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'''Roberto Orci''' is an American film and television producer and screenwriter. Together with his friend and writing partner [[Alex Kurtzman]], he has written several high-profile motion pictures recently, including ''The Island'' (which was directed by [[Michael Bay]]), as well as J.J Abrams' ''Mission Impossible 3'' and the critically-acclaimed 2009 ''Star Trek'' movie. | '''Roberto Orci''' is an American film and television producer and screenwriter. Together with his friend and writing partner [[Alex Kurtzman]], he has written several high-profile motion pictures recently, including ''The Island'' (which was directed by [[Michael Bay]]), as well as J.J Abrams' ''Mission Impossible 3'' and the critically-acclaimed 2009 ''Star Trek'' movie. | ||
{{quote|You've got to really look at it and see what's going to translate to the storytelling that's relevant now and what has to be sacrificed. Sometimes it's hard to know, so it's important to be disciplined about it. You can't rely on the history of the franchise to engender goodwill—you've got to win the goodwill as if the franchise has never been seen before.|Roberto Orci [http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/features/movies/e3iecfa450e38f03b77320a92c99890ed5a on reworking ''Transformers'' into a mainstream success]}} | {{quote|You've got to really look at it and see what's going to translate to the storytelling that's relevant now and what has to be sacrificed. Sometimes it's hard to know, so it's important to be disciplined about it. You can't rely on the history of the franchise to engender goodwill—you've got to win the goodwill as if the franchise has never been seen before.|Roberto Orci [http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/features/movies/e3iecfa450e38f03b77320a92c99890ed5a on reworking ''Transformers'' into a mainstream success]}} | ||
==Credits== | |||
===Writer=== | ===Writer=== | ||
* [[Transformers ( | * [[Transformers (film)|''Transformers'']] (together with Alex Kurtzman) | ||
* [[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'']] (together with Kurtzman and [[Ehren Kruger]]) | * [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'']] (together with Kurtzman and [[Ehren Kruger]]) | ||
===Executive producer=== | ===Executive producer=== | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
* Before the release of the movie, Roberto regularly posted on the [http://boards.transformersmovie.com/showthread.php?t=4930 Official Transformers Movie forum], answering the questions of fans as best he could. His writing partner Alex Kurtzman occasionally chimed in, though not to the extent of Orci's messages. However, | * Before the release of the first movie, Roberto regularly posted on the [http://boards.transformersmovie.com/showthread.php?t=4930 Official Transformers Movie forum], answering the questions of fans as best he could. His writing partner Alex Kurtzman occasionally chimed in, though not to the extent of Orci's messages. However, following the release of the movie, Roberto returned to answer questions before the pair left to move onto the ''Star Trek'' franchise. Orci also regularly answered fan questions at the [http://www.donmurphy.net/board/showthread.php?t=22635 official message board] of movie producer [[Don Murphy]] and at [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showthread.php?t=180451 TFW2005], eventually leaving TFW2005 in July 2009. | ||
* "Orci" is pronounced "Or-See", not "Or-Key". | * "Orci" is pronounced "Or-See", not "Or-Key". | ||
Revision as of 11:12, 22 June 2012
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Roberto Orci is an American film and television producer and screenwriter. Together with his friend and writing partner Alex Kurtzman, he has written several high-profile motion pictures recently, including The Island (which was directed by Michael Bay), as well as J.J Abrams' Mission Impossible 3 and the critically-acclaimed 2009 Star Trek movie.
You've got to really look at it and see what's going to translate to the storytelling that's relevant now and what has to be sacrificed. Sometimes it's hard to know, so it's important to be disciplined about it. You can't rely on the history of the franchise to engender goodwill—you've got to win the goodwill as if the franchise has never been seen before.Roberto Orci on reworking Transformers into a mainstream success
Credits
Writer
- Transformers (together with Alex Kurtzman)
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (together with Kurtzman and Ehren Kruger)
Executive producer
Fiction
Titan Magazines
His work on Bay's documentaries (or "propaganda" as the Decepticons call them) have made him a marked man. #1's Law and Disorder
Notes
- Before the release of the first movie, Roberto regularly posted on the Official Transformers Movie forum, answering the questions of fans as best he could. His writing partner Alex Kurtzman occasionally chimed in, though not to the extent of Orci's messages. However, following the release of the movie, Roberto returned to answer questions before the pair left to move onto the Star Trek franchise. Orci also regularly answered fan questions at the official message board of movie producer Don Murphy and at TFW2005, eventually leaving TFW2005 in July 2009.
- "Orci" is pronounced "Or-See", not "Or-Key".
