British film director and screenwriter
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.
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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.
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