In the action-comedy "Tropic Thunder," Ben Stiller plays pampered action superstar Tugg Speedman, who is cast in the biggest, most expensive war movie ever produced. He sets out to Southeast Asia with a "Who's Who" of celebrity co-stars. They include Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.), an intense, three-time Oscar(R)-winning actor; Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black), star of the popular gross-out comedy franchise "The Fatties"; multi-platinum hip-hop-star-turned-entrepreneur-turned-actor Alpa Chino (Brandon T. Jackson); and first-timer Kevin Sandusky (Jay Baruchel). Soon after the production begins the actors are thrown into a real-life situation and are forced to become the fighting unit they're portraying, in order to find a way out of the jungle in one piece.
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August 28, 2008: Free Rain of Madness:
The mockumentary RAIN OF MADNESS follows the fake behind-the-scenes exploits of the upcoming Ben Stiller comedy TROPIC THUNDER and to find out why everyone and their one-eyed, snaggletoothed cousin is talking about it, do what the picture below tells you to...
August 19, 2008: C'mon Hollywood #174:
... back off of Tropic Thunder!
by Sturdy
When I went to see TROPIC THUNDER over the weekend, I had to walk through about a dozen or so people picketing the film. There were about six or...
August 14, 2008: INT: Jay Baruchel:
I've been a fan of Jay Baruchel's since Judd Apatow's Fox series "Undeclared" first debuted. He hasn't been the breakout success that his TV co-star Seth Rogen has but Jay is well on his way with TROPIC THUNDER . Jay plays Kevin Sandusky, a...
August 11, 2008: Tropic Thunder boycott:
If you're getting ready to see TROPIC THUNDER this week (and you damn well should be), get ready to nudge past some picketers on your way to the theater lobby. After some brouhaha last week about "Simple Jack" (a movie within TROPIC THUNDER), a coalition of...
August 7, 2008: EXCL: Nolte rants!:
One of my favorite things about TROPIC THUNDER has been all the crazy offshoots from the film. There's the official site for the fictional stars of the film - Tugg Speedman , Kirk Lazarus , Jeff Portnoy , and Kevin Sandusky - as well as the site...
August 5, 2008: Six Tropic clips!:
I've said it before and I'll say it again - TROPIC THUNDER is the funniest movie I've seen in years. I was talking to Jay Baruchel the other day and we were discussing just how difficult it is to relate just how funny and bizarre this movie is. Just...
July 29, 2008: More Tropic fun!:
If you haven't checked out the official site for "Rain of Madness" the documentary about the making of "Tropic Thunder" the movie within TROPIC THUNDER, you're in for a treat. The site has been updated with videos featuring Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert...
July 30, 2008: CON: Tropic Thunder!:
PLOT : Director Damien Cockburn is struggling to get his epic war movie "Tropic Thunder" made. His actors - including action star Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller), Oscar-winner Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey, Jr.) and drugged out comedian Jeff Portnoy (Jack...
July 15, 2008: Tropic/Rocker releases:
The release dates for two upcoming comedies have recently been changed. First, Paramount seems to be showing some faith in Ben Stiller's TROPIC THUNDER by pushing back its original August 15th release two days to August 13th so it can start raking in the...
July 15, 2008: Meet Tugg Speedman:
Meet Tugg Speedman. He's the star of the upcoming movie TROPIC THUNDER. But you want to know about the guy behind the guy right? Well thank goodness he's set up his own website! As Tugg says about his brand new site in his message to his fans: "I like to...
July 8, 2008: Rain of Madness!:
Before the THUNDER, comes the madness... You might have heard the rumors that in an effort to promote their epic comedy TROPIC THUNDER, Paramount was working on a HEARTS OF DARKNESS style documentary about the film. That film is called RAIN OF MADNESS and it...
July 8, 2008: Int'l Thunder trailer:
An international trailer for TROPIC THUNDER , the hilarious looking comedy starring Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. as actors who unwittingly get thrown into a real life war situation, has hit the internets and, of course, it's six shades...
June 2, 2008: MTV Tropic spoof:
The MTV Movie Awards are happening tonight, but unfortunately since I don’t have cable here, I won’t be able to watch. I guess I’ll have to come to JoBlo.com tomorrow for a full recap of the events, since we’ll be covering it. If the awards ceremony is anything...
May 22, 2008: Tropic stars sing?:
I can't say that I watched the "American Idol" finale last night but I was pleasantly surprised to see that the TROPIC THUNDER stars - Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey, Jr. - made an appearance. They were part of a filmed clip where they were...
April 10, 2008: Review: Tropic Thunder:
A
trusted source very close to our site was able to catch an
early screening of TROPIC
THUNDER last night (release date: August 15, 2008) and here are
his thoughts on the film...
April 4, 2008: Tropic Thunder posters:
By all accounts, the upcoming Ben Stiller directed comedy TROPIC THUNDER is all kinds of awesome.
The story centers on a group of actors, the likes of which include Stiller himself, Jack Black, Jay Baruchel, Brandon T. Jackson as a character...
March 18, 2008: Tropic trailer!:
Just a few days ago, I said TROPIC THUNDER was the future. The future of what? I dunno, I didn't really clarify that. I suppose it's a future where we get a ridiculously funny epic comedy. Now that the trailer is online, I hope you'll agree that...
August 15, 2008: INT: Ben Stiller:
The following is an interview I conducted with Ben Stiller about TROPIC THUNDER in March. As the film hits theaters this week, I thought it would be interested to look back at his thoughts after he had just finished his final cut of the film...
As...
March 12, 2008: ShoWest: Tropic Thunder!:
The most fun thing about doing this job is being able to come to you guys and share with you something I'm really excited about and I'm sure you'll dig (like the 300 or IRON MAN footage at Comic-Con). I'm thrilled to be able to tell you tonight that I've...
March 12, 2008: New Tropic pics:
Consider TROPIC THUNDER ’s promotional engines revved. In the last week we got the first photo—featuring an already infamous ‘black’ Robert Downey Jr. and the teaser trailer, which didn’t show much. Here are two more pictures from the highly buzzed-about film,...
March 7, 2008: Tropic Thunder teaser:
Shortly after the revelation that actor Robert Downey Jr. will be playing an actor who plays a black man (dizzying!) in Ben Stiller's TROPIC THUNDER , comes our first look at the flick.
It's just a brief teaser introducing the main players as they blow shit...
March 5, 2008: Tropic Thunder pic:
It's in my nature to want to dump all over a Ben Stiller flick, but good lord I can't dump on TROPIC THUNDER . If the IRON MAN trailers are any indication and early reports on THUNDER are to be believed, God seems to be laying 'em up and Robert Downey Jr. just...
November 18, 2007: Cruise is fat & bald:
Even with a fat-suit, patchy beard, and a bald head, Tom Cruise is still infinitely better looking than my friend Joe McLaren, and Joe’s a male model, so that’s saying something. But what is Tom Cruise doing dressed like that? It looks like he’s filming a...
September 19, 2007: Matthew replaces Owen:
Instead of writing out the role, Ben Stiller has opted to replace Owen Wilson with Matthew McConaughey for the uncredited cameo in TROPIC THUNDER that Wilson was forced to pull out of, after his recent troubles. McConaughey managed to free up one week to head...
August 29, 2007: Owen Wilson update:
I remember getting a text message from a friend the other night telling me about Owen Wilson. Like most of you I'm sure, it was hard to believe at first, but now it seems like it's real. And it looks like Owen Wilson's recent and shocking troubles will be...
February 28, 2007: Downey hears Thunder:
Robert Downey, Jr. and Jay Baruchel (FANBOYS) have signed on to star in the upcoming Ben Stiller comedy TROPIC THUNDER for DreamWorks. Downey, Jr. will actually star in the role Stiller had been recruiting Tom Cruise for , playing Kirk Lazarus, "the greatest...
