Josh Brolin And Peter Dinklage Are ‘Brothers’ In New Comedy From ‘Tropic Thunder’ Writer
Remember when Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito played brothers in the 1988 comedyTwins? Well, we’re about to see that comedy formula put to the test again with a new comedy calledBrothersat Legendary Entertainment. The film will seeAvengers: Infinity Warco-starsJosh BrolinandPeter Dinklageplaying a pair of unlikely siblings.
The Hollywood Reporterhas news on this film, which has just been picked up in a bidding war by Legendary Entertainment. Not only are Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage attached to star in the movie, but they’ll each be producing via their their respective Brolin Productions and Estuary Films production banners along withAmerican SniperproducerAndrew Lazarand Mad Chance. However, beyond the two stars playing each other’s brother, we don’t have any story details.
Even so, just the idea of Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage playing brothers is hilarious. And then there’sTropic ThunderwriterEtan Cohenpenning the script. However, that could potentially be bad news because Etan Cohen also wrote the mediocreGet Hardstarring Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart. Even worse, he was also the writer and director ofHolmes and Watson, which wasnamed the worst movie of 2018by the Razzies and regarded withthe same level of respect by most criticsand audiences. ButTropic Thunderis one of those comedies that’s so good we can almost overlook some missteps here and there.
Josh Brolin doesn’t typically go for comedies when it comes to his big screen roles. While Brolin has appeared in funny movies likeInherent Vice, Men in Black 3, Hail CaesarandDeadpool 2, he’s not necessarily explicitly funny in them. He certainly gets laughs in those roles, but the characters he plays are comedic in their seriousness or follies rather than being straight up hilarious. Still, Brolin did make for quite the good host when he appeared onSaturday Night Liveback in 2013:
Meanwhile, Peter Dinklage has much more experience with big comedies. Not only does he have a memorable role inElf, but he’s also appeared inThe Boss, Pixels, Knights of Badassdom, both versions ofDeath at a Funeraland an episode of30 Rockwhere he briefly becomes a romantic interest for Tina Fey. And again, he wasalsoa great host onSNL, especially when it came to this odd but hilarious sketch:
We’re certainly interested to see what these two can do together in a comedy. But there is a concern that the movie doesn’t feature a seasoned comedian in one of the two lead roles. As we’ve seen with films likeBaywatch, it’s difficult to make a great comedy when you only have stars who have been occasionally funny in movies rather than being known especially for their comedic skills. Here’s hoping that Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage can pull it off.
