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Rawson Marshall Thurber
Rawson Marshall Thurber (born February 9, 1975) is an American filmmaker and actor. He is best known for writing and directing the 2004 comedy film Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. Early lifeThurber was born in San Francisco, California.[1] He is the son of attorney Marshall Thurber.[2] He is a 1997 graduate of Union College (Schenectady, New York), where he was a member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity and played wide receiver on the football team for two years. He is also a graduate of the Peter Stark Producing Program at USC.[3] CareerThurber worked as an assistant to screenwriter John August, beginning with the television show D.C.[4] In 2002, he wrote and directed the original Terry Tate: Office Linebacker commercials for Reebok.[5] In 2004, he wrote and directed the comedy film DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story.[6] He wrote and directed the film adaptation of Michael Chabon's novel The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, released in 2008.[7] He directed the 2013 We're the Millers, starring Jason Sudeikis and Jennifer Aniston.[8] In June 2014, he was rumored to replace Edgar Wright to direct Marvel's Ant-Man, but later turned the job down.[9] He wrote and directed 2016's action-comedy Central Intelligence with Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart.[10] Thurber wrote and directed the 2018 action film Skyscraper from Legendary Pictures, reteaming with Dwayne Johnson and released by Universal.[11] He next wrote and directed Legendary's $150 million budget action comedy Red Notice (2021), starring Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot and Johnson. It is the third time he has collaborated with the latter.[12] The project was released by Netflix.[13] In 2021, Ubisoft announced Thurber would direct the film adaptation of its game series The Division, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Chastain.[14] The film will be released on Netflix. In 2022, eOne announced that Thurber will be writing and producing the pilot for upcoming TV series Dungeons & Dragons.[15] He also signed on to direct a live-action film based on the Voltron franchise.[16] In 2023 to 2024, he was planning to do the sequel of Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. He also hired Clay Tarver to write the film's screenplay. Ten years on from that development, Jordan VanDina will now write the movie's script.[17] Filmography
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