Roberto Orci, the writer and producer behind franchises like Star Trek, Hawaii Five-0 and Transformers, has died. He was 51.
Orci died in his home on Tuesday following a battle with kidney disease, his manager confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.
Orci began his career as a writer on Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys in the late 1990s.
For a time, Orci was among the hottest screenwriters in Hollywood. He and partner Alex Kurtzman had hands in multiple franchises, with the duo earning credit on J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), Michael’s Bay’s Transformers (2009) and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014). The duo were also ebtrusted to expand Sony’s Spider-Man universe on films that never came to fruition, such as Amazing Spider-Man 3 that would have starred Andrew Garfield and a Venom movie that was scrapped before Tom Hardy’s incarnation. The duo also worked on The Mummy, Now You See Me, Ender’s Game, Cowboys & Aliens, The Proposal and Mission: Impossible III.
He was among those who developed Hawaii Five-0 and was also heavily involved with Sleepy Hollow, Matador, Transformers Prime, Fringe and Alias.
Orci was born in Mexico City and moved to the United States when he was 10 years old. He is survived by his father Roberto Orci Sr., mother Macuqui Robau-Garcia, siblings J.R Orci, Taylor Orci, and Courtney Ford.
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