First look: 'Tropic Thunder' with Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black

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I just received the following first-look photo and description from “Tropic Thunder”. Click the image below for a full-size version (or click here).

(Front to back) In the action comedy “Tropic Thunder,” a group of actors shooting a war movie is led by Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller), a pampered action superstar, Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.), an over-the-top Australian-born method actor who has gone to extremes to get into character, and Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black), a gross-out comedy star. DreamWorks Pictures Presents A Red Hour Production A Ben Stiller Film “Tropic Thunder” starring Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Brandon T. Jackson, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Steve Coogan, Bill Hader and Nick Nolte. The film is directed by Ben Stiller from a screenplay by Ben Stiller & Justin Theroux and Etan Cohen based on a story by Ben Stiller & Justin Theroux. The producers are Ben Stiller, Stuart Cornfeld and Eric McLeod. This film is not yet rated.

Photo Credit: Merie Weismiller Wallace