Tropic Thunder is a 2008 satirical action comedy film directed by Ben Stiller. The film was green-lit in 2006 and produced by Stuart Cornfeld, Stiller, and Eric McLeod for Red Hour Productions and DreamWorks Pictures.
See also: The Magicians (Grossman novel), Hans Gruber, Stuart Cornfeld, Tom Cruise filmography, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, and Joel Silver.