybe they’ll need a Shemp.




that's retarded and they should leave it alone, I hope it flops

[Exodyus]

Nyuk-nyuk-nyuk.

MGM and the Farrelly brothers are finally slapping together their high-profile cast for "The Three Stooges," a comedy project the filmmakers have been developing for years. Sean Penn is set to play Larry, and Jim Carrey is in negotiations to play Curly. Benicio del Toro is a rumored possibility for the brothers' taciturn leader, Moe.

The studio is looking to start production in the fall for a 2010 release slot.

The project was originally set up at Columbia, which produced the 1930s Stooges shorts. C3 Entertainment Inc., which holds the licensing rights to the Stooges brand, then sold the feature rights to Warner Bros. in 2001 for the Farrellys to write and produce the movie. Eventually, Warner Bros. let the rights lapse and MGM's Mary Parent scooped them up along with the Farrellys' continuing participation.

Peter and Bobby Farrelly wrote the script, which Bobby has referenced as "Dumb, Dumber & Dumbest," and will produce with Bradley Thomas and Charlie Wessler. Earl and Robert Benjamin of C3 will executive produce.

The film is not a biopic but a fictional treatment that maintains the Stooges' gleeful slap schtick updated for a modern milieu.

Originally constructed as four separate shorts, the feature screenplay has since been streamlined into a single narrative. Included in the story line is an opening that shows the Stooges as kids in an orphanage, a device that will require some "Benjamin Button"-style visual trickery to place the adult actors' heads on child actors' bodies.

The Stooges maintain remarkably global brand recognition, and their shorts, films and cartoons are still broadcast in 30 countries. The Farrelly brothers' latest comedy "The Heartbreak Kid" grossed $124 million worldwide.

Penn is repped by CAA, Carrey by CAA and the Miller Co.




I concur, Jakjak. It'll be Suuuper. Totally gay idea.

[Trunks]

I've never even watched the old one lol. I think I watched one episode of the cartoon version a long long time ago.

[Exodyus]

I've never even watched the old one lol. I think I watched one episode of the cartoon version a long long time ago.

Not missin' much, man. Lol. It's like Dumb and Dumber, but lacking the real humor and adding a Third Wheel. :/

It's kinda like dry pointless humor with a subtle mix of abuse and action/reaction comedic ...crap, I guess. Lol.

[jakncoke]

Not missin' much, man. Lol. It's like Dumb and Dumber, but lacking the real humor and adding a Third Wheel. :/

It's kinda like dry pointless humor with a subtle mix of abuse and action/reaction comedic ...crap, I guess. Lol.

fail. Any who the show is ****ing awesome and Jim Carrey doesn't even come close to the correct current day actor to play Curly

[Drake14]

Eh. could be ok. i'd have to judge it by a preview before i could form any real type of opinion about it