Moe, Larry, Curly hit the film scene

Nyuck-nyuck-nyuck. Variety.com reported yesterday that MGM Studios is zeroing in on a cast for the Farelly brothers' on-screen adaptation of The Three Stooges. With Sean Penn set to play Larry and Jim Carrey to gain 30+ pounds to play Curly, if all goes according to the brothers' plan, Benecio del Toro will sign on to play Moe. When the news first broke about the film, it was originally planned to open against the Robert Downey Jr. Sherlock Holmes adaptation.
Although I guess it's not too much of a surprise that, with all the other adaptations and remakes abound in the last few years, the studios would tap the Stooges for more comedy material. And although I was originally disappointed to hear the news of an adaptation of the Stooges shorts, I can't help but be impressed by the casting (Penn is a chameleon, del Toro certainly looks the part, and Carrey is a talented physcial comedian), the Farelly brothers' script gives this movie an edge above another screenwriters' treatment of the comic greats.

So, what say you? Are you excited about the film, or would the Howard brothers and Larry Fine been better off with a biopic instead of a comedic adaptation? Why, soitently!