Roberto Orci died at his home in Los Angeles on February 25, and the tributes remembering the late writer-producer followed.
After reports of Orci’s death due to kidney disease first surfaced, people like Joe Russo, Lucy Lawless, and Rob Liefeld have weighed in.
Russo took to social media to pay tribute to Orci, calling him a “generational screenwriting talent” and “one of the greats.” “My first boss in Hollywood said the script for STAR TREK was the best he’d ever read — and he wasn’t kidding,” Joe Russo posted on X. “Roberto Orci was a generational screenwriting talent and his death at only 51 is a tragic loss, because I’m sure there were more masterworks to come.
RIP to one of the greats.” My first boss in Hollywood said the script for STAR TREK was the best he’d ever read — and he wasn’t kidding.
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