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Matthew McConaughey Replaces Owen Wilson in Tropic Thunder
...And just like that, the shoot turned into one long hacky sack tournament.
by Jeff Giles | September 19, 2007
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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

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Comments (1-11 of 11 posts) | Reply
nav123
nav123 writes:
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!?!


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nav123
nav123 writes:
on Sep 19 2007 06:12 AM

Or is it really the prequel to 'Galaxy Quest' ;)

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GravitaZ
GravitaZ writes:
on Sep 19 2007 06:31 AM

Is Owen Wilson still alive?

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MMacKK
MMacKK writes:
on Sep 19 2007 07:00 AM

Yes?

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selke99
selke99 writes:
on Sep 19 2007 08:09 AM

That sucks. Owen Wilson would have been much better for this role.

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n_cruz69
n_cruz69 writes:
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

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MC.
MC. writes:
on Sep 19 2007 06:30 PM

Black will rule in this movie.

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bobtom
bobtom writes:
on Sep 19 2007 10:33 PM

Black?? ruin the movie??? hmm... stupid

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screwhead100
screwhead100 writes:
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

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tabbyta
tabbyta writes:
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

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tabbyta
tabbyta writes:
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

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