Citing personal problems as the reasons, this Academy Award-nominated actor dropped out from his two scheduled feature projects.
- Jun 17, 2009
AceShowbiz - "Milk" actor Sean Penn has pulled out of his two forthcoming movie projects, "Cartel" and "The Three Stooges". The 48-year-old star cited personal reasons as the causes for his exit, Universal Pictures and MGM have announced.
With Penn leaving "Cartel", Universal Pictures are now scheduled to recast his role. Additionally, the studio have put together a list of potential actors to replace Penn and hope to find the right actor in early date in the fall.
As for "Three Stooges", it's still unclear whether MGM will recast a new actor to play Larry, to which Penn supposedly attached, or wait for him to return to work. Penn originally was set to star alongside Jim Carrey who has been picked up to play Curly and Benicio Del Toro who is tapped to portray Moe in the movie from directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly.
In the meantime, Sean Penn has finished the production of River Road's two films, "Fair Game" and "The Tree of Life". Both movies are scheduled to be released in 2010. "Fair Game", a drama which is directed by Doug Liman, centers on CIA agent Valerie Plame, while "The Tree of Life" is a Terrence Malick-directed drama starring Brad Pitt among others.
