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Farrelly brothers will direct award-winning trio in the film, due in 2010.

By Larry Carroll..

In one of the most bizarre casting revelations in recent Hollywood memory, MGM and the Farrelly brothers are closing in on the actors who will become the new Three Stooges. And their choices to play the updated versions of three impetuous nitwits who whack each other over the head with lead pipes? Oscar-wining actors Sean Penn and Benicio del Toro, along with Golden Globe winner Jim Carrey.

According to a report in Variety, the laugh-worthy rumor is actually true: Sean Penn will follow his recent Oscar-winning performance in "Milk" by taking on the role of Larry. The porcupine-haired silent partner in the trio was portrayed for five decades by Larry Fine and became best known for his love of the violin and getting in the middle of the other two Stooges during eye-poke fights. We can only assume that Penn will be bringing back his "Carlito's Way" haircut.

As for the pivotal role of soup-slurping, chrome-domed Curly, it looks like Jim Carrey will be slowly turning, step-by-step and inch-by-inch. Long considered the modern-day master of the sort of physical comedy the Stooges invented, Carrey's work in films like "Liar, Liar" owes a clear debt to Jerome "Curly" Howard. Still, it's hard to imagine an actor that looks less appropriate physically, so expect quite a transformation as Carrey reportedly intends to gain 40 pounds to play the role of the dumbest Stooge.

Finally, the Farrelly brothers are looking to cast Benicio del Toro — last seen in Steven Soderbergh's deadly serious biopic of Cuban revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara — as Moe. The leader of the Stooges, the character was originated by Moe Howard and was marked by the loving brutality (heads in vices, nose tweaks, ear twists, etc.) he'd dole out on his associates.

The Farrellys, makers of such beloved crude films as "There's Something About Mary" and "Shallow Hal," have been trying to reinvent the Stooges for more than a decade. In that time, various rumors have had them doing everything from making the boys into girls to casting Johnny Depp and Russell Crowe. In a late 2007 interview with MTV News, the brothers revealed several key plot points they had in mind for the project.

As for the Stooges themselves, the dimwitted trio starred in nearly 200 shorts and movies from 1930 to Moe and Larry's death in 1975, blazing the way for modern comedy. With help from Curly replacements Shemp, Joe and Curly-Joe, they explored the bromance long before the term was coined, loving and hating each other through numerous adventures that reimagined them as plumbers, soldiers, physicians and all-around numbskulls.

Rather than being a biopic, the Farrellys have said in the past that the film will be a modern-day take on the Stooges, most likely consisting of several short films within the movie. Production is expected to begin in the fall for a 2010 release.


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IMO, the Three Stooges is something that can't be re-made. But I'm sure there are many, many people who have never seen the originals and it might be a mega-hit. Carrey, however, is a natural for it, although making him Curly might be a miscast. I see him as a perfect Moe.
 

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Kind of weird casting it seems... then again the Farrelly brothers have proven in the past they know how to make a great movie.
 

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Haha this reminds me of my old "Moe knows hoops" shirt when I was in like 2nd grade. I was a weird little bastard.
 

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Those 3 guys are actors at heart. I think they enjoy the challenge. And can pretty much play the role of anything.

Sure, the big time hollywood actors are raking in serious bucks. But I think we forget just how good they really are sometimes.
Look at what Downey did in Tropic Thunder.
 

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My mom forbid me to watch it after I hit my little sister in the head with a frying pan--it wasn't an iron one
 

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IMO, the Three Stooges is something that can't be re-made. But I'm sure there are many, many people who have never seen the originals and it might be a mega-hit. Carrey, however, is a natural for it, although making him Curly might be a miscast. I see him as a perfect Moe.

This will be as bad as Rosie O'Donnell in The Flintstones.
 

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i think sean penn is making a mistake.

has he made a comedy since fast times ?
 

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Should be great

I'm not sure about the the turnover they will get though because I don't see much of the younger audience being interested in it........
 

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I think most comedy lovers these days would go see anything "Farrelly".
 

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has he made a comedy since fast times ?

Most likely the movie will be about the Three Stooges off camera where they struggled for years to get recognition and even earn a decent living by Hollywood standards. Their never ending contract battles with Columbia Studio head Harry Cohn. Plus Curly's early death after a stroke in his late 40s brought on by alcoholism and a stress filled life.

Bottom line, while the three, if the movie is made, will have to show their comedic chops at times but the movie itself will not be pure comedy, there will plenty of dramatic back plot about the team and their offscreen lives.


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Whoever thinks this movie will suck is obviously underestimating the brilliant Farrelly brothers and the three great actors that have supposably selected to play the stooges.
 

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Most likely the movie will be about the Three Stooges off camera where they struggled for years to get recognition and even earn a decent living by Hollywood standards. Their never ending contract battles with Columbia Studio head Harry Cohn. Plus Curly's early death after a stroke in his late 40s brought on by alcoholism and a stress filled life.

Bottom line, while the three, if the movie is made, will have to show their comedic chops at times but the movie itself will not be pure comedy, there will plenty of dramatic back plot about the team and their offscreen lives.


wil.

taken from your first post:

Rather than being a biopic, the Farrellys have said in the past that the film will be a modern-day take on the Stooges, most likely consisting of several short films within the movie.


Doesnt sound like it will be dramatic at all, which i hope it isnt.
 
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Certainly!

Can't wait to see it! i think some of the forum members can play the part. @):mad:


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