De Laurentiis was the wife of producer Dino De Laurentiis, who died in 2010.
Film and TV producer Martha De Laurentiis has died from brain cancer aged 67.
After Dino’s death, De Laurentiis became the company’s head and produced Mads Mikkelsen film Arctic as well as the forthcoming remake of Firestarter.
Together, they built Screen Gems Studios in North Carolina, with De Laurentiis taking over production duties on De Laurentiis Entertainment Group films, which included Maximum Overdrive and Raw Deal.