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August 5, 2004 — Dax Shepard told SCI FI Wire that he has just landed a role in Zathura, Jon Favreau's upcoming SF follow-up to 1995's fantasy movie Jumanji. Shepard will play an astronaut in the movie, about a board game that blasts a house and its occupants into space. 'I'll be the only adult in it besides Tim Robbins,' Shepard said in an interview.

Shepard added that he landed the role because of his ability to improvise in the audition. 1Jon Favreau ... loves improv, so he'll read with you and just throw you curve balls and see what you do with it,' he said.

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