Movie & Television News (Wizbang Pop!)

MGM and the Farrelly brothers are close to casting for The Three Stooges. Word is Sean Penn will play Larry, Jim Carrey will play Curly, and Benicio Del Toro will play Moe.

The political relationship between President Bill Clinton and British Prime Minister Tony Blair is the focus of a movie for HBO penned by "Frost/Nixon" writer Peter Morgan. If "The Special Relationship" gets the go-ahead, Dennis Quaid will play President Clinton and Julianne Moore will portray Hillary Clinton, with "Frost/Nixon" star Michael Sheen as Blair.

Tom Selleck, Catherine O'Hara and Martin Mull have joined the cast of "Five Killers," an action comedy that stars Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl. The movie is about a hit man (Kutcher) and his wife (Heigl) on the run from other hitmen.

George Lopez is set to launch TBS talk show in November. The as-yet-untitled talk show will launch in November at 11 p.m. weeknights, putting its second half hour against NBC's "The Tonight Show" and CBS' "Late Night."

Adding another ingredient to the global recipe of his latest film, Woody Allen has drafted Aussie Nicole Kidman into the cast. Kidman joins Spaniard Antonio Banderas, India's Freida Pinto, British-Australian Naomi Watts, American Josh Brolin and Welshman Anthony Hopkins in the as-yet-untitled project.

"24" co-creator Joel Surnow is taking on the Kennedy clan, penning a 10-hour miniseries about the political family called "The Kennedys." Surnow, who's politically active in conservative politics, is drawing up a longform that will "unveil secrets" about the liberal-minded family.

Finally! The first trailer for "Where the Wild Things Are" has gone online. The film is opening in theaters on October 16. Check it out here.

Comments (2)

Boy, oh boy, does that Thre... (Below threshold)

1. Posted by Paul Hooson | March 26, 2009 7:10 PM | Score: -1 (1 votes cast)

Paul Hooson:

Boy, oh boy, does that Three Stooges movie sound like a really bad idea. I seriously doubt that you can top the originals.

I had no idea that hard-edged actors Sean Penn or Benicio Del Toro could be great slapstick comedy talents. Jim Carrey is a fine choice though. But this still sounds even worse than Michael Chiklis playing Curly for that rotten TV movie stinker about the Stooges. IN LIVING COLOR once pulled off a clever parody of the STOOGES one time that I really liked. With funny enough actors, the potential is there to honor the best comedy team ever.