The Farrelly Brothers (Dumb & Dumber, There's Something About Mary) are in the closing stages of casting for their next comedy feature, a rehashing of "The Three Stooges" franchise.MGM has apparently signed two-time Oscar-winner Sean Penn to play "Larry," and are still in talks with Benicio Del Toro as "Moe," and Jim Carrey as "Curly." Carrey is even said to be in the process of putting on an extra 40 pounds to match Curly's plump dimensions.
Bobby & Peter Farrelly--who also co-wrote the screenplay--have been trying to get this project off the ground since the '90s, failing to come through with Columbia and then Warner Bros., before getting the green light from MGM.
Mary Parent, chairman of the Worldwide Motion Picture Group, was instrumental in getting the film underway, purchasing the "Stooges" scripts from Warner, and brockering a deal with C3 Entertainment, who owned the rights to the franchise.
The original "three stooges" were an American comedy and vaudeville act made up of slapstick comics Larry Fine, and brothers Moe and Shemp Howard. The latter of whom was later replaced by another brother, Curly. Their legendary act began in 1925 and continued for several decades, but came to an end when Larry was left paralyzed following a stroke in 1970.
Production on the film, which is not a biopic, is set for fall, with a release date sometime next year.
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