Singer/actress Jennifer Hudson has been cast as a nun in ‘The Three Stooges,’ reports Billboard.

In 20th Century Fox’s ‘The Three Stooges,’ produced by the Farrelly brothers, the former ‘Idol’ contestant will play one of the nuns in the orphanage where the Stooges spend their time.

This isn’t Hudson’s first time on the big screen. She previously won an Oscar for ‘Best Supporting Actress’ in ‘Dreamgirls,’ which co-stared Beyonce.

Hudson will join a cast of Chris Diamontopoulos, Sean Hayes and Will Sasso as the three stooges, while Larry David, Stephen Collins and Glee’s Jane Lynch will also star in the film.

This is kind of a random role, but I’m sure she will pull it off – she is an Oscar winner, after all. I wonder if she will do any singing in it. Artists always have clever ways of plugging their songs or voice into the movies they star in.

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Sean Penn is going from Oscar to Stooge.

The “Milk” actor, who picked up his second Academy Award last month, has been cast as the violin-toting Larry in “The Three Stooges,” the Farrelly Brothers’ upcoming MGM comedy.

The movie will not be a biopic, but rather a modern take on the slapstick trio based on their classic film shorts.

And Penn isn’t the only big name attached to the MGM project. Variety reports that Jim Carrey is in final negotiations to play Curly – and is even planning to gain 40 pounds to play the rotund Stooge.

The studio is also reportedly pursuing Penn’s “21 Grams” co-star Benicio Del Toro to play the nose-tweaking, ear-twisting Moe.

The movie, which will be written and directed by Bobby and Peter Farrelly (“Dumb and Dumber,” “There’s Something About Mary”) is scheduled to begin production in early fall for a 2010 release.

The Three Stooges starred in nearly 200 shorts and movies between 1930 and 1975 and are best remembered for their physical slapstick comedy and snappy one-liners.

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