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Rhett Reese is an American
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,
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, and
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. As a screenwriter, his early credits included ''
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'' and '' Cruel Intentions 3''. He has collaborated with
Paul Wernick Paul Wernick is a Canadian television/movie screenwriter and producer. He is best known for writing the screenplays to the 2016 superhero film ''Deadpool'' and its 2018 sequel with his creative partner Rhett Reese. Career Early career Wernick h ...
, writing the films ''
Zombieland ''Zombieland'' is a 2009 American post-apocalyptic zombie comedy film directed by Ruben Fleischer in his theatrical debut and written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. The film follows a geeky college student ( Jesse Eisenberg) making his wa ...
'', '' G.I. Joe: Retaliation'', and ''
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'', as well as ''
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'' and its 2018 sequel. Together they also created the reality series ''
The Joe Schmo Show ''The Joe Schmo Show'' is a reality television hoax show created by Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese. The series was broadcast in the U.S. on the cable network Spike. The show's premise is that a target person or people are led to believe that t ...
''.


Biography

Reese grew up in
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, and one of his high school friends was the brother of
Paul Wernick Paul Wernick is a Canadian television/movie screenwriter and producer. He is best known for writing the screenplays to the 2016 superhero film ''Deadpool'' and its 2018 sequel with his creative partner Rhett Reese. Career Early career Wernick h ...
. Years later, as a budding screenwriter, Reese met Wernick again as he worked as a television producer, and one of Wernick's jobs, ''
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'', inspired both to do their own take on reality shows, ''
The Joe Schmo Show ''The Joe Schmo Show'' is a reality television hoax show created by Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese. The series was broadcast in the U.S. on the cable network Spike. The show's premise is that a target person or people are led to believe that t ...
''. Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick (DEADPOOL)
/ref> Reese lives in Los Angeles with his wife, actress, writer and producer Chelsey Crisp.


Filmography


Film


Television


References


External links

*
Podcast Interview
with Rhett Reese at Scripts & Scribes {{DEFAULTSORT:Reese, Rhett American male screenwriters American television producers American television writers Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) American male television writers