So it appears that Sean Penn, Jim Carrey, and Benico del Torro will be reviving the Three Stooges. Penn will be Larry and I have to assume Carrey will be Curly.
I’m not sure if there will be a Shemp or any of the others.
As talented as Steve Martin is, I can’t help but hold it against him that he tried to portray Inspector Clouseau, a role that belongs to Peter Sellers and for whom there is no substitute.
So, does anybody think this project has any hope of success?
I think it would be acceptable if it were a biopic, but not if it’s trying to be a Three Stooges movie. Being the Farrelly Brothers it’s probably trying to be a Three Stooges movie. Did anyone see the Laurel & Hardy movie that was made recently. At least they got decent actors that do sort of look like who they are portraying.
The thing is this movie has been in the pipe for years. Now they are making some casting announcements, but production is planned for Fall 2010, so it may very well still fall through.