3 Stooges a go at WB Sep. 30, 2003
Source: Variety by: Mike Sampson
The Farrelly Bros adaptation of THE THREE STOOGES into a feature film has finally been given the greenlight at Warner Bros with an early 2004 start date and a summer 2005 release planned. The project was originally announced in 2001 and since then the Brothers have been trying to wrap their heads on how to bring the iconic trio to the big-screen. They recently completed the script and while exact plot details are unknown, it will be a contemporized version of the Moe, Larry and Curly characters. At the time the Farrelly's were first signed to the project in 2001, they said of the concept to bring them into the present day: "There are great opportunities in putting the film in the present day, with technological developments. What would it look like if Moe stuck Curly's head in a microwave?" The Farrelly's have STUCK ON YOU with Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear coming this December and are producing a number of movies including the Johnny Knoxville comedy THE RINGER for Fox Searchlight. No word yet on whether Curly Joe Besser will make a brief appearance. Hell now that the STOOGES are set up at Warners, the same studio as SCOOBY-DOO, perhaps they could make a film based on the one-hour episode of "The New Scooby-Doo Movies" that teamed up the Stooges with the Mysteries, Inc. gang... Maybe the Harlem Globetrotters could make an appearance too.
oh how I remember loving the Stooges as a kid. Particularily 3 Stooges Meet Hercules. Hehehe...
3 Stooges cast rumor Oct. 8, 2003
Source: FilmForce, Boston Herald by: Mike Sampson
Comedians and comedic actors will likely be begging the Farrelly Bros to let them star in their upcoming THREE STOOGES feature film to pay homage to the genius of the Stooges. But while they could probably have their pic of the comedic litter, it seems the Farrellys might be taking a picture from the NAKED GUN and AIRPLANE book of casting: cast funny roles with serious actors and things are funny. The Boston Herald is reporting that the Farrellys are currently looking at an Oscar-winner best known for his roles in serious dramas. That man? Benicio Del Toro. The paper reported that the Farrellys were in nearby Rhode Island to screen their latest comedy STUCK ON YOU. That's when one of their reporters got one fo them talking about who they'd like cast in the film and Benicio's name came up. Is it a done deal? Have negotiations even begun? Maybe not, but it's a start. Some people might wince at the idea of Del Toro playing a Stooge, but personally I think he'd make a good Moe. I certainly like it better than a Jim Carrey type choice. This is what I call inspired casting. Take a look below and see what you think...Filming begins on THE THREE STOOGES early next year with a summer 2005 release planned.
Peter Farrelly Talks Three Stooges
The director dishes the details on the next Farrelly film!
If you have followed the news of the Farrelly brothers doing a Three Stooges movie, you already know it has been a long and trying road. The brothers have been talking about it for years now, even with various actors expressing interest to play key roles. Somehow, it could never quite get off the ground.
Finally, during IGN FilmForce's recent interview with Peter Farrelly, the writer/director revealed that The Three Stooges would indeed be the brothers' next film, slated to begin shooting early next year.
"The Stooges is something we've wanted to do for years and years," says Farrelly. "It's a very tricky movie to get made. I'm not sure why, but usually our best movies are, so I'm happy about that. If they make it right away, usually something's wrong, it's too easy. This movie took five years to get made, Dumb and Dumber took five years to get made, Mary was not easy to get made. And this one, The Stooges has just been a nightmare, because it's, there's nothing like The Stooges now. It's a lot of hitting. And studios are confused. It's like, 'How does this work and who sees it and who's it for and when does it take place and how do you maintain it?
"We took a long time to write this script. It took us, like, two years but we, finally cracked it. We're doing four 20-minute episodes. So, it's a short movie. It's an hour twenty, which is really all you need for The Stooges. And each episode begins where the last one left off, but they hold together as twenty minute bits and each one begins, you know, they had four theme songs. [He hums the four] And they had two in-between that were combinations. So each one will begin with that. And it will be an old time matinee feeling. And we're thinking of going with complete unknowns or whoever the best actors are. We're thinking of opening the field to everybody and just seeing who the best guys are."
No official casting decisions have been made just yet, but a few prominent actors have already thrown their hats into the ring. "Well, you know, we went to actors who were interested and then we ran into problems getting it made. The studio didn't want to pull the trigger or whatever, but Benicio Del Toro has expressed interest in playing Moe and I love Benicio. And Jeff Daniels has expressed some interested in playing Larry. And, who else?
"Sir Anthony Hopkins wants to play Curly," Farrelly jokes.
The new film will be from a completely original script, with no basis from the older films. "We wrote all new stuff. They look the same. It's Moe, Larry and Curly. No Shemp. They look the same, they dress the same, but it takes place present day. We wrote four new things, but we didn't take any of their stuff. We came up with all new things, which was hard. I think people will watch and feel like those are old episodes. We tried to do that."
"It opens [in the] 1950s, a station wagon blows by a building, blows a duffel bag out the window and keeps going around the corner. The duffel bag rolls up, bounces against the door of this big building and a moment later, the door opens. A nun is there [and] she looks around and sees the duffel bag, looks in it, opens it up and a little baby hand comes out [and] doink! Hits her in the eye. And you're off to the races. The first episode is them growing up in an orphanage [and it] ends with them as adults. And then they head out, it goes to present day."
Surprisingly, Farrelly says there will be no pies, but promises plenty of gross out humor in place. "There's no pies. We have no pies in it. You know, we tried to get away from, but there's that kind of thing… There's a famous scene in The Three Stooges, and they did it in about five episodes, where they're eating chowder and there's a clam [makes a noise] squirting them in the face. Well we didn't want to do that very thing… At one point, they're in a hospital and they're trying to get to somebody, so they dress up like nurses, and they're running through the thing and somebody's trying to get them, so they duck into the nursery. And they're standing there, you know, 'Come on, get to work. Look busy!' And they start acting like they know what they're doing and, as they're changing babies, you know. [Pee] starts hitting them in the face, the babies. So one of them laughs, so the other one picks up the baby, squeezes [the baby] and [squish] and they have a baby fight, you know? (Laughs) Finally someone turns the baby around, a big missile comes out. (Laughs) It's the same idea, but we've hopefully made it a little grosser."
Along with all the testosterone-fueled violence, there will indeed be a lone female lead. "Yeah. There's a really good female role. Kind of a bad girl role. That will be really fun to cast. I'm not sure who we'll go with, but it's a great role."
How soon can we expect Stooges on the big screen? "We want to shoot it in March and we want it out a year from now.
As a long, long time stooges fan... this sounds GLORIOUS!!!! It's so great to have these guys who UNDERSTAND the stooges humor to be working on the project instead of some idiot studio head, then we'd get something like the recent Honeymooners movie.
Now if only we could get Columbia Tristar to give the original stooges a more through DVD release... Perhaps a 3 disc box set for each year, The Stooges of 1933, The Stooges of 1934 ect... Who's with me?
Now only if they could get it cast. I personally wanted Michael Chiklis to play Curly... but I guess it's too early on to be worried about casting. In any case I can;t wait to see what The Brothers do with it. Yay!
The Farrelly Brothers to Helm Three Stooges Film
Source: ComingSoon
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures is moving forward on a modern incarnation of The Three Stooges, currently known as Untitled Three Stooges Project, with Bobby and Peter Farrelly attached to direct from their screenplay. The announcement was made today by Mary Parent, Chairman, Worldwide Motion Picture Group.
"The Three Stooges are a timeless staple of comedy and when we heard what the Farrellys had in mind we knew it was time for Larry, Moe and Curly to return to the big screen," Parent commented.
There have been numerous manifestations of The Three Stooges but their relationship with MGM dates back to 1933 when the trio appeared in a series of shorts and features for the Lion. The Farrelly Brothers have been working on a modernization of the Stooges, 'slapstick with heart' concept since the mid-90s. But it was their decision to focus on an origin story for Larry, Moe and Curly and thus introduce the three to a new generation that pushed the picture onto the fast track. Audiences have embraced The Three Stooges in a variety of mediums; vaudeville, shorts, television and home video but for Peter Farrelly the communal nature of a theatrical feature remains the perfect experience.
"We love The Stooges! They have been sending the world into hysterics for more than 80 years." Farrelly continued, "Movie goers today deserve their own Stooges and we look forward to introducing them to a new generation of knuckleheads."
Executive Producer Earl Benjamin is equally thrilled by the prospect of a contemporary take, "Now is the perfect time for The Three Stooges to return, we can't wait for family members of all ages to enjoy the fun together, and these days everybody needs a laugh."
Executive vice president of production Cale Boyter and vice president of production Luke Ryan are overseeing the project for MGM. Bobby and Peter Farrelly are producing with Bradley Thomas and Charlie Wessler. Earl Benjamin and Robert Benjamin of C3 Entertainment are serving as executive producers. As casting gets underway the filmmakers are targeting a release date of November 20th, 2009.
Never before this day have I understood the right to bear arms in the States. Someone please do what is right.
Johnny Depp Joins The Three Stooges?
Source: Just Jared
Johnny Depp could be starring in the upcoming film adaptation of The Three Stooges, reports In Touch.
The 45-year-old actor could soon be poking Sean Penn in the eye in the Farrelly brothers' forthcoming comedy.
"They want Johnny to play Moe and Sean Penn will be Larry — they're still looking to cast Curly," an insider says.
The Farrelly brothers will work on the Stooges movie after filming Walter the Farting Dog with the Jonas Brothers this spring.
Johnny may have to get a Moe bowl haircut!
i nominate jim norton for curly.
walter the farting dog sounds like worst movie in film history. cool.
MGM gets its 'Stooges'
Penn, Carrey, Del Toro part of studio's plan
Source: Variety
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.
Sounds like Sean Penn and Benny Del Toro get the Coen's and the Farrelly's mixed up.
why isn't Sean Penn moe? i don't even like the three stooges that much and it seems like a no-brainer. Sean Penn is the one who slaps other people for messing around!
edit: this hypothetical image gives more cred to the idea of del Toro as moe, though.
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^HAH!
Penn as Larry looks like Robert Smigel.
this will be THE WORST movie.
ha! funny I had cero interest in this until pic's pic...now im sold!
either all these guys are stooges fans or there's an incredible script for this thing. otherwise i just don't get it.
ehhhhhhh....no. no interested.
Quote from: MacGuffin on March 25, 2009, 01:09:24 PM
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."
Um, how bout Sweet and Lowdown? It's probably my favorite Penn movie, how could they forget this? (I wanted to joke about "I am Sam" but this error is egregious, seriously)
Yeah, my friend posted this on Twitter and I thought it was a rumor, sadly.
Penn has been gearing for the role of Larry since Carlito's Way:
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Exactly!
Sean Penn backs out of two films
'Three Stooges,' 'Cartel' lose Oscar winner
Source: Hollywood Reporter
Sean Penn is taking his Oscar and going home.
The "Milk" star has dropped out of two high-profile films: MGM's "The Three Stooges" and Universal and Imagine's crime thriller "Cartel."
It is understood that the two-time Oscar-winning actor-writer-director is taking a leave from his Hollywood career to focus on his family. Penn has already informed the productions he will not be available. It's unclear how long the absence could last, though sources have said up to a year.
Penn's moves now leave both projects in the lurch, though "Stooges' " dilemma is potentially more serious.
Peter and Bobby Farrelly have spent the better part of a decade trying to get "Stooges" off the ground, and in March they pulled off a major casting coup: Penn as Larry, with Jim Carrey as Curly and Benicio del Toro as Moe.
Now MGM and the Farrellys, who wrote the script and are slated to direct, need to decide whether they will wait for Penn or seek to find a new actor.
Time and availability are the issues: "Stooges" was eyeing a late August start date, and MGM has slotted it for a 2010 release. If the studio does wait, it could risk losing Carrey and del Toro. On the other hand, half of Hollywood would poke their eyes out for the part.
Universal and Imagine, meanwhile, plan to move ahead on "Cartel" without Penn and will recast the part. The script, which is still being worked on, follows a man who journeys to protect his son after his wife is murdered by Mexican drug cartels. Asger Leth is directing. The movie had no start date or release date.
In May, Penn filed for a request to dismiss his legal separation case from Robin Wright Penn. It is the second time he has rescinded divorce proceedings.
He has two movies in the can, Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life" and Doug Liman's adaptation of Valerie Plame's political memoir, "Fair Game." Both are River Road Entertainment productions, though Participant Pictures was also involved in "Fair Game."
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Jim Carrey Shows Off Fuller Figure For 'Three Stooges'
Watch out, Matt Damon -- Jim Carrey's coming through.
The comedian has promised to gain 40-50 pounds for his role as Curly in "The Three Stooges" -- more than the 30 Matt put on for "The Informant!" -- and he showed off a chubbier figure on Thursday night at UCLA's 2009 Visionary Ball in Beverly Hills.
Weight wasn't the only thing Jim's added to his look -- he wore glasses and had grown a full beard.
Partner Jenny McCarthy, who stood by Jim's side on Thursday, previously told Access Hollywood's Billy Bush that she was looking forward to "dating Curly."
"He said, 'You know, I'm going to have to gain 40-50 pounds for this role.' And I said, 'Oh my God! I get to be dating Curly!' That is the greatest thing ever," she told Billy in April.
"The Three Stooges" is expected in theaters in 2010.
sarcasm is awesome
Quote from: MacGuffin on October 05, 2009, 10:06:55 PM
"He said, 'You know, I'm going to have to gain 40-50 pounds for this role.'
reverse that conversation and things go differently.
Sean Penn Returning to The Three Stooges
Source: ComingSoon
The Boston Herald talked to Bobby Farrelly, who revealed that Sean Penn will indeed play Larry in The Three Stooges. The actor had pulled out of the film last summer and was reported to have been replaced by Paul Giamatti in the role, but apparently that didn't work out.
"We got him back," Bobby Farrelly said. "He always said he wanted to do it after, you know, taking care of his family."
Benicio Del Toro is still interested in playing Moe. The role of Curly will still have to be cast, however, as Jim Carrey is no longer attached.
The Three Stooges won't be the Farrelly brothers' next project. They start shooting the comedy Hall Pass, starring Owen Wilson, next month in Atlanta.
Hall Pass is about a man whose wife, looking to spice up their sex life, gives him a "pass" to play the field for a week.
So Jim Carrey got fat for nothing???
This movie will never happen.
Has anyone seen a Farrelly Bros. comedy lately? How do they hold up? Growing up I thought Dumb & Dumber and Kingpin were the funniest things ever.
Casting Call: Jane Lynch Joins 'Three Stooges'
Source: Yahoo
Jane Lynch is bringing a little religion to "The Three Stooges." The Emmy-winning "Glee" superstar will take on the role of Mother Superior in the upcoming Farrelly Brothers film, a rep for 20th Century Fox confirmed to Access Hollywood on Thursday. Jane will play nun who runs the orphanage where the "Stooges" -Moe, Larry and Curly --grow up. As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, "24" star Chris Diamantopoulos is believed to be the favorite to play Moe, while Sean Hayes has already been announced as Larry and Will Sasso will play Curly.
Remember when this movie used to have movie stars in it? That was weird.
Larry David Joins 'Three Stooges' In Mother Mengele Role
BY MIKE FLEMING | Deadline
Peter and Bobby Farrelly's 20th Century Fox comedy The Three Stooges cast continues to get more and more inspired. They're closing in on a deal with Larry David to play Mother Mengele, the unfortunate nun who runs the orphanage where the Stooges grow up and learn to create mayhem. Setting a Jewish guy to play a nun certainly sounds like David is playing against type. I served two tours of duty in Catholic elementary schools and now that I think of it, Larry David in a Nun's Habit pretty much squares with my memory of how all of those teachers looked back then. David's deal is being finished, and the Seinfeld co-creator will join Jane Lynch, who plays Mother Superior, Chris Diamantopoulos, who's signing on to play Moe, Will Sasso, who's playing Curly, and Sean Hayes, who signed on recently to play Larry Fine. Production begins in May. David's repped by WME.
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well, it'll be fun to watch... on tv. one night. when absolutly nothing else is on.
Fuck, i'm bummed about this :(
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so Carrey just switched roles. and little Ronnie Howard's bro is Larry.
i gotta admit tho, i am excited to watch Sasso's take on Curly...
Goddman it! There's still an excitement about this movie inside me that i can't kill, and if that cast along with Farrelly Brothers rapid decline doesn't do it, i have no idea what will... I think i just love the Stooges too much.
This is gonna hurt
Trailer here. (http://youtu.be/X30HJurHp0c)
Nope.
Not this, not ever.
gee whiz! i rather make love to my brother than watch this :doh:
Worst movie of 2012. Called it.
Edit: Sorry, Mod called it in 2009. Congratulations on your fortune telling skills.
Quote from: modage on March 25, 2009, 04:46:59 PM
this will be THE WORST movie.
You guys act like you're surprised.
This looks EXACTLY like the Three Stooges. There are about two things that happen in this trailer that wouldn't happen exactly the same way in a Three Stooges film.
"Kindler: Dr. Katz, I've just discovered why women don't like the Three Stooges.
Dr. Katz: Why's that, Andy?
Kindler: They're not funny."
:onfire: WOOHOO! This was great!
In my brain, i was either over complicating it or dumbing it down too much, but this was exactly what it should have been: The Farrellys do Stooges! And the good Farrelly's at that!
A couple of the scene almost feel like they were just re-doing Dumb and Dumber (I never realized, DandD is just Stooges '90) but the cast is what actually bumped it up... They are spot-fuckin-on! Much closer than the New Muppets are to the Old Muppets even. And they even manage to add a layer of depth that was never actually addressed in the original shorts, but is completely plausible and well played.
I have no idea how they should have marketed this, but i feel bad for the guy who's job it was, not easy.
Ignore all the Jersey Shore crap, it's not at all as it comes off in the trailers, theyre actually just making a comparison on how we will always love watching dummies.. there's only like 5mins of "Hey Moe! Were in the year 2012!"-jokes, so dont let those iphone/twitter bits scare you off, and as i said, it is the Farrelly's take so there is some balls-and-fart humor, but that also means there's some good heart and a pretty good roadtrip soundtrack.
See it, yall. See it! ...see yall on the Dumb and Dumber 2 thread.