From Milk to Three Stooges

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean Penn (photo) is going slapstick.

The studio MGM says the two-time Oscar winner has signed on to play Larry in the Farrelly brothers’ big-screen update of The Three Stooges.

Jim Carrey was “in negotiations” for the role of Curly, said MGM spokesman Grey Munford.

Munford would not confirm reports that Benicio del Toro will play Moe.

He said filming begins this fall and the movie is expected to be released in 2010.