Joby Harold
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 is currently writing the latest installment in the Transformers (film series) franchise AKA the sequel to Bumblebee for Paramount Pictures, 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. Harold wrote a draft of The Flash which Matthew Vaughn and Robert Zemekis were formally circling to direct, and he co-wrote Army of the Dead for Zack Snyder which is now being made into a feature film for Netflix.
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.
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.[1]
Filmography
Films
| Year | Title | Producer | Writer | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Awake | No | Yes | Himself | Directorial debut |
| 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 | Direct-to-streaming |
| 2022 | Transformers: Beast Alliance | No | Yes co written by James Vanderbilt | Steven Caple Jr. | |
| TBA | Count | Yes | No | William Eubank | |
| Battle of Britain | Yes | No | Ridey Scott | ||
| Love Canal | Yes | No | Patricia Arquette | ||
| The Expansion Project | Yes | No | Brad Peyton | ||
| Cloaker | Yes | Yes | TBA | ||
| Space Invaders | Yes | No | TBA | ||
| The Liberators | Yes | No | TBA | ||
| Untitled I Am Legend Reboot | Yes | No | TBA | ||
| Untitled Jennifer Aniston/Sophie Goodhart Project | Yes | No | Sophie Goodhart | ||
| Space Mountain | Yes | Yes | TBA |
Television and web series
| Year(s) | Title | Executive Producer |
Writer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | Underground | Yes | No | 20 episodes |
| 2020 | Spinning Out | Yes | No | 10 episodes |
| 2022 | Obi-Wan Kenobi | TBA | Yes | 6 episodes |
References
- 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.
