Though he was recently in discussions and considered the front runner, according to The Hollywood Reporter it’s now official: Will Sasso has now landed the part of Curly in The Farrelly Brothers Three Stooges film for Twentieth Century Fox. Now it’s rumored that Hank Azaria and James Marsden will fill out the lead roles, according to Deadline Hollywood. As shooting was rumored to start in March, perhaps once the two other roles get cast, it will go into production shortly thereafter.

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What’s eating Sean Penn? He’s not known as the most gentle soul in Hollywood, but he is known for having some serious acting chops. Unfortunately we won’t be seeing him doing what he does best for a while. According to Variety, the two-time Oscar winner has dropped out of two major film projects he was signed on to star in for Universal and MGM. The projects in question are Cartel, and the much talked about The Three Stooges.

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Last November, Peter and Bobby Farrelly a.k.a. the Farrelly Brothers announced that they would direct a “contemporary re-imagining” of The Three Stooges, to be released Nov. 20 2009.

Now, gossip reports are coming in (via the sometimes-reliable celebrity gossip zine, In Touch), that the Farrelly Bros are gunning for Johnny Depp and Sean Penn to play Moe and Larry, respectively, in the new film.  Not that it wouldn’t be hilarious to see Johnny poking Sean in the eye repeatedly, but aren’t these biopics/re-imaginings becoming a little cliché?

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• Charlize Theron might be teaming up with Tom Cruise for the Anthony Zimmer remake The Tourist directed by Bharat Nalluri. Apparently the script is simply getting another layer of polish by Valkyrie writer Christopher McQuarrie and shooting should start in March. [LatinoReview]
• Bruckheimer talks Pirates, National Treasure, and more: “We’re doing another ‘National Treasure’ so we’re working on that, we’re preparing ‘Sorcerer’s Apprentice’ right now… we have another picture that’s in post-production that we’re finishing called ‘Confessions of a Shopaholic’ with Isla Fischer and Hugh Dancy.” As for Pirates and National Treasure:  “We’ve sat with the writers and we’re working up the story and plotlines right now. They’re in the process of finishing ‘The Lone Ranger’ so they’re working on both of those simultaneously.” [ComingSoon]

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