{"id":851,"date":"2025-02-26T05:41:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T06:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pilotshopworld.com\/?p=851"},"modified":"2025-02-26T18:37:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T18:37:40","slug":"star-trek-and-transformers-producer-roberto-orci-dies-aged-51","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/26\/star-trek-and-transformers-producer-roberto-orci-dies-aged-51\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Trek and Transformers producer Roberto Orci dies aged 51"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Roberto Orci worked on hit films including Mission: Impossible III before his death (Picture: MediaPunch \/ BACKGRID)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hollywood producer Robert Orci, who was behind the Transformers films and Star Trek<\/a> reboots, has died aged 51.<\/p>\n

Orci died on Tuesday at his LA home from kidney disease, Variety<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n

The Mexican-American screenwriter began his career in TV with longtime collaborator and school<\/a> friend Alex Kurtzman on shows such as Xena: Warrior Princess before working with JJ Abrams on Fringe.<\/p>\n

Orci and Kurtzman then continued their professional relationship with Abrams on Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness and Mission: Impossible III.<\/p>\n

They also worked with Michael Bay on the Transformers franchise after producing The Island with the director.<\/p>\n

Orci and Kurtzman’s other projects include TV show Sleepy Hollow and romcom The Proposal, which stars Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock.<\/p>\n

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Orci worked on the Transformers franchise (Picture: THA\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In 2010, they developed the reboot of procedural Hawaii Five-O, which ran for over 200 episodes.<\/p>\n

Orci’s credits also include The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Now You See Me, The Mummy and The Legend of Zorro.<\/p>\n

Throughout his career, he achieved many accolades including being one of The Hollywood Reporter’s 50 most powerful Latinos in Hollywood.<\/p>\n

In 2020, Orci married Hail, Caesar! actor and screenwriter Adele Heather Taylor.<\/p>\n

In August, she filed a lawsuit against Orci accusing him of physical and sexual abuse. In it, she also alleged he was a violent alcoholic.<\/p>\n

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In 2010, Orci spearheaded the reboot of Hawaii Five-O (Picture: Karen Neal\/CBS via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was a response to a suit Orci had filed in June in which he alleged she had assaulted him and manipulated him for financial gain while he battled alcoholism.<\/p>\n

Orci’s spokesperson Salle Hofmesiter told Variety at the time: ‘Ms. Taylor\u2019s counterclaim is an attempt to retaliate against her husband with fabricated allegations after he got a restraining order against her, filed for divorce, and sued her in June for assault, battery, and financially abusing him when he was vulnerable and trying to get treatment for alcoholism.’<\/p>\n

Orci was previously married to actor Melissa Blake but she filed for divorce in 2016. It was eventually settled in 2020.<\/p>\n

Born in Mexico City to a Mexican father and Cuban mother, Orci spent his childhood in Mexico before moving to the US at the age of ten.<\/p>\n

He met Kurtzman when both were 17-year-old students at Crossroads, a private school in Santa Monica, California.<\/p>\n

Orci studied at the University of Texas at Austin before pursuing a career in film and TV.<\/p>\n

He is survived by his parents, Macuqui Robau-Garcia and Roberto Orci Sr, his stepmother, Jeanine Orci and his three siblings, Courtney Ford, JR Orci and Taylor Orci.<\/p>\n

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Roberto Orci worked on hit films including Mission: Impossible III before his death (Picture: MediaPunch \/ BACKGRID) Hollywood producer Robert Orci, who was behind the Transformers films and Star Trek<\/p>\n

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