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
[edit]Harold's latest projects are the upcoming films Space Mountain [1] and Atlas[2] starring Jennifer Lopez, Simu Liu, and Sterling K. Brown both of which he will be producing alongside Tunnell. He is also working on Monarch: Legacy of Monsters[3] with Legendary starring Kurt Russell, Wyatt Russell, Ren Watabe, Anna Sawai, and Kiersey Clemons. Harold is developing the movie I.F. [4] with Mike Mitchell attached to direct and Tiffany Haddish set to star.
Recently, he wrote and Executive Produced the series Obi-Wan Kenobi for Disney+[5] and also worked on Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, the last 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 Zemeckis were formally circling to direct, followed by Sam Raimi, Marc Webb, and Phil Lord and Chris Miller. He co-wrote the 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 several projects including the 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 they struck a deal with Sony in 2015.[6]
He previously executive produced the WGN series Underground. Harold broke into a business in 2005, writing and directing the film Awake for The Weinstein Company, starring Hayden Christensen, Jessica Alba, Terrence Howard and Lena Olin, which Tunnell also produced.
Filmography
[edit]Films
[edit]| Year | Title | Producer | Writer | Director(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Awake | No | Yes | Himself | Directorial debut |
| 2014 | Edge of Tomorrow | Executive | No | Doug Liman | Also script revisions |
| 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 | Also script revisions |
| 2021 | Army of the Dead | No | Yes | Zack Snyder | |
| 2023 | Transformers: Rise of the Beasts | No | Yes | Steven Caple Jr. | |
| The Flash | No | Story | Andy Muschietti | ||
| 2024 | Atlas | Yes | No | Brad Peyton | |
| 2025 | Novocaine | Yes | No | Dan Berk and Robert Olsen | Filming |
Television series
[edit]| Year(s) | Title | Executive Producer |
Writer | Notes | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–2017 | Underground | Yes | No | 20 episodes | WGN America |
| 2020 | Spinning Out | Yes | No | 10 episodes | Netflix |
| 2022 | Obi-Wan Kenobi | Yes | Yes | 6 episodes | Disney+ |
| 2023–present | Monarch: Legacy of Monsters[7] | Yes | No | 10 episodes | Apple TV+ |
References
[edit]- ^ Jeff Spry (10 December 2020). "Disney's Space Mountain is going to blast off into the feature film frontier (report)". Space.com. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ^ Kroll, Justin (24 August 2022). "From Marvel Superhero To Jennifer Lopez's Adversary, Simu Liu Lands First Villain Role In Netflix's 'Atlas'; Sterling K. Brown Also Joins Cast". Deadline. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ^ Kroll, Justin (20 January 2022). "Apple TV+ Lands Godzilla & Titans Series Based On Legendary's Monsterverse". Deadline. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (26 August 2021). "Tiffany Haddish To Star In 'I.F.'; Mike Mitchell Directing Darren Lemke Imaginary Friend Family Comedy For Universal". Deadline. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ^ Otterson, Joe (2 April 2020). "Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney Plus Series Enlists Joby Harold as New Writer (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on 6 November 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ McNary, Dave (28 January 2015). "Safehouse Signs First-Look Deal With Sony, Splits With Weed Road". Variety. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ "Pachinko Star Mari Yamamoto Joins Apple's Godzilla and Titans Series". ComingSoon.net. 19 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
External links
[edit]- Joby Harold at IMDb
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