Three Stooges Cast Set?

News has it that Sean Penn, he of two Oscar award for best actor (both in dramatic, non-comedic, roles) has officially signed on to play Larry in the upcoming Farrelly brothers movie, The Three Stooges. Comedy is not totally new to Penn, for those of you who are not aware, he played the stoner surfer dude ‘Spicoli’ in the 1980’s classic (and top 10 movie of all time) Fast Times at Ridgemont High. The rumor is that Penn will star opposite both comedy legend Jim Carrey, who is the top candidate to play Curly, and popular actor Benicio Del Toro, who may play Moe.

The script of the film is rumored to be comedic and based on various Three Stooges quips from the 1930’s. It is exciting to see the project finally starting to come together as the Farrelly Brothers have been working on this project in one way or another for nearly a decade.  The powerhouse directors recently signed with MGM studio to handle all of the production on the movie and shooting is scheduled to begin in the fall 2010. With a powerful set of directors backing it, and what is shaping up to be one heck of a cast, the Three Stooges Movie is sure to be an instant box office bohemoth.