TFC Morning Report – Thursday, March 26, 2009 – Penn, Del Toro, Carrey are Three Stooges

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Top Story: The Farrelly Brothers’ long-gestating The Three Stooges film is finally moving forward with Sean Penn is set to play Larry, Jim Carrey in negotiations for Curly, and Benicio Del Toro rumored to be up for the role of Moe. Is anyone else excited to see Spicoli’s return to comedy? (THR)

In Other News: Nicole Kidman, comfortable with being unbankable, is joining Woody Allen’s still untitled movie. Kidman joins an all-star cast, which includes Antonio Banderas, Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins, Freida Pinto and Naomi Watts. (Variety)

Fox is thinking locally as it expands globally, unveiling a line-up of local language movies under its Fox International Productions arm. Pictures for audiences in the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America are currently in development. (Variety)

Director Matthew Vaughn is taking on another Mark Millar property, adapting the comic book writer’s American Jesus to the big screen. (THR)

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