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This episode takes us behind the scenes of director Ross and Marshall Thurber's new action drama, Skyscraper.

Retieming with his central intelligence star Dwayne Johnson,

Mr. Thurber's film tells the story of Will Sawyer,

a former FBI hostage rescue team leader and U.S. war veteran, who now assesses security for

skyscrapers. When the tallest building in the world is set ablaze, Will finds himself

framed for the crime of arson. Now he must use all his skills to both clear his name and rescue his family who are trapped

inside the burning structure.

In addition to skyscraper and central intelligence, Mr. Thurber's credits also include the feature

film's Dodgeball, A True Underdog Story, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, and We're the Millers,

the pilot episode of the series

Ryan Hansen solves crimes on television, and episodes of the series The Loop and Marry Me.

Following a recent screening of the film at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles, Mr. Thurber spoke

a director Joe Carnahan about filming skyscraper.

During their discussion, Mr. Thurber talks about how he convinced Dwayne Johnson to be in the movie,

navigating the summertime blockbuster landscape as a writer-director, and the opportunities opened up by setting the film in Hong Kong.

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