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After five years of being slapped around Hollywood, funny filmmakers Peter and Bobby Farrelly’s big-screen “Three Stooges” comedy is back on track.
The $45 million nyukfest, co-written and directed by the Rhode Island homeys, has been picked up by MGM and is due to hit the theaters Nov. 20, 2009.
Peter, who worked on the script with his brother and Michael Cerrone, claims that the PG- or PG-13-rated comedy, won’t be a biopic of Moe, Larry and Curly.
“It takes place in the present day, and they look, dress and sound exactly like the Stooges,” he told Variety.
A couple of years ago, Bobby told the Track that Tinseltown titans George Clooney and Russell Crowe were interested in playing Moe. Ditto for Jack Black and Benicio Del Torro.
And the brothers thought they’d try to get their Vineyard pal, “Curb Your Enthusiasm” star Larry David, to play Larry because “he has the hair.” But, alas, the TV crank was otherwise occupied.
“When the economy started turning, we felt like the world could use a Stooges slapfest,” Peter told the showbiz bible. “Bobby and I haven’t done a real physical comedy in a while, and it’s the most exciting thing we could think of now, to have people go to the movie, see some great slapstick, fun family humor.”
While Peter didn’t say who they’d like to see play Moe and Larry, he told the Hollywood daily that an “American Idol”-like search will launch to find the perfect Curly. And another contest is planned to find a few comedy shorts to show before the film - sort of like they did back in the Stooges’ heyday.
“We hope that next Thanksgiving, dads will introduce their kids to the Stooges and create a new generation of knuckleheads,” said Peter.
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