Roberto Orci, a prolific producer and writer of the Star Trek and live-action Transformers franchises, has died at 51 following a battle with kidney disease. It was reported Tuesday that the Mexican-American filmmaker died at his home in Los Angeles Feb. 25. A longtime collaborator of J.J. Abrams and Alex Kurtzman, his co-creators on the 2008 sci-fi series Fringe, Orci co-wrote Paramount-based blockbusters including Mission: Impossible III (2006), Michael Bay’s Transformers (2007), Abrams’ Star Trek reboot (2009), and sequels Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) and Star Trek Beyond (2016).
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