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Roberto Orci, Star Trek and Transformers Screenwriter, Dead at 51


The creator of Fringe, Sleepy Hollow, and Matador died from complications of kidney disease.

Roberto Orci, writer-producer for many film franchises like Star Trek and Transformers, died of kidney disease at the age of 51, Vulture confirms. However, Orci’s greatest collaborator throughout his career was Kurtzman; together they wrote The Legend of Zorro, Transformers, Star Trek ( 2009), The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and more. I send my heartfelt condolences to all the many people who loved him.” Joe Russo, writer of The Inheritance and Hard to Kill, remembered the late filmmaker in a post on X.

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