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
Film Year Producer Writer Director Notes
Awake 2007 No Yes Himself Directorial debut
Edge of Tomorrow 2014 Executive No Doug Liman
My Blind Brother 2016 Executive No Sophie Goodhart
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword 2017 Yes Yes Guy Ritchie
Robin Hood 2018 Executive No Otto Bathurst
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum 2019 Executive No Chad Stahelski
Army of the Dead 2021 No Yes Zack Snyder Release for Netflix; post-production
Bumblebee sequel TBA No Yes TBA Announced
Untitled I Am Legend Reboot Yes No TBA
Untitled Jennifer Aniston/Sophie Goodhart Project Yes No Sophie Goodhart
Count Yes No William Eubank

Television and web series
Title Year(s) Executive
Producer		 Writer Notes
Underground 2016-2017 Yes No 20 episodes
Spinning Out 2020 Yes No 10 episodes
Untitled Star Wars/Obi-Wan Kenobi Series 2022 No Yes Announced (6 episodes)

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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