Oh man. Paul Giamatti has been hired to replace Sean Penn in the Three Stooges movie, ensuring that this thing is still going to be so NUTS. We just heard Fandango is temporarily off-line due to overwhelming pre-order ticket sales (no we didn’t).

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Post critic Ann Hornaday's take: Even when Jim Carrey, Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn were attached, this sounded dreadful. Now, it's Sean Hayes, Chris Diamantopoulos and Will Sasso, and it still looks execrable. It doesn't help that the Farrelly Brothers ...
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(May) Most dreaded: “The Three Stooges.” Even when Jim Carrey, Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn were attached, this sounded dreadful. Now, it’s Sean Hayes, Chris Diamantopoulos and Will Sasso, and it still looks execrable. (April 13 ...
Comments (4)
  1. i’d hedged my bets on philip seymour hoffman… close enough!

  2. until penn dropped out this was going to be a legendary film. now it’s just going to suck in a pedestrian way.

  3. Nick  |   Posted on Jun 23rd, 2009

    If one were to read the article, one might note that while the directors think Paul Giamatti would be great, they already have an offer out to someone else. And that no talks have taken place between them and Paul. And that the article is really quite pointless.

  4. I’m still confused. Is this going to be a bio-pic about how they led somewhat depressing and lonely lives? Or is it going to be a full on Three Stooges slapfest? If it’s the former, it might work. If it’s the latter, I see some careers grinding to a halt.

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