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
Year(s) Title Producer Screenwriter Director(s) Notes
2007 Awake No Yes Himself Directorial debut
2014 Edge of Tomorrow Executive No Doug Liman
2016 My Blind Brother Executive No Sophie Goodhart
2016-17 Underground Executive No Anthony Hemingway
Romeo Tirone
Kate Woods
Tim Hunter
Greg Yaitanes
Salli Richardson
Christopher Meloni
Lawrence Trilling		 Television series (20 episodes)
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
2020 Spinning Out Executive No Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum
Matt Hastings
Norma Bailey
Jon Amiel		 Television series (10 episodes)
2021 Army of the Dead No Yes Zack Snyder
2022 Untitled Star Wars/Obi-Wan Kenobi Series TBA Yes Deborah Chow Television series (6 episodes)
Untitled Bumblebee Universe installment No Yes TBA
TBA Count Yes No William Eubank
Untitled Jennifer Aniston/Sophie Goodhart Project Yes No Sophie Goodhart
Untitled I Am Legend Reboot Yes No TBA

References
  1. 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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