It looks like we’re going to get a Three Stooges movie, regardless of if this is a good idea. You know MGM has picked it up, but the director(s) and release date have already been set…

Variety reports:

MGM has revived the long-gestating Peter and Bobby Farrelly Three Stooges project.
The siblings will renew their quest to channel the comic mayhem of the Three Stooges into a contemporary comedy for the studio.
Project marks an MGM homecoming for the Stooges as well as the Farrellys, who spent five years trying to make the Stooges movie at Warner Bros. The Farrellys will polish the script they wrote with Michael Cerrone and will direct the picture.
The studio has staked out a Nov. 20, 2009, release date for the film.

Pros? There’s Something About Mary, Dumb and Dumber and Kingpin make an impressive comedy resume with emphasis on the physicality the Stooges are known for.

Cons? Osmosis Jones, Shallow Hal, Stuck on You, Fever Pitch, The Heartbreak Kid, plus a script that managed to sit around for 5 years as Hollywood exhausted every other re-makeable franchise. Something stinks about The Stooges.