Tory Tunnell

Tory Tunnell

Tory Tunnell is an American producer who runs Safehouse Pictures with her producing partner, Joby Harold.[1] The company was co-founded in 2005.[2] The duo currently have an overhead tv deal with Legendary TV and Amazon Prime for features.

Career

Tunnell's latest projects include Paramount's Novocaine (2025 film) starring Jack Quaid, Amber Midthunder, Ray Nicholson, and directed by Dan Berk and Robert Olsen. Tunnell recently produced the A24 documentary Andre is an Idiot, which received a standing ovation at its premiere at the Sundance film festival where it was in dramatic competition. She recently produced Atlas[3] starring Jennifer Lopez, Simu Liu, and Sterling K. Brown which she produced alongside Harold. She is also working on the new show Monarch: Legacy of Monsters[4][5] with Legendary starring Kurt Russell, Wyatt Russell, Ren Watabe, Anna Sawai, and Kiersey Clemons.

Tunnell and Harold have made films in a variety of genres. From Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur: Legend of the Sword starring Charlie Hunnam and Jude Law to the breakout comedy of SXSW My Blind Brother starring Adam Scott, Nick Kroll, and Jenny Slate to the critical hit tv show, Underground about slaves escaping the south, to the ice skating drama Spinning Out on Netflix starring Kaya Scodelario and January Jones and Johnny Weir, the company has shown an agile ability to produce a wide range of content . Harold and Tunnell have a number of films in development including Liberators with Michael B. Jordan attached to star at Warner Bros, Battle of Britain that Ridley Scott is attached to direct for Fox, Wink that is loosely based on Tunnell’s own experiences of online dating as her mother, Patricia Arquette’s directorial debut and true story drama Love Canal, limited series Mary’s Mosaic to be written by Oscar winning writer David Seidler for Warner Bros, among others.

Originally based in New York, Tunnell began her career producing independent features including; Holy Rollers starring Jesse Eisenberg and Justin Bartha which premiered at Sundance 2009; Trumbo starring Liam Neeson, Michael Douglas, Joan Allen, Nathan Lane, and Donald Sutherland, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival 2007; and Awake written and directed by Joby Harold starring Jessica Alba, Hayden Christensen, and Terrence Howard.

Personal life

Tunnell graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Johns Hopkins University and now resides with Harold and their 3 children.

Filmography

Year	Title	Credited as
2004	The Best Thief in the World	Associate producer
2005	The War Within	Associate producer
2007	Trumbo	Producer
2007	Awake	Co-producer
2010	Holy Rollers	Producer
2011	The Bleeding House	Producer
2016–17	Underground (TV)	Executive producer
2016	My Blind Brother	Producer
2017	King Arthur: Legend of the Sword	Producer
2018	Robin Hood	Executive producer
2020	Spinning Out	Executive producer
2023–present	Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (TV)	Executive producer
2024	Atlas	Producer[6]
2025	Novocaine	Producer
TBA	I.F.	Producer
TBA	Space Mountain	Producer
2025	Novocaine	Producer
2025	Andre is an Idiot	Producer

References

1. Fleming, Mike Jr. (9 September 2012). "Akiva Goldman's Weed Road Aligns With Safehouse Pictures For Warner Bros Deal". Retrieved 2 August 2017.
2. Indiewire (5 October 2005). "INDUSTRY MOVES: Foursome Found Safe House - IndieWire". www.indiewire.com. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
3. Kroll, Justin (2022-08-24). "From Marvel Superhero To Jennifer Lopez's Adversary, Simu Liu Lands First Villain Role In Netflix's 'Atlas'; Sterling K. Brown Also Joins Cast". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
4. Kroll, Justin (2022-01-20). "Apple TV+ Lands Godzilla & Titans Series Based On Legendary's Monsterverse". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
5. White, Peter (2022-07-20). "Kurt Russell Returns To Television With Apple's Godzilla & The Titans Series; Son Wyatt Russell Also Boards Legendary's Monsterverse Franchise". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
6. Kroll, Justin (June 15, 2021). "Jennifer Lopez To Star In Netflix's Sci-Fi Thriller 'Atlas' With Brad Peyton Directing". Deadline. Retrieved August 18, 2021.