---
name: "Rhett Reese"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rhett-reese"
fi1m_id: "rhett-reese"
imdb_id: "nm1014201"
tmdb_id: 7932
wikidata_id: "Q7320469"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "1 January 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 58
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-05T14:28:06.524351+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Rhett Reese

## Identity

Rhett Reese

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rhett-reese
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rhett-reese
- **IMDb ID:** nm1014201
- **TMDB ID:** 7932
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7320469
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhett_Reese, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7320469, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1014201/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7932

Writer and producer. Born 1 January 1975 in Brockton, Massachusetts, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1975, Brockton, Massachusetts, USA
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Also known as:** Everett D. Reese II, رت ریس
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 9: 2 acting, 7 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [Paul Wernick](https://film.one/person/paul-wernick.md), [Ryan Reynolds](https://film.one/person/ryan-reynolds.md), [Jesse Eisenberg](https://film.one/person/jesse-eisenberg.md), [Lauren Shuler Donner](https://film.one/person/lauren-shuler-donner.md), [Morena Baccarin](https://film.one/person/morena-baccarin.md), [Ruben Fleischer](https://film.one/person/ruben-fleischer.md), [Simon Kinberg](https://film.one/person/simon-kinberg.md), [Abigail Breslin](https://film.one/person/abigail-breslin.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 58, as writer, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 78 (1), 2010s 59 (5), 2020s 52 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 58 to 57 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 4 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 5, Action 4, Adventure 3, Horror 2, Science Fiction 2, Thriller 2
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,962m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhett_Reese, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7320469, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1014201/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7932

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Deadpool*](https://film.one/film/deadpool.md) (74), [*Deadpool 2*](https://film.one/film/deadpool-2.md) (72), [*Deadpool & Wolverine*](https://film.one/film/deadpool-and-wolverine.md) (60)
- **HBO Max:** [*Zombieland*](https://film.one/film/zombieland.md) (78), [*Zombieland: Double Tap*](https://film.one/film/zombieland-double-tap.md) (52)
- **Apple TV:** [*Now You See Me: Now You Don't*](https://film.one/film/now-you-see-me-now-you-dont.md) (57), [*G.I. Joe: Retaliation*](https://film.one/film/g-i-joe-retaliation.md) (48)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Balls Up*](https://film.one/film/balls-up.md) (40)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Rhett Reese is an American screenwriter and producer. He has frequently collaborated with Paul Wernick on screenplays including *Zombieland* (2009), *G.I. Joe: Retaliation* (2013), *Life* (2017), *Deadpool* (2016), *Deadpool 2* (2018) and *Deadpool & Wolverine* (2024). Together they created the reality series *The Joe Schmo Show*.

Reese grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, and attended Stanford University. His early film credits include *Clifford's Really Big Movie* (2004) and *Cruel Intentions 3* (2004). He has also written *6 Underground* (2019), *Ghosted* (2023) and the screenplay for *Now You See Me: Now You Don't* (2025).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (9)

### Performed in (2)

- *Deadpool 2* (2018), Fi1m 72, as News Helicopter Pilot — [page](https://film.one/film/deadpool-2.md)
- *Once Upon a Deadpool* (2018), Fi1m 50, as News Helicopter Pilot — [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-deadpool.md)

### Wrote (7) — the average rests on these

- *Balls Up* (2026), Fi1m 40, Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/balls-up.md)
- *Now You See Me: Now You Don't* (2025), Fi1m 57, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/now-you-see-me-now-you-dont.md)
- *Deadpool & Wolverine* (2024), Fi1m 60, Writer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/deadpool-and-wolverine.md)
- *Zombieland: Double Tap* (2019), Fi1m 52, Screenplay, Executive Producer, Characters — [page](https://film.one/film/zombieland-double-tap.md)
- *Deadpool* (2016), Fi1m 74, Writer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/deadpool.md)
- *G.I. Joe: Retaliation* (2013), Fi1m 48, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/g-i-joe-retaliation.md)
- *Zombieland* (2009), Fi1m 78, as Tuxedo Guy with AK-47 (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/zombieland.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Balls Up* (2026), Producer, Writer — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/balls-up.md)
- *Now You See Me: Now You Don't* (2025), Screenplay — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/now-you-see-me-now-you-dont.md)
- *Eenie Meanie* (2025), Producer
- *BULLDOZER* (2025), series, Executive Producer
- *The Joe Schmo Show* (2025), series, Creator
- *Deadpool & Wolverine* (2024), Writer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/deadpool-and-wolverine.md)
- *The Continental: From the World of John Wick* (2023), series, Executive Producer
- *Twisted Metal* (2023), series, Executive Producer, Story, Creator
- *Ghosted* (2023), Producer, Screenplay, Story
- *Spiderhead* (2022), Screenplay, Producer
- *6 Underground* (2019), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Zombieland: Double Tap* (2019), Screenplay, Executive Producer, Characters — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/zombieland-double-tap.md)
- *Once Upon a Deadpool* (2018), News Helicopter Pilot, Writer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-deadpool.md)
- *Deadpool 2* (2018), News Helicopter Pilot, Writer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/deadpool-2.md)
- *Life* (2017), Writer
- *Deadpool: No Good Deed* (2017), Writer
- *Deadpool* (2016), Writer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/deadpool.md)
- *Zombieland* (2013), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *G.I. Joe: Retaliation* (2013), Writer — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/g-i-joe-retaliation.md)
- *Zombieland* (2009), as Tuxedo Guy with AK-47 (uncredited) · Executive Producer, Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/zombieland.md)
- *Tarzan II* (2005), as Additional Writing
- *Cruel Intentions 3* (2004), Writer
- *Clifford's Really Big Movie* (2004), Screenplay
- *Monsters, Inc.* (2001), as Additional Writing — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/monsters-inc.md)
- *Split Fiction*, Writer

## Gallery

- ![Rhett Reese, executive producer, at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for the movie Bulldozer. (2022)](https://film.one/media/person/7707/gallery-cdd4fa419a2a.jpg) Rhett Reese, executive producer, at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for the movie Bulldozer. (2022) — Adam Chitayat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Rhett_Reese_at_the_2025_Sundance_Film_Festival_01.jpg/1280px-Rhett_Reese_at_the_2025_Sundance_Film_Festival_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rhett Reese, executive producer, at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for the movie Bulldozer. (2022)](https://film.one/media/person/7707/gallery-e70fa4d446d8.jpg) Rhett Reese, executive producer, at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for the movie Bulldozer. (2022) — Adam Chitayat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Rhett_Reese_at_the_2025_Sundance_Film_Festival_02.jpg/1280px-Rhett_Reese_at_the_2025_Sundance_Film_Festival_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rhett Reese](https://film.one/media/person/7707/gallery-3cb1b14abd66.jpg) Rhett Reese — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Rhett_Reese_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Rhett_Reese_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rhett Reese](https://film.one/media/person/7707/gallery-b866ea3cbc86.jpg) Rhett Reese — Image via TMDB
- ![Rhett Reese](https://film.one/media/person/7707/gallery-9fa3f7d491c0.jpg) Rhett Reese — Image via TMDB

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