Joby Harold

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Joby Harold is an English screenwriter, producer and director who runs Safehouse Pictures with his producing partner, Tory Tunnell. The company was co-founded in 2005.

Career[]

Harold's latest project is the upcoming blockbuster Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, the latest in the live action Transformers film series, for Paramount Pictures as a sequel to Bumblebee, along with a sci-fi thriller Cloaker for Warner Bros., which Safehouse Pictures is producing. Previously, he executive produced John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, after writing on John Wick: Chapter 2. He also executive produced Edge of Tomorrow for Doug Liman, starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt as well as co-writing King Arthur: Legend of the Sword starring Charlie Hunnam and Jude Law, which he and Tory Tunnell produced under their Safehouse banner. He also wrote a draft for the upcoming superhero movie The Flash, as part of the DC Extended Universe which Matthew Vaughn and Robert Zemekis were formally circling to direct, followed by Sam Raimi, Marc Webb, and Phil Lord and Chris Miller. He recently co-wrote zombie movie Army of the Dead, alongside director Zack Snyder and Shay Hatten, which was released on Netflix in May 2021.

His company Safehouse Pictures is producing a number of projects including Battle of Britain for director Ridley Scott, Liberators with Michael B. Jordan attached to star, Patricia Arquette’s directorial debut Love Canal, and the feature adaptation of Space Invaders. In television, Harold produced the female drama Spinning Out at Netflix, starring January Jones and Kaya Scodelario. She previously was a partner with Weed Road Pictures, until that in 2015 that they struck a deal with Sony.[1]

He previously executive produced the critically acclaimed WGN series Underground. Harold broke into business in 2005, writing and directing the movie Awake for The Weinstein Company, starring Hayden Christensen, Jessica Alba, Terrence Howard and Lena Olin, which Tunnell also produced.

On 2 April 2020 Variety had reported that Harold would be scripting the Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ Series.[2]

Filmography[]

Films[]

Year Title Producer Writer Director
2007 Awake No Yes Himself
2014 Edge of Tomorrow Executive No Doug Liman
2016 My Blind Brother Executive No Sophie Goodhart
2017 King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Yes Yes Guy Ritchie
2018 Robin Hood Executive No Otto Bathurst
2019 John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum Executive No Chad Stahelski
2021 Army of the Dead No Yes Zack Snyder
2022 Transformers: Rise of the Beasts No Story Steven Caple Jr.

Television series[]

Year(s) Title Executive
Producer 		Writer Notes Network
2016–17 Underground Yes No 20 episodes WGN America
2020 Spinning Out Yes No 10 episodes Netflix
2022 Obi-Wan Kenobi Yes Yes 6 episodes Disney+

References[]

  1. ^ McNary, Dave (28 January 2015). "Safehouse Signs First-Look Deal With Sony, Splits With Weed Road". Variety. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  2. ^ Otterson, Joe (2 April 2020). "Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney Plus Series Enlists Joby Harold as New Writer (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.

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