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CAPTAINZING2000 · 03-26-2009, 12:24 PM

'Three Stooges' coming together at MGM

Wed Mar 25, 2009, 02:54 PM ET • Source: Hollywood Reporter

(WireImage.com/Sony Pictures)

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.

Hasn't been a guy I know back in the day that, didn't hurry to take their date home on a Sat. night so, they could sit and watch the Stooges.

Crossing my fingers, this will be a gut buster. Good Lord knows, we can all use a laugh

suki44883 · 03-26-2009, 12:31 PM

I hope it's good, too, but I'm kinda skeptical. I love the stooges!

ruch · 03-26-2009, 01:56 PM

I'm a big stooges fan and am glad this is happening. I just don't like Sean Penn in the role of Larry. When has Sean Penn ever been funny?

suki44883 · 03-26-2009, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ruch

I'm a big stooges fan and am glad this is happening. I just don't like Sean Penn in the role of Larry. When has Sean Penn ever been funny?

Never saw Fast Times at Ridgemont High?

Rusty Zipper · 03-27-2009, 05:35 AM

Moe, Larry, the Cheese!

What kind kid?

Limberger!

Woo-woo, woo woo woo

hadit · 03-27-2009, 07:49 AM

Why soitanly !!! nyuk nyuk nyuk.....

Gotta love this forum, three stooges, cool stuff you had as a kid, bacon recipies...what else is there???

CAPTAINZING2000 · 03-27-2009, 09:06 AM

Not sure how Benicio del Toro will be playing Moe. Anyone see him in No Country for old men?

He gave new meaning to the word bad guy

mikefreak · 03-28-2009, 11:34 AM

Didn't he though! COLD-BLOODED. That was filmed pretty close to where I live.......

mikefreak · 03-28-2009, 11:36 AM

Then again, maybe he would be the PERFECT choice to slap heads around!

CAPTAINZING2000 · 03-28-2009, 02:13 PM

LOL

If, Benicio del Toro is as mean as he was in No Country For Old Men, the movie will quickly be the 1 stooge!!!

**Dee74** · 03-28-2009, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Never saw Fast Times at Ridgemont High?

Wasn't that Chris Penn?

Christopher Lloyd would be a great Larry - he'd look like everyone elses dad tho

D

suki44883 · 03-28-2009, 03:15 PM

Nope...it was Sean. His role as Jeff Spicoli(sp) launched his career. It's true...look it up.

suki44883 · 03-28-2009, 03:18 PM

BTW - Benicio del Turo wasn't in No Country for Old Men. You're thinking of Javier Bardem as Anton. It's true...look it up.

**Dee74** · 03-28-2009, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by suki44883

Nope...it was Sean. His role as Jeff Spicoli(sp) launched his career. It's true...look it up.

I did LOL. My bad.
It's 7.30 in the morning - gimme a break

D

CAPTAINZING2000 · 03-28-2009, 03:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by suki44883

BTW - Benicio del Turo wasn't in No Country for Old Men. You're thinking of Javier Bardem as Anton. It's true...look it up.

grr

touche'

I hate it when, I'm wrong. that's the second time this decade

SonofaMess · 03-28-2009, 08:17 PM

I think the stooges is something that nobody can imitate. Any tries at copying it fail.

CAPTAINZING2000 · 03-28-2009, 09:51 PM

I never have a closed mind to anything.

Sometimes, I've liked sequels to movies better then the first one.

NickP3 · 06-05-2009, 12:01 PM

I'm siding with SonofaMess in the skeptical camp. I've been a stoogies fan for decades and decades. At least two hours each weekday in college (the 70s) was spent in the frat house watching the stoogies (boo! to Shemp and Curley Joe), drinking and partying.

As I've passed 50, I see the Three Stooges as innovators in physical comedy. Just look at any avant garde comedy movie and you'll find many of its roots in their old stuff (also, lots from the Marx Brothers, Laurel and Hardy, and others, but I've never found them as good...). I'm afraid that a remake would end up being the Farrelly's take on the Farrelly's and others' take on the Stoogies -- and correspondingly lame and unoriginal.

But, as good alkies, we can always hope!

CAPTAINZING2000 · 06-05-2009, 12:40 PM

I'll reserve any type of comment until, I see a preview and or, hear what you guys say.

LOL

We used to drop our dates off just so we could all come back to my place and watch the stooges.

Oh, every Sunday, we had to watch Monty Python on PBS

NickP3 · 06-05-2009, 12:45 PM

Ah, Captain, you bring back fond memories. We used to rush our fraternity house meetings on Sunday night so we could all crowd into one brother's room -- a small single with about 20 people packed in -- to watch Python on a small black-and-white television with aluminum foil configured just-so to get a decent signal...

CAPTAINZING2000 · 06-05-2009, 12:55 PM

that, an the boys had a 6 foot bong that, caved my head in

whoa

OZboy · 06-05-2009, 06:46 PM

Christopher Walkan would make a good Larry?

CAPTAINZING2000 · 06-05-2009, 08:18 PM

hmm tough call

OZboy · 06-06-2009, 12:35 AM

Cape Fear, good movie....

Rusty Zipper · 06-06-2009, 06:48 PM

how about professor irwin cory

03-26-2009, 12:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
CAPTAINZING2000 Psalm 118:24 Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: ILLINOIS Posts: 9,445 Blog Entries: 1	'Three Stooges' coming together at MGM 'Three Stooges' coming together at MGM Wed Mar 25, 2009, 02:54 PM ET • Source: Hollywood Reporter (WireImage.com/Sony Pictures) 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. Hasn't been a guy I know back in the day that, didn't hurry to take their date home on a Sat. night so, they could sit and watch the Stooges. Crossing my fingers, this will be a gut buster. Good Lord knows, we can all use a laugh __________________ LIFE IS GOD'S GIFT TO YOU WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR LIFE IS YOUR GIFT TO GOD J - Jesus first O - Others next Y - Yourself last John 14:6

03-26-2009, 12:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
suki44883 Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Somewhere Out There Posts: 9,092	I hope it's good, too, but I'm kinda skeptical. I love the stooges! __________________ We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words. - Anna Sewell - So oftentimes it happens that we live our lives in chains and we never even know we have the key. - The Eagles

03-27-2009, 05:35 AM	#5 (permalink)
Rusty Zipper Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: my room in ct. Posts: 34,764	Moe, Larry, the Cheese! What kind kid? Limberger! Woo-woo, woo woo woo __________________ *Rule 62*

03-27-2009, 09:06 AM	#7 (permalink)
CAPTAINZING2000 Psalm 118:24 Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: ILLINOIS Posts: 9,445 Blog Entries: 1	Not sure how Benicio del Toro will be playing Moe. Anyone see him in No Country for old men? He gave new meaning to the word bad guy __________________ LIFE IS GOD'S GIFT TO YOU WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR LIFE IS YOUR GIFT TO GOD J - Jesus first O - Others next Y - Yourself last John 14:6

03-28-2009, 02:13 PM	#10 (permalink)
CAPTAINZING2000 Psalm 118:24 Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: ILLINOIS Posts: 9,445 Blog Entries: 1	LOL If, Benicio del Toro is as mean as he was in No Country For Old Men, the movie will quickly be the 1 stooge!!! __________________ LIFE IS GOD'S GIFT TO YOU WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR LIFE IS YOUR GIFT TO GOD J - Jesus first O - Others next Y - Yourself last John 14:6

03-26-2009, 01:56 PM	#3 (permalink)
ruch Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Philadelphia, Pa Posts: 169	I'm a big stooges fan and am glad this is happening. I just don't like Sean Penn in the role of Larry. When has Sean Penn ever been funny?

03-27-2009, 07:49 AM	#6 (permalink)
hadit Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: aground Posts: 102	Why soitanly !!! nyuk nyuk nyuk..... Gotta love this forum, three stooges, cool stuff you had as a kid, bacon recipies...what else is there???

03-28-2009, 11:34 AM	#8 (permalink)
mikefreak Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: New Mexico Posts: 610 Blog Entries: 5	Didn't he though! COLD-BLOODED. That was filmed pretty close to where I live.......

03-28-2009, 11:36 AM	#9 (permalink)
mikefreak Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: New Mexico Posts: 610 Blog Entries: 5	Then again, maybe he would be the PERFECT choice to slap heads around!

03-28-2009, 03:15 PM	#12 (permalink)
suki44883 Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Somewhere Out There Posts: 9,092	Nope...it was Sean. His role as Jeff Spicoli(sp) launched his career. It's true...look it up. __________________ We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words. - Anna Sewell - So oftentimes it happens that we live our lives in chains and we never even know we have the key. - The Eagles

03-28-2009, 03:18 PM	#13 (permalink)
suki44883 Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Somewhere Out There Posts: 9,092	BTW - Benicio del Turo wasn't in No Country for Old Men. You're thinking of Javier Bardem as Anton. It's true...look it up. __________________ We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words. - Anna Sewell - So oftentimes it happens that we live our lives in chains and we never even know we have the key. - The Eagles

03-28-2009, 08:17 PM	#16 (permalink)
SonofaMess Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 74	I think the stooges is something that nobody can imitate. Any tries at copying it fail.

03-28-2009, 09:51 PM	#17 (permalink)
CAPTAINZING2000 Psalm 118:24 Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: ILLINOIS Posts: 9,445 Blog Entries: 1	I never have a closed mind to anything. Sometimes, I've liked sequels to movies better then the first one. __________________ LIFE IS GOD'S GIFT TO YOU WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR LIFE IS YOUR GIFT TO GOD J - Jesus first O - Others next Y - Yourself last John 14:6

06-05-2009, 12:01 PM	#18 (permalink)
NickP3 Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Needham, MA Posts: 24	I'm siding with SonofaMess in the skeptical camp. I've been a stoogies fan for decades and decades. At least two hours each weekday in college (the 70s) was spent in the frat house watching the stoogies (boo! to Shemp and Curley Joe), drinking and partying. As I've passed 50, I see the Three Stooges as innovators in physical comedy. Just look at any avant garde comedy movie and you'll find many of its roots in their old stuff (also, lots from the Marx Brothers, Laurel and Hardy, and others, but I've never found them as good...). I'm afraid that a remake would end up being the Farrelly's take on the Farrelly's and others' take on the Stoogies -- and correspondingly lame and unoriginal. But, as good alkies, we can always hope!

06-05-2009, 12:40 PM	#19 (permalink)
CAPTAINZING2000 Psalm 118:24 Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: ILLINOIS Posts: 9,445 Blog Entries: 1	I'll reserve any type of comment until, I see a preview and or, hear what you guys say. LOL We used to drop our dates off just so we could all come back to my place and watch the stooges. Oh, every Sunday, we had to watch Monty Python on PBS __________________ LIFE IS GOD'S GIFT TO YOU WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR LIFE IS YOUR GIFT TO GOD J - Jesus first O - Others next Y - Yourself last John 14:6

06-05-2009, 12:45 PM	#20 (permalink)
NickP3 Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Needham, MA Posts: 24	Ah, Captain, you bring back fond memories. We used to rush our fraternity house meetings on Sunday night so we could all crowd into one brother's room -- a small single with about 20 people packed in -- to watch Python on a small black-and-white television with aluminum foil configured just-so to get a decent signal...

06-05-2009, 12:55 PM	#21 (permalink)
CAPTAINZING2000 Psalm 118:24 Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: ILLINOIS Posts: 9,445 Blog Entries: 1	that, an the boys had a 6 foot bong that, caved my head in whoa __________________ LIFE IS GOD'S GIFT TO YOU WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR LIFE IS YOUR GIFT TO GOD J - Jesus first O - Others next Y - Yourself last John 14:6

06-05-2009, 06:46 PM	#22 (permalink)
OZboy Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: ozstrayleeya Posts: 2,951	Christopher Walkan would make a good Larry?

06-05-2009, 08:18 PM	#23 (permalink)
CAPTAINZING2000 Psalm 118:24 Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: ILLINOIS Posts: 9,445 Blog Entries: 1	hmm tough call __________________ LIFE IS GOD'S GIFT TO YOU WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR LIFE IS YOUR GIFT TO GOD J - Jesus first O - Others next Y - Yourself last John 14:6

06-06-2009, 12:35 AM	#24 (permalink)
OZboy Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: ozstrayleeya Posts: 2,951	Cape Fear, good movie....

06-06-2009, 06:48 PM	#25 (permalink)
Rusty Zipper Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: my room in ct. Posts: 34,764	how about professor irwin cory __________________ *Rule 62*

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