MGM and the Farrelly brothers are closing in on their cast for “The Three Stooges.”

Studio has set Sean Penn to play Larry, and negotiations are underway with Jim Carrey to play Curly, with the actor already making plans to gain 40 pounds to approximate the physical dimensions of Jerome “Curly” Howard.

The studio is zeroing in on Benicio Del Toro to play Moe.

The film is not a biopic, but rather a comedy built around the antics of the three characters that Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Howard played in the Columbia Pictures shorts.

@ Variety

Man, this idea sounds terrible. Although in Holloywood, you never know. These are 3 great actors, but like the recent waste-of-time I saw was forced to watch, The Women was full of A-list and maybe the worst movie I haven’t walked out of… because I couldn’t.