Thurber worked as an assistant to screenwriter
John August, beginning with the television show
D.C. In 2002, he wrote and directed the original
Terry Tate: Office Linebacker commercials for
Reebok. In 2004, he wrote and directed the critically and commercially successful sports comedy film
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. He wrote and directed the
film adaptation of
Michael Chabon's novel
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, released in 2008. He directed the 2013 ''
We're the Millers'', starring
Jason Sudeikis and
Jennifer Aniston. In June 2014, he was rumored to replace
Edgar Wright to direct
Marvel's
Ant-Man, but later turned the job down. He wrote and directed 2016's action-comedy
Central Intelligence with
Dwayne Johnson and
Kevin Hart. Thurber wrote and directed the 2018 action film
Skyscraper from
Legendary Pictures, reteaming with
Dwayne Johnson and released by
Universal. 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. The project was released by
Netflix. In 2021, Ubisoft announced Thurber would direct the film adaptation of its game series
The Division, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Chastain. 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. He also signed on to direct a live-action film based on the
Voltron franchise. In 2023 and 2024, he was planning to do a
Dodgeball sequel. 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. == Filmography ==