LES GROSSMAN: THE MOTION PICTURE!! Tom Cruise To Star In TROPIC THUNDER Spin-Off??

I am – Hercules!! Paramount announced Wednesday it is developing a movie that would center on Les Grossman, Tom Cruise’s foul-mouthed movie producer character from "Tropic Thunder." The movie is being produced by Cruise and Ben Stiller, from a screenplay by Michael Bacall (“Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World’). Stiller issued this statement:

“Les Grossman’s life story is an inspiring tale of the human class struggle to achieve greatness against all odds. He has assured me he plans to quote ‘F**king kill the sh*t out of this movie and make Citizen f**king Kane look like a piece of crap home movie by the time we are done.’ I am honored to be working with him.”

I saw and enjoyed “Tropic Thunder” but retained little memory of the Grossman scenes. The character was featured prominently this Sunday on the MTV Movie Awards. With the possible exception of “Losin’ It,” has Cruise ever headlined a movie as broadly comic as “Tropic Thunder”? I also wonder if Jeremy Piven may have set the bar a little too high with his Ari Gold agent character on “Entourage.” Find all of Entertainment Weekly’s story on the matter here.