Tropic Thunder

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=19303

Release Date: July 11, 2008
Studio: DreamWorks Pictures (Paramount)
Director: Ben Stiller
Screenwriter: Ben Stiller, Etan Cohen, Justin Theroux
Starring: Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Jay Baruchel, Jack Black
Genre: Comedy

Plot Summary: Ben Stiller says "Tropic Thunder" is a "a comedy about five actors who go on location and find themselves relying on their boot camp experiences when they get stuck in a real war-like situation." Black will play Jeff "Fats" Portnoy, an overweight gross-out comedian, who's forced to kick his drug addiction while filming on location in the jungle. Downey Jr. will play Kirk Lazarus, the greatest actor of his generation and a four-time Oscar winner. Baruchel will play Kevin Sandusky, an unknown actor on the set and Stiller plays Speedman.

Jack Black in Stiller's Tropic Thunder
Source: Production Weekly
March 12, 2007


Jack Black will star in the Ben Stiller-directed comedy Tropic Thunder, with Robert Downey Jr. and Jay Baruchel, reports Production Weekly.

The comedy is about five actors who go on location and find themselves relying on their boot camp experiences when they get stuck in a real war-like situation. Stiller, Justin Theroux and Etan Cohen wrote the screenplay.

Black will play Jeff "Fats" Portnoy, an overweight gross-out comedian, who's forced to kick his drug addiction while filming on location in the jungle. Downey Jr. will play Kirk Lazarus, the greatest actor of his generation and a four-time Oscar winner. Baruchel will play Kevin Sandusky, an unknown actor on the set and Stiller plays Speedman.

Shooting is set to begin in July.

[NewYorkSpider]

I have always liked Ben Stiller movies so this one should be a good one. Especially with Jack Black and Downey Jr.

[tzarinna]

Sounds funny.
Should be interesting to see Downey and Black together.

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=20639

Tom Cruise's Cameo in Tropic Thunder?
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
May 25, 2007


In an article talking about cameos in movies, The Hollywood Reporter talks about Tom Cruise's possible cameo for the Ben Stiller-directed comedy Tropic Thunder at DreamWorks:

Another reason for the need to keep a star mini-turn hush hush is that it could spoil the surprise and ironic wit. If rumors pan out that Tom Cruise will appear as a despotic studio head in cameo king Ben Stiller's "Tropic Thunder," Hollywood insiders are likely to view it as an unexpected in-joke at the expense of the top execs at his former home studio, Paramount.

Ironically, Paramount will distribute the film, starring Stiller, Robert Downey Jr. and Jack Black. The July 11, 2008 release is about five actors who go on location and find themselves relying on their boot camp experiences when they get stuck in a real war-like situation.

Cruise and Stiller will also star together in Fox 2000's Hardy Men, the Shawn Levy-directed comedy about the grown-up adventures of the Hardy Boys.

[tzarinna]

The Hardy Boys?
Oh joy!
Hmmm,now I want to know who else will cameo.

[enterthemadness]

Is it me...or does this sound like a porno?

Film could be good.

[Cinemaman]

I seen Tom Cruise and Ben Stiller having very good relationship. Both are great actors and will play in two projects.

I can't wait for Tropic Thunder, as the whole story idea sounds good and promising

[Lord Blackbolt]

seems like a variation of a plot I've seen before? Three Amigos maybe?

[Cinemaman]

I have feeling this movie will have a part of black humour and something from drama.

[Dark Donnie]

Two days after being hospitalized for an attempted suicide, Owen Wilson has dropped out of the DreamWorks' ensemble comedy Tropic Thunder, reports Variety.

Wilson's frequent collaborator, Ben Stiller, began shooting the film in Hawaii six weeks ago. "Tropic," which also stars Jack Black, is produced by Stiller's Red Hour Films.

Wilson was scheduled to begin a weeklong shoot in two to three weeks. The decision was characterized as a mutual agreement between Stiller and Wilson.

It is unclear whether Wilson's role would be recast or eliminated from the comedy, which revolves around a group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie who are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying.

[tzarinna]

That's a bummer.

[Hunter Rider]

Get well Owen

[bullets]

damn owen is at his best when hes with stiller

[dark_b]

owen and stiller are like a dream team.

look i want that he gets better. but why now?

[Cinemaman]

Didn't Owen use drugs that directed him to depression like what was stated in one of Wikipedia articles?

[Dark Donnie]

Originally Posted by Cinemaman

Didn't Owen use drugs that directed him to depression like what was stated in one of Wikipedia articles?

I don't know, I read he has been in rehab though twice in the last ten years.


Do you think they'll just replace him or write him out?

[dark_b]

Originally Posted by darkdonnie

I don't know, I read he has been in rehab thoughtwice in the last ten years though.

Do you think they'll just replace him or write him out?

they should wait until he is ready.

[Dark Donnie]

McConaughey Replaces Wilson in Tropic Thunder
Source: Variety September 19, 2007


Matthew McConaughey has joined the ensemble cast of Tropic Thunder, the Ben Stiller-directed DreamWorks comedy.

The job amounts to an uncredited cameo, as McConaughey takes the role that Owen Wilson ankled after he was hospitalized, says Variety.

McConaughey joins a cast that includes Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Nick Nolte, Bill Hader and Steve Coogan.

The film is about a group of actors who gather on a remote island to shoot a big-budget war movie and are forced to become the soldiers they are playing.

Tropic Thunder is shooting in Hawaii and McConaughey will shoot for a week.

[aaron]

i thought it was 'tropical thunder' lol

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=39438

Cruise's Tropic Thunder Cameo
Source: Just Jared
November 19, 2007


Just Jared has posted this photo, along with two others, of Tom Cruise filming his "big" cameo for Ben Stiller's upcoming comedy, Tropic Thunder. The movie is about five actors who go on location and find themselves relying on their boot camp experiences when they get stuck in a real war-like situation.

[Cinemaman]

Is that Cruise?

[Dark Donnie]

LMAO...great pic

[tzarinna]

Omigod, that's great!

[Wolfwood]

Damn, I didn't realize Cruise was that white. Great makeup though.

[KenK]

Originally Posted by Hunter Rider

That's it! I am SOOOOOOOO seeing this movie!