For Your Consideration: “Kirk Lazarus” For Best Supporting Actor
One of the potential nominees for Best Supporting Actor Academy is Kirk Lazarus…I mean Robert Downey Jr.
As we know Oscar season is approaching and Parmount Pictures are pushing their reminder of Downey’s work in “Tropic Thunder” who underwent a controversial procedure in order to play the role of the gritty black sergeant Lincoln Osiris. Check out one of the ads below which is great.
Robert Downey Jr. On Tropic Thunder – Video
Tropic’s Kirk Lazarus – Robert Downey Jr. spoke with Empire Online about Ben Stiller’s action comedy “Tropic Thunder” and how he prepared for the role. Check out this video
Tom Cruise to Star in Comedy “Food Fight”
Tom Cruise has been linked to Universal’s new high school cafeteria comedy “Food Fight“.
Cruise would play a snooty New York chef who, for some odd reason, is forced to cook in a school cafeteria.
Taking a step into comedy sounds like a good step for Cruise. As already said, he’s terrific in “Tropic Thunder“. He’s never really made a purely comedic film, only films with comedic elements, and that’s not for want of comedy talent.
Veteran scribe Adam Brooks who wrote and directed the enjoyable film “Definitely, Maybe” is attached to write the screenplay. A search for a director is under way.
Cruise next stars in historical action film “Valkyrie“, in which he plays a very serious role: Klaus von Stauffenberg, the Nazi commander who plotted to kill Hitler. I can’t wait to see it. From sneak preview reports – it’s a must-see movie that keeps you on the edge of your seat.
“Tropic Thunder” Photo Gallery
Paramount has released batch of new photos from the upcoming Ben Stiller Summer war comedy “Tropic Thunder.”
“Tropic Thunder” is 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.
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“Tropic Thunder” New TV Spots
Two new TV spots for Ben Stiller’s “Tropic Thunder” are online.
Ben Stiller as Speedman, Jack Black as Jeff ‘Fats’ Portnoy, Robert Downey Jr. as Kirk Lazarus and Brandon T. Jackson as Alpa Chino are in the action.
“Tropic Thunder” will be released in theaters August 13th 2008.
“Tropic Thunder” mockumentary “Rain of Madness”
New trailer for “Tropic Thunder” mockumentary “Rain of Madness” is online and talks about what happened during the shooting of the movie within the movie.
An official website for “Rain of Madness” has come online as well.
Opening August 15th, the Ben Stiller-directed action-comedy stars Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Nick Nolte, Brandon Jackson, Steve Coogan, Danny McBride, Bill Hader, Jay Baruchel, Matt Levin, Andrea De Oliveira and Reggie Lee.
Before the Thunder comes the Madness
“Tropic Thunder” – International Trailer
The latest trailer for for Ben Stiller’s new action comedy “Tropic Thunder” comes as an international one and with it we get some great new scenes.
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-winning actor, Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black), star of the popular gross-out comedy franchise “The Fatties”, multi-platinum hiphop-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.
“Tropic Thunder” will hit theaters on August 15th
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‘Tropic Thunder’ Brand New Images
Here are the latest pictures from ‘Tropic Thunder‘, Ben Stiller’s new comedy, starring Ben Stiller , Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Brandon T. Jackson, Jay Baruchel, Nick Nolte, Brandon Soo Hoo, Reggie Lee…
‘Movie’ is scheduled to hit theaters on August 15, 2008
Source: TheMovingPicture
Three New ‘Tropic Thunder’ Photos
Paramount has released three new photos from the upcoming Ben Stiller Summer comedy Tropic Thunder. Not much is new, however there is an image that hints at an epic battle between Jack Black and a water buffalo. Check out the photos below.
Stiller: Robert Downey Jr. is “incredible”
Ben Stiller insists it was an incredible thrill appearing with Robert Downey Jr. in upcoming movie ‘Tropic Thunder‘ because he is such a huge fan of his work.
Ben – who both directs and stars in the film – said:
“It was incredible working with Robert. I’d never worked with him before and I was just a fan. In the movie, my character is a guy who’s intimidated by this award-winning actor and I felt the same way because he’s one of the greats. He has this incredibly quick mind matched to a great sense of humour.”
In the movie, Robert’s character plays a method actor who transforms himself into a black man for a role.
Although the scenes could potentially attract criticism, Ben insists film fans will appreciate the thinking behind the idea.
He told Total Film: “I’m sure people, once they see in context what we’re doing with the movie, will embrace the whole idea of this actor who is so into character and the lengths that a method actor will go into.”
‘Tropic Thunder’ is a comedy about a group of actors shooting a war movie on a deserted island that is attacked for real.
