Sean Penn close to inking deal to star in ‘Three Stooges’

Boston Herald ^ | January 5, 2010 | Gayle Fee & Laura Raposa

[ConservativeStatement]

This Just In: Hollywood heavy Sean Penn, who dropped out of the Farrelly Brothers’ “Three Stooges” movie during the bust-up of his marriage, is back on board to play middle Stooge Larry, Bobby Farrelly told the Track .

[albie]

Maybe a few eye pokes will knock some sense into him.

[paulycy]

ROFL!

[Mopp4]

The Three Stooges can NEVER be recreated. I wish they would quit trying. The attempt a few years back with what’s-his-name from The Commish as Curly was just awful.

[maggief]

Benicio Del Toro as Moe?

[Borges]

Have their been other feature films about the Three Stooges?

[Borges]

This isn’t a remake. It’s an original biopic of the Stooges career.

[Richard Kimball]

Growing up, I loved the Stooges, but what made them work was the individual talents of the actors. The reason a few old shows survive forever is because of the individual talent of one of the actors, not because of any genius in concept or writing. The Stooges was three incompetent guys trying to do different things and getting in trouble.

When they tried to remake the Beverly Hillbillies, they couldn't find anyone who could emulate the characters of Jed, Granny or Jane Hathaway like the original actors. If they tried to redo the Munsters, they'd never find another Fred Gwynne or Al Lewis. Some actors create a character that no one else could play. Barney Fife, Fred Mertz, and Ed Norton were signature characters of specific actors. They can't be replicated.

While I wouldn't see a movie with Sean Penn in it anyway, there's no point in seeing a Three Stooges movie when Jerome Horwitz was the engine that made the original run, and he's been dead for over half a century.

[Dr. Ursus]

A few year ago,ABC had a Three Stooges movie produced by
Mel Gibson.The movie wasn’t bad.Gibson is a big Three Stooges fan.

[LibWhacker]

He’s been auditioning for it his whole life.

[jiggyboy]

Remaking the Three Stooges has to be the worst idea - evah

oh I can think of worse:

[rhombus]

This isn’t a remake. It’s an original biopic of the Stooges career.

I think I'll spend my $10 elsewhere.

[rhombus]

Thanks for sharing, now I have those awful images in my head. ;-)

[FreedomOfExpression]

Maybe a few eye pokes will knock some sense into him.

Wise guy, eh?

[KeyLargo]

Sean Penn Drops Out Of ‘Three Stooges’ To Take Break From Hollywood

http://omg.yahoo.com/news/sean-penn-drops-out-of-three-stooges-to-take-break-from-hollywood/23940

[Kozak]

Love the Stooges. Won’t go near anything with Penn in it.

[Renegade]

No way I would watch a remake of the Three Stooges even if it was for free. No one can replace those guys and do a good job at it . They are ingrained into the brain synapses.

[KeyLargo]

[onedoug]

Penn as a commie stooge? How appropriate.

[KeyLargo]

[Peter Horry]

Will “Niagara Falls” still be the trigger word or will it be “Rush Limbaugh”?