Mar 26, 2009, 10:30 GMT
Sean Penn is to star in 'The Three Stooges'.
The Oscar-winning actor is reportedly set to play Larry alongside Jim Carrey as Curly and Benicio del Toro as leader Moe in the movie spin-off of the classic slapstick comedy series.
'There's Something About Mary' writers the Farrelly brothers have written the script and recently claimed the movie is exactly what the world needs in times of economic crisis.
Peter Farrelly said: "When the economy started turning, we felt like the world could use a Stooges slapfest. 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 humour."
Shooting will begin on the film in the autumn, with a scheduled release date of early 2010.
As well as 'The Three Stooges', Sean is also set star alongside Naomi Watts in 'Fair Game' later this year.
The actor is in negotiations to play Ambassador Joseph Wilson in the movie about the Ambassador's wife, CIA spy Valerie Plame.
The movie is based on Valerie's book 'Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House' which discusses how she was dismissed from the CIA after 20 years of service after she accused the Bush administration of lying about weapons of mass destruction in her newspaper column.
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