Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci are splitting ways as feature film writers after The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
In what may be the biggest upheaval to blockbuster franchises this side of the word “reboot,” Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci have announced an amicable split as writing partners on features going forward.
As reported in Variety, the writers of (deep breath) The Island, Transformers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, Cowboys & Aliens, and The Amazing Spider-Man 2, have ended their big screen collaborations.
The two scribes, who began professional collaboration on Hercules: The Legendary Journies in the 1990s say that it was a friendly split that will allow both to pursue separate careers as directors. For example, Bob Orci is currently writing Star Trek 3 for Paramount alongside Patrick McKay and John D. Payne. Orci also is lobbying to direct the picture, which Producer J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot are reportedly keen on, but is still being held with reservations by Paramount, as according to Variety.
Kurtzman on the other hand has been hired to direct Venom, a spin-off to The Amazing Spider-Man franchise that will be released sometime between The Amazing Spider-Man 3 and The Amazing Spider-Man 4.
No plans have been announced yet as to a shift of their production company K/O Paper Products. They also remain executive producers on Fox’s Sleepy Hollow, for which they wrote the pilot, as well as Hawaii Five-O on CBS.
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