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Tropic Thunder is a 2008 satirical action comedy film directed by Ben Stiller, who wrote the screenplay with Justin Theroux and Etan Cohen. The film stars Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Jay Baruchel, and Brandon T. Jackson as a group of prima donna actors making a Vietnam War film. When their frustrated director (Steve Coogan) drops them in the middle of a jungle, they are forced to rely on their acting skills to survive the real action and danger. Tropic Thunder parodies many prestigious war films (specifically those based on the Vietnam War), the Hollywood studio system, and method acting. The ensemble cast includes Nick Nolte, Danny McBride, Matthew McConaughey, Bill Hader, and Tom Cruise. Stiller developed Tropic Thunder's premise during the production of Empire of the Sun in the spring of 1987, and later enlisted Theroux and Cohen to complete a script. The film was greenlit in 2006 and produced by Stuart Cornfeld, Stiller, and Eric McLeod for DreamWorks Pictures and Red Hour Productions as an international co-production between the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Filming took place in 2007 on the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi over thirteen weeks and was the largest film production in the island's history. The extensive marketing campaign included faux websites for three of the main characters and their fictional films, a fictional television special, and selling the energy drink advertised in the film, "Booty Sweat". Tropic Thunder was released in the United States on August 13, 2008 by DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures. It received generally positive reviews for its characters, story, faux trailers, and cast performances, with Downey being the most positively praised for his performance. However, the depiction of people with disabilities and the use of blackface makeup attracted controversy. The film opened at the top of the American box office and retained the number-one position for three consecutive weeks, ultimately grossing more than $195 million worldwide before its release on home media on November 18, 2008. Downey was nominated as Best Supporting Actor for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Critics' Choice Movie Award, while both he and Cruise received nominations for a Golden Globe.
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Initially, Simon Williams is a Famous Hollywood action movie star who is struggling cause fans of his rival and co-star he hate named Kingo are worried where Kingo is, Simon was frame for attacking a Kingo fan and Simon was brought to trial. Found guilty his Agent trying to prove he's innocent and his girlfriend broke up with him, and facing a prison sentence, After being freed Simon sought to revitalize his career and reputation. He entered a lab by his friend Freddy and Trevor Slattery and learns that his brother Eric the Grim Reaper who escape from prison to attack a Kingo fan, so Trevor and Freddy gives Simon powers just like Simon's superhero crush The Scarlet Witch, so he became the title character Wonder Man, Grim Reaper is attacking the city and Wonder Man comes and save the day and fight his brother Eric, after defeating him, he earns the reputation and the respect, so his career is saved.
