Jim Carrey has walked away from Peter and Bobby Farrelly's upcoming remake of The Three Stooges, according to a new report.

Sean Penn, Jim Carrey and Benicio Del Toro have been lined up to star in a new movie based on 1930s comedy icons The Three Stooges. Director siblings Bobby & Peter Farrelly are behind

''The Heartbreak Kid'' is funny enough compared to other recent movies by the Farrelly brothers, whose last four or five flicks have delivered only lackluster laughs.

Oscar-winner Russell Crowe is set to appear in the remake of 1930s classic The Three Stooges. Filmmakers Peter and Bobby Farrelly are bringing Curly, Moe and Larry back to the big screen - and are hoping to cast the Gladiator star in the role of Moe.

Filmmakers Peter and Bobby Farrelly have signed up to produce a U.S. pilot of little-known BBC Three sitcom "I'm With Stupid." The brothers will give the British TV show a heavyweight Hollywood makeover, which is being backed by the same company behind the stateside adaptation of British comedy The Office.

Jack Black believes he "sold out" by making the 2001 comedy Shallow Hal, although he didn't intend to make a mainstream movie. Black was keen to work with filmmaking siblings Bobby and Peter Farrelly and Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow, but didn't anticipate the movie would turn out the way it did.

Ben Affleck, Billy Ray Cyrus and Jon Cryer are just a few of the celebrity names who have helped raise almost $3 million for children's cancer-fighting charity Jimmy Fund. Friday's all-day fundraiser proved to be an amazing success, passing its goal of $2.6 million by 12.30 a.m. on Saturday morning.

Ben Stiller is set to reunite with the Farrelly Brothers Bobby and Peter for a new comedy. The comic actor - who first worked with the filmmakers on There's Something About Mary - is due to begin filming Seven Day Itch in the autumn.

Directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly have won a Hollywood bidding war to adapt the hit French film The Valet. The remake will be based on Francis Veber's hit film, which has grossed more than $17 million since its release in France three weeks ago.

Johnny Knoxville has leaped to the defense of his controversial film The Ringer, insisting it doesn't mock mentally disabled people. The star insists the Farrelly brothers-produced comedy, about a man called Steve (Knoxville) who enters the Special Olympics pretending to be developmentally disabled, is not intended to offend audiences.