Principal photography for the movie Tropic Thunder starts.
Tropic Thunder is released in theaters across the United States.
The movie Tropic Thunder is released on DVD and Blu-ray.
The actors and crew begin shooting the war movie "Tropic Thunder" in a dense jungle setting.
The main cast enters the jungle to shoot intense war scenes, including Robert Downey Jr.'s character going undercover as a different ethnicity.
The actors wander off-set, losing contact with the crew and becoming stranded deep in the jungle during filming.
The actors mistakenly get involved with a local drug gang who believe they are real soldiers, leading to dangerous encounters.
An attempted rescue mission by the film's producer fails, putting the actors in even more peril.
Despite their differences, the actors band together to fight off the drug gang and survive.
The actors start filming their own footage surviving real combat, which is potentially usable for the movie.
The production crew finally locates the missing actors and prepares a real rescue operation.
The actors are rescued safely and return to the film set to complete shooting, now with real combat footage.
Filming of "Tropic Thunder" concludes with the actors completing the movie.
