Sean Penn & Johnny Depp in THE THREE STOOGES?

Ok, so all you know my usual policy on rumor. We don't post them. So when FilmDrunk run the story that Sean Penn and Johnny Depp have been offered roles in The Farrelly Brothers movie THE THREE STOOGES, based on Larry, Moe & Curly.... then we would usually dismiss it. penndeppstooges However, there might be something to this post. FilmDrunk claim they have a source. A source that is close enough to know that famous voice actor Billy West is meeting this week with Penn to help him with his Larry impression. So is there really something to this? FilmDrunk say Penn has been offered Larry, Depp has been offered Moe and the role of Curly is still up for grabs. How about Paul Giamatti? Somehow in the space of three years this project has gone from being a Ben Stiller vehicle that was likely to star Owen Wilson and Will Ferrell into one that has grabbed the attention of the most respected actors working today. One who was Oscar nominated for SWEENEY TODD last year and another that is expected to win the statue this year for his career defining role in MILK. Unless they are MASSIVE fans of THE STOOGES, I just can't see what would attract the likes of Penn or Depp. IF (and it's clear it's not, because it's a Farrelly Brothers comedy in the vein of THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY), it was a biopic about the three actors playing the characters and not the characters themselves, then I could see an attraction. Ya know, a movie a little like MAN ON THE MOON, then I could see it. But as it is, I just don't. I say bullshit... unless The Farrelly Brothers have completed changed the kind of movie they were intending here.

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