British film director and screenwriter
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'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
Films
Television series
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