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 new project, about the slapstick antics of Moe and Curly Howard and Larry Fine.

Oscar winner Penn (Milk) is expected to play Larry, with Carrey and Del Toro taking on the roles of Curly and Moe, respectively, reports Daily Variety.

The project marks 48-year-old Penn's first comedy movie since 1989's We're No Angels.

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