Ben Stiller isn't sure he would have "ventured" to make "Tropic Thunder" in today's comedy environment. "I doubt it," Stiller told Collider, when asked if "Tropic Thunder" could be made today.

The 2008 satirical comedy starred Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black, Jay Baruchel and Brandon T. Jackson. By Carly Thomas Associate Editor The actor-director-producer recently explained to ...

Elon Musk slammed Ben Stiller after the Emmy winner shared his doubts about the possibility of “Tropic Thunder” being made in 2024. “Damn he went full r—d 🤣🤣,” the Tesla CEO captioned a repost of a ...

Christopher McQuarrie, the co-writer and director of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, revealed during a new interview that Tom Cruise is “very serious” about a Les Grossman movie. Portrayed ...

Robert Downey Jr.’s role in Tropic Thunder remains one of the most talked-about performances in modern comedy. In the 2008 film, Downey plays a method actor named Kirk Lazarus, an Australian who ...

The 2008 satirical film starred Robert Downey Jr. as a Method actor who dons blackface to play a Vietnam War soldier. “I think even at the time we were fortunate to get it made, and I credit that, ...

Stiller let slip about his Cruise chat during promotion for ‘Severance’ season two. Tropic Thunder director and star Ben Stiller dropped an update on a potential spinoff with the movie’s infamous Les ...

Tom Cruise played explosive Hollywood exec Les Grossman in the 2008 comedy 'Tropic Thunder,' directed by Ben Stiller Sharareh Drury is a writer on the Movies team at PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2025 ...

Ben Stiller opened up about how drastically different two comedies, ‘Zoolander’ and ‘Tropic Thunder’, would have panned out if he tried to get them made today. Ben Stiller says 2000s comedies like ...

Tom Cruise is without a doubt one of the biggest movie stars on the planet. Starring in action packed roles like Mission Impossible, it's hard to see Tom Cruise slide into other genres. Though his ...

In August 2008, Ben Stiller’s Tropic Thunder ignited the box office… and stoked serious controversy. The showbiz send-up follows a ragtag group of narcissistic, often drug-addled actors (Stiller, Jack ...