Roberto Orci, one of the most prolific and successful Hollywood writers and creators in recent memory, died Tuesday from kidney failure. He was 51 years old.
Orci is best known for his work with fellow writer and creator Alex Kurtzman. Together, the pair wrote and produced a slew of massive hits such as Mission Impossible III, Star Trek, Transformers, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and more. There really was a time when anything the pair touched turned to gold and two of the best words you could hear in Hollywood were “Kurtzman and Orci.”
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