Les Grossman: Tom Cruise’s Tropic Thunder Spinoff Gets Realistic Update 17 Years Later

When Tropic Thunder was released in 2008, it broke Hollywood. Tom Cruise’s character of Les Grossman, though not pivotal to the story, became memorable for years to come.

Hot-tempered, quick to fuse, and foul-mouthed, the character became so beloved that in 2010, a spinoff was announced on Les Grossman. Although that spinoff never came to fruition, we finally received an update on its development 17 years after the release of the original film. And it’s serious.

In an interview with ComicBook, Tropic Thunder co-writer Justin Theroux revealed that the film is still in development.

This has been something that has been kicked around in theory and in reality, and there’s…