The Three Little Stooges
The Three Little Stooges is an upcoming American action comedy film based on the iconic comedy team The Three Stooges. The film is a somewhat prequel to the 2012 film The Three Stooges.
Premise
At the age of 12 to 13, Moe, Larry, and Curly create havoc at a beach wedding, in which ends up with them being sent away to Juvenile Hall. Instead, the Stooges get accidentally sent to a private school for the powerful and rich whose Headmaster is Harriet “Hurricane” Snootley. They befriend a young girl named Izzy. The Stooges and Izzy discover that the school may be in trouble.
Cast
- Gordy De St Jeor as Moe
- Liam Dow as Larry
- Luke Clark as Curly
- TBA as Izzy
- TBA as Harriet "Hurricane" Snootley
Production
Development
After noticing the fans of the franchise gave the young Stooges in the 2012 film great response, the filmmakers of the first film figured, "Hey, we gotta make a whole new movie out of the three little Stooges."
The film will be directed by Sean McNamara, known for Soul Surfer and Spare Parts. The film was written by Harris Goldberg and executive produced by Earl Benjamin.
Casting
Earl Benjamin, executive producer and CEO of C3 Entertainment, says: Gordy De St Jeor was cast as Moe, Liam Dow as Larry and Luke Clark as Curly. The principal casting was completed with production starting in the Fall of 2017.
Budget
- The story development, rights, and screenplay cost over $300,000, the expenses associated with the producers, directors, the cast, travel, and the lodging cost over $2,000,000, the expenses for production, the crew, filming cameras, the set design and construction, as well as lighting, sound, electrical, costumes, make-up, location, and the travel expense cost over $3,000,000, and the post production assembly and editing, music, effects, insurance, legal, accounting, finance costs, and the contingency cost over $500,000. $111,257 were funded.
The additional funding that is required to meet the film's budget will come from loans on MicroVentures.
Filming
Pre-production will commence in October, with filming set for the following month. Possible filming locations include Louisiana, Georgia, British Columbia, and Toronto.