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Bad Robot Productions

Bad Robot is an American entertainment company led by J. J. Abrams. Under its


Bad Robot
Bad Robot Productions division, the company is responsible for the television
series Alias, Lost, Fringe, Person of Interest, Revolution and Westworld alongside
the feature-length films Cloverfield, Star Trek, Super 8, Star Trek Into Darkness,
Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol, Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation, Star
Wars: The Force Awakens, 10 Cloverfield Lane, and most recently, Star Trek
Beyond.

Contents
History
Productions
Films
Television series
Shorts
Awards and recognition Santa Monica headquarters
References
Type Private
External links
Industry Motion pictures and
television
Founded 1998
History Headquarters Santa Monica,
Bad Robot was originally based at Touchstone Television, but was moved by California, United
Abrams to Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Television, after his contract with States
ABC expired in 2006. Bad Robot produced Lost in association with ABC Studios, Key people J. J. Abrams, Katie
formerly Touchstone Television. The two companies jointly produced Six Degrees McGrath
and What About Brian. Divisions Bad Robot
Productions, Bad
Abrams is Chairman & Co-Chief Executive Officer of Bad Robot, and Katie Robot Interactive
McGrath serves as the Company's Co-Chief Executive Officer. In June 2017, Bad
Website www.badrobot.com
Robot announced that Brian Weinstein would become President and Chief Operating
Officer, overseeing daily operations and spearhead the companys growth strategy in its existing businesses, while developing new
areas of expansion across the entire Bad Robot platform and pursuing alternative financing options.[1] In May 2015, Ben Stephenson
left the BBC where he had been head of drama to helm Bad Robot Television. Lindsey Weber leads Bad Robot's feature film
division.

The production logo has appeared since 2001, featuring a red rectangular headed robot running through a meadow silhouetted until it
appears suddenly in front of the camera, followed by voices provided by two of Abrams's children, Henry and Gracie Abrams, saying
"Bad robot!"[2] Although some fans believe that the name comes from a line in the animated film The Iron Giant, Abrams told
Entertainment Weekly that it simply came to him during a writers' meeting.

In February 2013, it was announced that Bad Robot would be partnering with the Valve Corporation to produce possibly a Half-Life
or Portal film in the distant future.[3] In August 2015, Valve released a new beta game mode to Team Fortress 2, PASS Time, which
Bad Robot worked on.[4] On July 7, 2016 the PASS Time game mode became official.[5] Bad Robot released a trailer entitled
"Stranger" (otherwise known as S.), rumoured to be Abrams' next film or television project, perhaps even a Lost spin-off, but it was
finally explained to be promoting S., Abrams and Doug Dorst's new novel, as a new trailer for S. was released. In February 2017, it
was announced Julius Avery is attached to direct a Paramount coproduction, the World War II film Overlord, from screenwriter Billy
Ray.[6]

Bad Robot Productions is currently based in Santa Monica, California,[7] in a building which is incorrectly labeled on purpose as the
isdirection."[8]
home of the fictional "National Typewriter Company" because Abrams "likes typewriters and m

Productions
Bad Robot Productions produces both films and television series.

Films
The original Bad Robot
Productions logo used
from 2001 through 2008.
Year Title Director Notes Budget Gross
Co-production with 20th Century Fox and Regency $23 $36.6
2001 Joy Ride John Dahl
Enterprises. million million
$25 $170.8
2008 Cloverfield Matt Reeves Co-production with Paramount Pictures.
million million
Co-production with Paramount Pictures and Spyglass $150 $385.7
2009 Star Trek J. J. Abrams
Entertainment. million million
Roger $40 $60
2010 Morning Glory Co-production with Paramount Pictures.
Michell million million
Co-production with Paramount Pictures and Amblin $50 $260.1
Super 8 J. J. Abrams
Entertainment. million million
2011 Mission:
Co-production with Paramount Pictures, Skydance $145 $694.7
Impossible Brad Bird
Productions and Cruise/Wagner Productions. million million
Ghost Protocol
Star Trek Into Co-production with Paramount Pictures, Skydance $190 $467.4
2013 J. J. Abrams
Darkness Productions and K/O Paper Products. million million
Infinitely Polar Co-production with Sony Pictures Classics, Paper $6.7 $1.8
Maya Forbes
Bear Street Films and Park Pictures. million million
Mission: Co-production with Paramount Pictures, Skydance
Christopher $150 $682.7
2015 Impossible Media, Alibaba Pictures and Cruise/Wagner
McQuarrie million million
Rogue Nation Productions.
Star Wars: The Co-production with Lucasfilm Ltd. and Walt Disney $306 $2.068
J. J. Abrams
Force Awakens Studios Motion Pictures. million billion
10 Cloverfield Dan $15 $110.2
Co-production with Paramount Pictures.
Lane Trachtenberg million million
2016 Co-production with Paramount Pictures, Skydance
Star Trek $185 $343.5
Justin Lin Media, Alibaba Pictures, Sneaky Shark and Perfect
Beyond million million
Storm Entertainment.
Upcoming
$10
God Particle Julius Onah Co-production with Paramount Pictures.[9]
million
2018 Mission: Christopher Co-production with Paramount Pictures and
Impossible 6 McQuarrie Skydance Media.
Overlord Julius Avery Co-production with Paramount Pictures.
Star Wars: Co-production with Lucasfilm Ltd. and Walt Disney
2019 J. J. Abrams
Episode IX Studios Motion Pictures.

Television series
Year Title Notes
200106 Alias
200410 Lost
2005 The Catch Pilot
200607 What About Brian
200607 Six Degrees
200813 Fringe
2009 Anatomy of Hope Pilot
2010 Undercovers
201116 Person of Interest
2012 Alcatraz

2012 Shelter Pilot[10]


201214 Revolution
201314 Almost Human
2014 Believe

2015 Dead People Pilot[11]


2016 11.22.63 Miniseries
2016 Moon Shot Web series
2016 Roadies
2016 Westworld
2017 Castle Rock

Shorts

Year Title
2013 KRE-O Star Trek

Awards and recognition


Nominations

2002 Emmy Award Nomination, OutstandingWriting for A Drama Series (Alias)[12]


2005 Emmy Award Nomination, OutstandingWriting for A Drama Series (Lost)[13]
2007 Golden Globe Award Nomination, BestTelevision Series Drama (Lost)[14]

Wins

2005 Emmy Award Winner, Outstanding Drama Series (Lost)[15]


2005 Emmy Award Winner, Outstanding Directing for A Drama Series Lost)
( [16]

2006 Golden Globe Award Winner, Best Television Series Drama (Lost)[14]

References
1. Kroll, Justin (13 June 2017)."Bad Robot Names Brian Weinstein President and COO" (https://variety.com/2017/biz/n
ews/bad-robot-brian-weinstein-president-coo-1202464373/)
. Variety. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
2. Nicholas Fonseca (December 7, 2001)." 'Alias': The Story Behind J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot"(http://www.ew.com/ew/a
rticle/0,,253033,00.html). Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
3. Variety (February 12, 2013)."Star Trek's JJ Abrams and Valve's Gabe Newell - Full Keynote Speech - D.I.C.E.
SUMMIT 2013" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7mihllgiro&t=19m36s).
4. "Team Fortress 2" (http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=17833). www.teamfortress.com. Retrieved 2016-08-14.
5. "Team Fortress 2 - Meet Your Match" (http://www.teamfortress.com/meetyourmatch/). teamfortress.com. Retrieved
2016-08-14.
6. "Bad Robot's D-Day Movie 'Overlord' Finds Director (EXCLUSIVE)"(https://variety.com/2017/film/news/son-of-a-gun-
director-bad-robots-nazi-zombie-pic-overlord-1201975823/)
. Variety. February 2, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
7. Abramian, Alexandria (September 11, 2013)."Source: J. J. Abrams Building 'Star Wars' Post-production Facility in
L.A. (Exclusive)" (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/star-wars-j-j-abrams-625516). The Hollywood Reporter.
Retrieved July 28, 2014.
8. Bruni, Frank (26 May 2011)."Filmmaker J. J. Abrams Is a Crowd Teaser" (https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/29/mag
azine/filmmaker-j-j-abrams-is-a-crowd-teaser
.html?_r=0). The New York Times Magazine. The New York Times
Company. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
9. "Film releases" (http://www.varietyinsight.com/print_featurefilm_releases.php). Variety Insight. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
10. Andreeva, Nellie (May 7, 2012)."NBC Pilots 2012 Analysis: Single-Camera Comedies and J. J. Abrams Among
Early Orders" (http://www.deadline.com/2012/05/analysis-nbc-bets-on-single-camera-comedies-and-j-j-abrams-in-ea
rly-orders/). Deadline. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
11. Andreeva, Nellie (February 25, 2015)."Andrew J. West to Play the Lead in CW Pilot Dead People from Bad Robot"
(http://deadline.com/2015/02/andrew-j-west-cast-dead-people-bad-robot-pilot-cw-1201380999/)
. Deadline. Retrieved
February 26, 2015.
12. "54th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners"(http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2002/outstanding-
writing-for-a-drama-series). -Emmys.com. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
13. "57th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners"(http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2005/outstanding-
writing-for-a-drama-series). Emmys.com. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
14. "Winners & Nominees Best Television Series - Drama" (http://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/best-televisi
on-series-drama). goldenglobes.com. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
15. "57th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners"(http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2005/outstanding-
drama-series). Emmys.com. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
16. "57th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners"(http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2005/outstanding-
directing-for-a-drama-series). Emmys.com. Retrieved January 8, 2016.

External links
Official website
"Bad Robot Productions Signs Far-Reaching Production Deals With Columbia Pictures, Paramount Pictures and
Warner Bros. Television" (Press release). Time Warner. July 15, 2006.
Andreeva, Nellie; Siegel, Tatiana (July 17, 2006). "Abrams builds his Robot". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from
the original on October 14, 2008.

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