Sean Penn To Star In 'Three Stooges' Film; Jim Carrey In Talks

Access Hollywood - March 25, 2009 11:44 AM PDT
Story photo: Sean Penn To Star In 'Three Stooges' Film; Jim Carrey In TalksSean Penn in all black on the 2009 Oscars red carpetGetty ImagesAccess Hollywood

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Oscar winner Sean Penn is trading in the drama for some serious laughter (and a few eye pokes) in his next big screen role.

Penn will star in "The Three Stooges," a rep for MGM has confirmed to Access Hollywood.

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He will play "Stooge" Larry Fine, while Jim Carrey is in talks to play Jerome "Curly" Howard, the rep revealed.

In addition, producers are eyeing Benicio del Toro to step into the role of Moe.

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The Farrelly brothers ("Fever Pitch," "Stuck On You," "There's Something About Mary") will direct the comedy, which is slated to begin shooting this fall.

Described as "a Three Stooges film set in the present day," the film will chronicle how the legendary comedic trio came together.

Penn, who won the Oscar for his role as Harvey Milk in the "Milk" biopic, recently wrapped production on the drama "The Tree of Life," alongside Brad Pitt .

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Carrey, who was last seen on the big screen in "Yes Man," has several films awaiting release, including the dark comedy "I Love You Phillip Morris" and Disney's "A Christmas Carol."

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  • April Showers
    How could you remake a legend like that?
    report abuseposted March 26, 2009 11:03 AM PDT
  • I HATE SPAM!
    SPAMMED DATE SITES ARE A INTERNATIONAL SCAM RING IN ASIA & RUSSIA! THEY TRY TO GET $$$ WESTERN UNION WITH BS STORIES!! ONLY "MEMBERS" ARE CON ARTISTS!
    report abuseposted March 25, 2009 6:04 PM PDT
  • John Pacific Doe
    How lame is this development,world?
    report abuseposted March 25, 2009 5:10 PM PDT
  • jazzy g
    this is what i'm talkin' about...
    report abuseposted March 25, 2009 5:04 PM PDT
  • n
    Watched a movie way back about the three stooges. Showed how they got screwed over by the industry. It was very hard to watch the old shows the same way again.
    report abuseposted March 25, 2009 3:41 PM PDT
  • Aaron
    I wonder who's going to be cast as "Shemp" or "Curley Joe", heck, even Joe Besser. Also, the original lineup of the Stooges was not "Curley" it was "Shemp". "Curley" only came in when "Shemp" went into feature films.
    report abuseposted March 25, 2009 3:38 PM PDT
  • ang3
    NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO THIS WILL BE A TERRIBLE MOVIE...HOW CAN JIM CASREY END UP BEING CHUBBY AND BALD AND SEAN PENN GO FROM SOMETHING LIKE 'MILK' TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS...ALSO I AM A HUGE STOOGES FAN AND I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE RUINED BY THESE FREAKS!!
    report abuseposted March 25, 2009 3:28 PM PDT
  • DeonN
    Hey Deadman, you ever seen Fast Times at Ridgemont High?? We can let Shanghai Surprise slide and We're no angels with Deniro.
    report abuseposted March 25, 2009 3:23 PM PDT
  • Watching U
    NOOOOOO Not Sean Penn - He's a kook! NEVER EVER will I see another film with this idiot in it. Sean Penn = FAIL!
    report abuseposted March 25, 2009 3:03 PM PDT
  • deadman
    Sean Penn has been over rated ever since "dead man walking" are we 4getting that this is the same "actor" that has Shanghai Surprise on his resume.He MIGHT b a good actor but he is not a comedic actor in anyway RE:Shanghai Surprise.Honestly I cannot even remember the title of a movie DelToro was in and Jim Carrey as who???Curly??? Now thats bad casting at its be
    report abuseposted March 25, 2009 3:01 PM PDT
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