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In the News (Wed 15 Feb 12)

  
  legend of force multiplication
Roberto Orci: For me, it's about a marriage and a family, and the minute you have that, and then all the iconography and history of a franchise like Zorro, and a story that stands on its own -- that's a great opportunity.
Roberto Orci: I think the first [movie] set an interesting tone in that it's a story of avenging the deaths of people close to Zorro, but it's a also a very funny movie.
Roberto Orci: The first spec we sold was an action thriller and pretty much, our experience has been, when you break in with a certain kind of script, that's what tends to come your way in terms of projects.
www.wga.org /subpage.aspx?id=1344   (1495 words)

  
 SCI FI WIRE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Former Alias writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, who have written the script for the upcoming third Mission: Impossible movie for star-producer Tom Cruise and director J.J. Abrams, told SCI FI Wire that production on the film is imminent.
Kurtzman and Orci said they have not written a role for Cruise's real-life fiancee, actress Katie Holmes, despite speculation that she might appear in the movie.
Orci added, "We'll probably see her on Wednesday." Mission: Impossible III is eyeing a 2006 release.
www.scifi.com /scifiwire/handheld/31570.html   (301 words)

  
 Variety.com - DreamWorks duet
Kurtzman and Orci served the same function on "The Legend of Zorro," doing a rewrite of the Martin CampbellMartin Campbell-directed sequel Antonio BanderasAntonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-JonesCatherine Zeta-Jones are now filming in Mexico.
Their featurefeature momentum is sudden, but Kurtzman and Orci have been working toward feature careers since they met at a Santa Monica high school and began writing scripts together at age 15.
Orci said they will apply the producing lessons they learned from their TV series stints and will jump aboard any project DreamWorks gives them, as well as bringing in their own supply of material.
www.variety.com /article/VR1117911951?categoryid=1238&cs=1   (410 words)

  
 Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
They were brought in to fill the gap left by the departure of Steve Sears and RJ Stewart`s increased focus on Cleopatra 2525 at the start of XENA`s 5th season, however, the experiment did not seem to work.
Kurtzman and Orci were not just writers, but part of the production team, and they took a lot of the criticism from fans about some of the low points of S5, chief of which was 'Married With Fishsticks'.
After leaving Pacific Renaissance, Kurtzman and Orci achieved considerable success as writers and producers on the hit show Alias starring Jennifer Garner.
www.xenaville.com /cast/orci.html   (185 words)

  
 Variety.com - 'Alias' pair spy ABC pact
Orci and Kurtzman-Counter, who are repped by BWCS, describe the project as "The French Connection" meets "thirtysomething."
Orci and Kurtzman-Counter joined "Alias" at the show's start, beginning as supervising producers before rising in the ranks to co-exec producers and now exec producers.
The duo are in the midst of a one-year overall deal at Touchstone, with an option for a second year.
www.variety.com /article/VR1117892181?categoryid=1236&cs=1   (488 words)

  
 CybertronCinema.net mobile edition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Roberto Orci recently mentioned that we’re likely to get more than five Decepticons, and there is absolutely no guarantee that Bumblebee is going to be a VW Bug again, new or vintage.
Seibertron made a post mentioning that Roberto Orci once again made a post to Don Murphy’s message board.
According to Seibertron.com, apparently someone registered at Don Murphy’s message board claiming to be Roberto Orci, one of the two writers currently on the Transformers film.
www.cybertroncinema.net /ccn/wp-mobile.php   (5044 words)

  
 FilmStew.com • Alias Scribes Accept Mission   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci reteam with Alias creator J.J. Abrams for a new Mission.
J.J. Abrams has reteamed with fellow Alias writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci to work out the bugs on the script of the troubled Mission: Impossible 3 project.
In addition to Alias, Kurtzman's and Orci have written feature films as well, including The Island for Michael Bay, Legend of Zorro for Columbia Pictures and Tell No One.
www.filmstew.com /Content/Article.asp?ContentID=9712   (194 words)

  
 Latino Review
Our own Jeff Wilser got a chance to catch up with star Djimon Hounsou along with Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orcithe writers of the upcoming Michael Bay sci-fi flick THE ISLAND while doing their press rounds for the film here in NYC, in which they spoke briefly about their upcoming projects.
The writers of "The Island," Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, are currently working on the script for "Transformers," which will be directed by Michael Bay and produced by Steven Spielberg.
The Legend of Zorro - According to (again) writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, when the sequel begins, Zorro is domesticated.
www.latinoreview.com /interviews/gladiator2-transformers-zorro2.html   (467 words)

  
 The Evil Puppet Masters - Alex Kurtzman
Bob Orci and Alex Kurtzman were interviewed on the red carpet at the premiere of The Legend of Zorro.
Bob Orci and Alex Kurtzman give an update regarding the next movie they are writing, the live action screen version of The Transformers.
The script is being written by former Alias and current Mission: Impossible 3 scribes Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci.
evilpuppetmasters.com /index.php?cat=73   (588 words)

  
 Printer Friendly Version   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
(Pic's original script was by John Rogers.) Kurtzman and Orci built on the idea and pitched it to Bay, whom they worked with on DreamWorks' upcoming summer actioner "The Island," and he sparked to it.
Kurtzman and Orci are expected to turn in a script within a month, at which point DreamWorks is hoping to lock in Bay.
The Transformers are divided into two groups of robots, one led by Optimus Prime, which believes in tolerance and the sanctity of life, the other by Megatron, which espouses survival of the fittest and the extermination of biological life.
www.mtmte.com /news/print.php?id=1112898420&archive=   (467 words)

  
 Roberto Orci   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Discuss this person with other users on IMDb message board for Roberto Orci
Find where Roberto Orci is credited alongside another name
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www.imdb.com /name/nm0649460   (129 words)

  
 Hispanic Media Soars   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Two-thirds of the U.S. Hispanic population prefer Spanish, according to Orci's research, a proportion that hasn't budged in the past decade.
If these people, as Orci says, are not abandoning their Spanish culture and language, then they are not acculturating.
So, Orci is an idiot, does not have a firm grasp of the English language, or is deliberately lying about what is going on.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/699029/posts   (2099 words)

  
 JD Roberto Movies & Movie News!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Below is a complete list of all of the JD Roberto movies alphabetically that we have in our database.
Transformers Writers Found : According to Yahoo Movies, Scribes Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci have been tapped to write the DreamWorks/Paramount live-action adaptation of "The Transformers." TRANSFORMERS MORE THAT...
Alias Writers working on Mission Impossible 3 Movie Script : J.J. Abrams is bringing his old friends, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, on board to script his major motion picture debut, "M:I-3".
www.moviesonline.ca /events/celeb-JD-Roberto.htm   (188 words)

  
 The Allspark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Don Murphy says here on his message board that he's read the draft of the Transformers movie script by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci.
The Hollywod Reporter states "Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci have been tapped to write the DreamWorks/Paramount live-action adaptation of The Transformers." Steven Spielberg will act as executive producer.
Kutzman and Orci have done the scripts for the Goonies II, the Alias TV series, Legend of Zorro and Mission: Impossible 3.
www.theallspark.net /modules.php?name=News&new_topic=35   (2085 words)

  
 Arriba/Abajo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Roberto Orcí is leaving La Agencia, the Hispanic shop he has helped grow - with brother Héctor and his wife Norma - into one of the largest in the U.S. His departure "to pursue personal and business goals," announced by CEO Héctor Orcí on Friday, is set for June.
Mildred Díaz has been promoted to general sales manager at New York-based Hoy, from director of classified and retail sales.
Rolando Santos, president of CNN en Español, has been appointed general manager of CNN Headline News.
www.hmweekly.com /issues/6_9/arriba_abajo   (85 words)

  
 CybertronCinema.net » A little more from Kurtzman and Orci.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
SciFi Channel's news site Sci Fi Wire got a short interview with Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, the writing team that are doing rewrites to John Roger's script for Transformers.
Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, the team that co-wrote The Island for Michael Bay, told SCI FI Wire they're now facing the challenge of putting the Transformer toys on the big screen for what might be Bay's next project.
The screenwriting team, who also wrote for TV's Alias, is developing characters and personalities for the toys that turn into all sorts of other things, including unifying into a giant robot.
www.cybertroncinema.net /ccn?p=225&more=1   (452 words)

  
 Transformers, The - Comics2Film
Synopsis: Scribes Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci have been tapped to write the DreamWorks/Paramount live-action adaptation of "The Transformers." Steven Spielberg is executive producing the film, based on the 1980s Hasbro toy line...
Synopsis: In a posting at his Kung Fu Monkey blog, screenwriter John Rogers advised readers that, having turned in his revised first draft, he is no longer working on the 'Transformers' movie but didn't rule out a return for a script polish down the line.
IGN FilmForce can now exclusively report who the new 'Transformers' screenwriters are: Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman.
www.comics2film.com /ProjectFrame.php?f_id=385&f_page=3   (680 words)

  
 The Daily Haggis - No News, Just Haggis » How High: The TV Series
Fox is rapping the holidays with an early pickup of a comedy starring Method Man and Redman from writer Kell Cahoon and Regency TV.
The good times are rolling for the twosome, who wreak havoc upon the neighborhood until Method Man’s mom moves in with them and straightens things up.
hey, this may not be the comment that anyone was looking for, but i seem to have bummped into the actual second draft of the “secret service” by Alex Kurtzman-Counter and Roberto Orci, inside of the back pocket of an air-plane seat on southwest airlines.
www.dailyhaggis.com /index.php/2003/12/22/how-high-the-tv-series   (247 words)

  
 A FromTheBalcony Review: The Island (2005)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Written By: Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci and Caspian Tredwell-Owen.
Screenwriters Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, and Caspian Tredwell-Owen make next to no effort to develop her character, which is quite remarkable considering her prominence in the story.
Judging by the outfits she is given to wear, her main purpose from the getgo was that of eye candy.
www.fromthebalcony.com /reviews/2005/05_island.htm   (754 words)

  
 Austin Movie Show   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Originating as a spec script by Caspian Tredwell-Owen, The Island follows a "harvested being" who makes a bid to escape the utopian facility where he is being kept.
Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci are on board as screenwriters.
Kurtzman and Orci, who are also writing Legend of Zorro for Columbia, are repped by Broder Webb Chervin Silverman.
www.austinmovieshow.com /Content/showreview2.php?movie=570   (968 words)

  
 SyFy Portal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, scripters for the upcoming Steven Spielberg "Transformers" live-action film, have revealed just which robots will appear, according to IGN.
"The meat and potatoes are going to be in there," Orci said.
While it isn't finalized yet, Kurtzman and Orci hope he will, though Bay wants to see a script before he commits to it.
www.syfyportal.com /article.php?id=1914   (427 words)

  
 Hercules: Yes, Virginia, There is a Hercules
He is clearly unhappy about a Sunday morning meeting and has to be reminded that he's the one who called it.
Rob's assistant Melissa gets hold of writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, who live in a closet in the meeting room, to join the conference.
Alex and Roberto suggest a show called "Chimpules," starring a chimp in Hercules' garb.
www.hostultra.com /~kszonew/hwo/season4/4015.htm   (1022 words)

  
 Michael Bay to direct TRANSFORMERS - Movie-List Forums
In addition he also did say that shooting will start in December and the script is not done.
The live-action "Transformers" movie has been set to open nationwide on 07-04-07, it was jointly announced today by DreamWorks Pictures, Hasbro, Inc., and Paramount Pictures.
The feature, based on the globally popular Transformers franchise, will be directed by Michael Bay (upcoming "The Island," "Armageddon") from a screenplay being written by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (upcoming "The Island").
www.movie-list.com /forum/showthread.php?t=12206&goto=nextnewest   (648 words)

  
 MyUSTINET News: Writers Chosen For 'Transformers' Movie
LOS ANGELES, March 15 (UPI) -- Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci will write the live-action movie based on the popular Transformer toys, The Hollywood Reporter said Tuesday.
Kurtzman and Orci have previously collaborated as writer-executive producers on the TV series "Alias", and have written the screenplay for the upcoming "Mission: Impossible III."
Steven Spielberg is executive producing "The Transformers" for DreamWorks and Paramount.
news.usti.net /home/news/cn?/living.movies/2/wed/bg/Uus-transformers.RXRn_FMF.html   (123 words)

  
 Arizona Reporter Newswire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Written by: Caspian Tredwell-Owen, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, story by Caspian Tredwell-Owen
Filmed in desert areas of California and Nevada with Detroit standing in for Los Angeles, Michael Bay–employing an incisive script by Caspian Tredwell-Owen, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, takes us to an large, underground shelter housing scores of people–the clones all dressed in identical, white athletic garb.
The manufactured human beings are relatively clueless, like the chained characters in Plato's allegorical cave.
www.azreporter.com /nucleus/plugins/print/print.php?itemid=441   (795 words)

  
 Absolute Write Water Cooler - Story and Screen Credit
In this order, Alex did the majority of content filmed (my guess over 50%, then Roberto (over 25%) and then Owen (LESS THAN 25%) had the smallest percentage of material that ended up in the film.
Or, they could have taken Owen's concept only and wrote the whole thing from scratch and Owen's reps managed to get him a screenwriter credit in the contract regardless of the outcome.
Sounds like they rewrote most of the dialogue and a lot of the setups and changed some of the characters around.
www.absolutewrite.com /forums/showthread.php?t=16003   (1021 words)

  
 TF @ The Moon - Saké Comments - Roberto Orci speaks about the Live Action TF Movie
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Seibertron have a nice round-up of what one half of the current writing team for the Transformers Live Action movie, Roberto Orci, had to say regarding the upcoming movie.
transformers.proboards1.com /index.cgi?action=display&board=news&thread=1129444446   (178 words)

  
 Transformers page 2
Exclusive Video Interviews: Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman on Zorro and The Transformers
Now that Zorro has hit the big screen and Mission Impossible 3 is filming, writing duo Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman are working on their next project the live action Transformers movie.
Alex responded by saying they are pretty sure he is not going to die in this one, but Roberto jokingly said but who knows, anything can happen.
home1.gte.net /vze6p8c0/neoraymagazine/id45.html   (378 words)

  
 Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci set to develop 2:22 - MovieWeb
According to Variety, writing and producing team Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci is producing 2:22, a script by tyro Todd Stein, for DreamWorks.
The project, previously set up at Gold Circle, concerns a tortured artist to whom strange things start occurring at the same place and time every day.
Kurtzman and Orci will produce via their DreamWorks-based shingle, which was set up at the studio earlier this year.
movieweb.com /news/news.php?id=7971   (1206 words)

  
 pitch.com | Film | Film Review | Send in the Clones | 2005-07-21   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Screenplay by Caspian Tredwell-Owen, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, based on a story by Tredwell-Owen.
But neither Bay nor his three screenwriters (Caspian Tredwell-Owen, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci) seem especially interested in exploring them.
It's more fun (and more profitable) to blow stuff up.
www.pitch.com /issues/2005-07-21/film/review.html   (629 words)

  
 Mmmm. Picture tubes.
(10 Dec) Alias, 1.3: Parity (2001, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci)
(24 Dec) Alias, 1.18: Masquerade (2002, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman)
(25 Dec) Alias, 2.3: Cipher (2002, Alex Kurtzman-Counter, Roberto Orci)
www.jaredsapolin.com /2003televisionlog.html   (1064 words)

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