MGM gets its 'Stooges'

Variety ^ | March 25, 2009 | NA

[buccaneer81]

MGM and the Farrelly brothers are closing in on their cast for "The Three Stooges."

Studio has set Sean Penn to play Larry, and negotiations are underway with Jim Carrey to play Curly, with the actor already making plans to gain 40 pounds to approximate the physical dimensions of Jerome "Curly" Howard.

The studio is zeroing in on Benicio Del Toro to play Moe.

The film is not a biopic, but rather a comedy built around the antics of the three characters that Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Howard played in the Columbia Pictures shorts.

The quest by the Peter and Bobby Farrelly to harness the project spans more than a decade and three studios. They first tried at Columbia, again at Warner Bros., and finally at MGM, where Worldwide Motion Picture Group chairman Mary Parent championed the cause and bought the WB-owned scripts and made a deal with Stooges rights holders C3.

Production will begin in early fall for a release sometime in 2010. The Farrellys, who wrote the script, are producing with their Conundrum partner Bradley Thomas, and Charlie Wessler.

C3 Entertainment principals Earl and Robert Benjamin will be executive producers.

Project will get underway after Penn completes the Asger Leth-directed Universal/Imagine Entertainment drama "Cartel." He hasn't done a comedy since the 1989 laffer "We're No Angels."

The Farrellys have long had their eyes on Del Toro to play Moe. Del Toro, who's coming off "Che," showed comic chops in the Guy Ritchie-directed "Snatch."

The surprise is the emergence of Carrey to play Curly. Howard established the character as a seminal physical comedian, from the first time he appeared in the first Stooges short in 1934 until he suffered a stroke on the set in 1946.

[Bobalu]

The Three Stooges Extreme Rarities - Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHOx01sgGts&feature=related

[uncitizen]

Bad Idea!

[DManA]

Ohh, wise guy eh? [BOP BOING!]

[buccaneer81]

Don’t hit on 16?

[bcsco]

Yeah, you’re right. I was close, though...

[Cyman]

N I A G A R A FALLS

Slowly I turn

[DManA]

He was rich from real estate investments.

In the bio-pic about them I saw they had the elderly Moe penniless schlepping sandwiches on movie sets.

I would prefer if your information was more accurate.

[buccaneer81]

Step by step.

[bcsco]

Ohh, wise guy eh? [BOP BOING!]

I've already been bopped for not getting it right with NYUK NYUK NYUK NYUK NYUK! You wanna start somethin' else, brudder I'll curl your legs around your head...

[martin_fierro]

negotiations are underway with Jim Carrey to play Curly, with the actor already making plans to gain 40 pounds to approximate the physical dimensions of Jerome "Curly" Howard.

Never happen. The man was one of a kind.

(Trivia Question: In what episode were the "classic four" Stooges -- Moe, Larry, Curly and Shemp -- all on screen at the same time? Winner gets 543,289 Internet Points.)

[Political Junkie Too]

As a child, I remember watching the old "Office Joe Bolton" shows on WPIX. He'd run Three Stooges shorts, and occasionally have Moe Howard on as a guest.

What's next, remaking the Marx Brothers? Laurel and Hardy?

-PJ

[dirtymac]

But! I thought those roles were already taken: Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and Barak Obama. How can Penn & Cary compete with those three?

[bcsco]

What's next, remaking the Marx Brothers? Laurel and Hardy?

Probably. That's all Hollyweird can do now is make remakes or sequels. They're not creative enough to provide good, quality new storylines.

I even read on Comcast yesterday where they're going to do a remake of True Grit. Uh, huh...

[Eaker]

Ping for later.

[dirtymac]

YGTBFKM.....

It took me two seconds to figure out what that stood for. Great minds think alike. Usually it is very difficult to decipher,

[buccaneer81]

With Healy's departure, Moe's character assumed the role of the aggressive, take-charge leader of the Three Stooges, short tempered and prone to slapstick violence against the other two stooges. In many ways, this was the antithesis of Moe Howard's true self; he was quiet, loving, and generous to his friends and family. In fact, he was one of those men who had problems showing affection -- instead, he would shower his loved ones with gifts, increasing in quantity and expensiveness over time as his fortunes improved. He was also foresighted, and invested the money made from his film career very wisely, allowing him to retire in luxury

Read more: "Biography of Moe Howard, leader of the Three Stooges | clown ministry | History | Three Stooges" - http://www.clown-ministry.com/index_1.php/articles/biography_of_moe_howard_of_the_three_stooges/#ixzz0Any8DWQY

[Cyman]

inch by inch

[ssaftler]

Given that cast for the Three Stooges, I want some of whatever the Farrelly Brothers are drinking/smoking!

[IronJack]

And why not? Hollywood long ago ran out of ideas, so why not retread something that worked 40 years ago?

Oh, that's it. The Three Stooges were FUNNY.

[SevenofNine]

AM I only female that like Three Stooges LOL!