The Three Stooges is being revived by MGM with Peter and Bobby Farrelly to direct the project. The plan is to bring the Stooges into mayhem of contemporary comedy.
According to Variety, the Farrelly brothers spent five years trying to make the Stooges movie at Warner Bros.
November 20, 2009 is set for the release date, which puts the film up against Sherlock Holmes, Plant 51 and Old Dogs.
The plot for a $45 million budget comedy (PG or PG-13) will feature the slap-happy low-tech comedy prevalent in the Stooges shorts. It will be interesting to see who they get to play these off-the-wall characters that made absolutely no sense but were hilarious.
Pete Farrelly told Variety that the film will not be a biopic, but instead take place in present day while they look, dress and sound exactly like the Stooges with genuine slap-stick humor.
The plan is designed similarly to the shorts while a feature storyline threads three installments together. Each installment runs 25 to 30 minutes. Other comedy shorts will precede the Stooges. It appears the Farrelly brothers plan to create the atmosphere that audiences experienced when they watched the original Stooges shorts.
Of course, the Farrelly brothers know how difficult this will be to pull off another generation of knuckleheads. It’s a big gamble, but with their track record, There’s Something About Mary, Dumb & Dumber, Shallow Hal and Kingpin, they have a darn good chance. “Yuk, yuk, yuk.”
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