| The Three Stooges | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Bobby & Peter Farrelly |
| Written by | Bobby & Peter Farrelly Mike Cerrone |
| Screenplay by | Bobby & Peter Farrelly |
| Produced by | Bobby & Peter Farrelly Bradley Thomas |
| Starring | Chris Diamantopoulos Will Sasso Sean Hayes Sofia Vergara Jane Lynch Larry David Stephen Collins |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 85min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Three Stooges is a 2012 slapstick comedy produced and directed by the Farrelly brothers and co-written by them along with Mike Cerrone, the writer/director of Homie Spumoni. It stars Chris Diamantopoulos, Will Sasso & Sean Hayes.
Plot
editMoe, Larry & Curly are back and better than ever when the trio are dumped in front of an orphanage as newborns, then when they figure out that adulthood isn't easy when they hit someone it turns into abuse and they get arrested.
Cast
edit- Jane Lynch as Mother Superior
- Chris Diamantopoulos as Moe
- Will Sasso as Curly
- Sean Hayes as Larry
- Sofia Vergara as Lynda
- Stephen Collins as Mr. Harter
- Larry David as Mother Mengele
Production
editThe film has been in what one critic has dubbed "development hell".The Farrellys, who have wanted to make this film since 1996, have said that they were not going to do a biopic or remake, but instead new Three Stooges episodes set in the present day. The plot of the episodes is said to be an adventure that revolves around the Stooges characters.The studio has had a difficult time putting together a cast to play the Three Stooges. Originally slated were Sean Penn to play Larry, Benicio del Toro, to play Moe and Jim Carrey to play Curly. Both Sean Penn and del Toro left the project but returned while no official confirmation has been made about Jim Carrey. When del Toro was interviewed on MTV News for his movie The Wolfman, he briefly spoke about playing Moe Howard in The Three Stooges. He was later asked who was going to play Larry and Curly in the film and commented that he still thought that Sean Penn and Jim Carrey were going to play them, though he added "Nothing is for sure yet." The production was first gonna be in MGM Studios but the studio didn't want to want any longer, so, it looked like the film was never going to get done when 20th Century Fox had given the production some life and they had agreed to do the movie all they needed was the famous trio and the film was gonna go from pre-production to production. Shooting was slated to start in mid-April and it did.