2oth Century Fox is pursuing Johnny Knoxville to play the role of Moe in Howard in Farrelly bros. film update of The Three Stooges. Variety reports the Farrelly’s are waiting for Knoxville to officially accept before negotiations begin.
The project has been in development for some time. The initial cast featured Benicio Del Toro, Sean Penn and Jim Carrey when the movie was set up at MGM before Fox tookover.
