Matthew McConaughey Replaces Owen Wilson in Tropic Thunder
...And just like that, the shoot turned into one long hacky sack tournament.
A paid week in Hawaii? With a craft service table? Dude, Matthew McConaughey is so there.
The actor has stepped into the void created when Owen Wilson departed Tropic Thunder, the Ben Stiller comedy that is, according to Variety, 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."
The role, Variety notes, "amounts to an uncredited cameo," but we doubt McConaughey needs much of an incentive to take any kind of paying gig in Hawaii, particularly one whose cast includes Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., and Jack Black.
Tropic Thunder is scheduled for a 2008 release.
Source: Variety
The actor has stepped into the void created when Owen Wilson departed Tropic Thunder, the Ben Stiller comedy that is, according to Variety, 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."
The role, Variety notes, "amounts to an uncredited cameo," but we doubt McConaughey needs much of an incentive to take any kind of paying gig in Hawaii, particularly one whose cast includes Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., and Jack Black.
Tropic Thunder is scheduled for a 2008 release.
Source: Variety
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 on Sep 19 2007 06:10 AM I loved the Three Amigos:) Maybe these guys don't want to admit that they're remaking it!?! (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 19 2007 06:12 AM Or is it really the prequel to 'Galaxy Quest' ;) (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 19 2007 06:31 AM Is Owen Wilson still alive? (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 19 2007 07:00 AM Yes? (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 19 2007 08:09 AM That sucks. Owen Wilson would have been much better for this role. (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 19 2007 06:21 PM yeah the first thing that came to my mind was The Three Amigos, but what the hell...should be funny (Reply to this) |
 on Sep 19 2007 06:30 PM Black will rule in this movie. (Reply to this) |
 on Sep 19 2007 10:33 PM Black?? ruin the movie??? hmm... stupid (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 19 2007 11:11 PM if anything, owen should of stayed on to do this movie, it probly would of been therapeutic for him (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 25 2008 04:38 PM well they probably did atempt to make the movie better but i guess they stuck to2 what they had., mathew mcconahey is so hot (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 25 2008 04:39 PM well they probably did atempt to make the movie better but i guess they stuck to2 what they had., mathew mcconahey is so hot (Reply to this) |
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