# Ken Atchity, film producer and literary manager, dies aged 82

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/ken-atchity-producer-on-joe-somebody-and-the-meg-dies-at-82/
- Published: 2026-10-24T01:02:22+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-24T01:07:38+00:00
- Original publisher: The Hollywood Reporter
- Original article: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ken-atchity-dead-joe-somebody-the-meg-producer-1236739449/

## Key points

- Ken Atchity died aged 82 from kidney failure.
- His film credits included both *The Meg* films.
- He was also an author, professor and literary manager.

## Summary

New details fill out Ken Atchity’s career, tracing his path from a literature scholar and professor to a literary manager and film producer. He produced films including *The Meg* and its sequel, *Joe Somebody* and *Hysteria*, and was involved in books and television as well as cinema.

Atchity died aged 82 on Monday from kidney failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his producing partner Chi-Li Wong said. He wrote more than 20 books, taught at Occidental College for over a decade and later headed Story Merchant Books. His other credits included *Life or Something Like It*, *Gospel Hill* and 16 romantic telefilms made under the *Shades of Love* banner.

## Coverage

- [The Hollywood Reporter: Ken Atchity, film producer and literary manager, dies aged 82](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ken-atchity-dead-joe-somebody-the-meg-producer-1236739449/)
- [Variety: Ken Atchity, ‘The Meg’ Producer and Literary Agent, Dies at 82](https://variety.com/2026/film/people-news/ken-atchity-dead-the-meg-1236930069/)

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