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{{Infobox company
| name = Bad Robot
| logo = [[File:Bad Robot Productions Logo.svg|125px]]
| image = 1221olympicblvd.jpg
| image_caption = Santa Monica headquarters
| type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| industry = [[Film industry|Motion pictures]]<br>[[Television]]
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1998}}
| location = [[Santa Monica, California]], [[United States]]
| key_people = [[J. J. Abrams]]<br>Katie McGrath
| divisions = Bad Robot Productions<br>Bad Robot Interactive<br>Bad Robot Television<br>Bad Robot Games
| homepage = {{URL|1=http://www.badrobot.com}}
}}


'''Bad Robot''' is an American film and television [[production company]] led by [[J. J. Abrams]]. Under its '''Bad Robot Productions''' division, the company is responsible for the [[Television program|television series]] ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'', ''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]'', ''[[Fringe (TV series)|Fringe]]'', ''[[Person of Interest (TV series)|Person of Interest]]'', ''[[Revolution (TV series)|Revolution]]'' and ''[[Westworld (TV series)|Westworld]]'' alongside the feature-length films ''[[Cloverfield]]'', ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'', ''[[Super 8 (2011 film)|Super 8]]'', ''[[Star Trek Into Darkness]]'', ''[[Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol]]'', ''[[Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation]]'', ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]'', ''[[10 Cloverfield Lane]]'', ''[[Star Trek Beyond]]'' and ''[[The Cloverfield Paradox]]''.

==History==
[[File:Bad Robot Productions logo.jpg|thumb|The original Bad Robot Productions logo used from 2001 through 2008.]]
Bad Robot was originally based at [[ABC Studios|Touchstone Television]], but was moved by Abrams to [[Paramount Pictures]] and [[Warner Bros. Television]], after his contract with [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] expired in 2006. Bad Robot produced ''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]'' in association with [[ABC Studios]], formerly Touchstone Television. The two companies jointly produced ''[[Six Degrees]]'' and ''[[What About Brian]]''.

Abrams is Chairman and Co-[[Chief executive officer|Chief Executive Officer]] of Bad Robot, and Katie McGrath serves as the Company's Co-[[Chief executive officer|Chief Executive Officer]]. In June 2017, Bad Robot announced that Brian Weinstein would become President and Chief Operating Officer, overseeing daily operations and spearhead the company’s growth strategy in its existing businesses, while developing new areas of expansion across the entire Bad Robot platform and pursuing alternative financing options.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kroll|first1=Justin|title=Bad Robot Names Brian Weinstein President and COO|url=https://variety.com/2017/biz/news/bad-robot-brian-weinstein-president-coo-1202464373/|accessdate=13 June 2017|publisher=Variety|date=13 June 2017}}</ref> 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!"<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,253033,00.html | title= 'Alias': The Story Behind J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot | author= Nicholas Fonseca | work= [[Entertainment Weekly]] | date= December 7, 2001 | accessdate= March 22, 2012}}</ref> 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.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}

In February 2013, it was announced that Bad Robot would be partnering with the [[Valve Corporation]] to produce possibly a ''[[Half-Life (series)#Film|Half-Life]]'' or ''[[Portal (video game series)|Portal]]'' film in the distant future.<ref>{{cite web|author=Variety|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7mihllgiro&t=19m36s |title=Star Trek's JJ Abrams and Valve's Gabe Newell - Full Keynote Speech - D.I.C.E. SUMMIT 2013 |date=February 12, 2013}}</ref> In August 2015, Valve released a new beta game mode to ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'', ''PASS Time'', which Bad Robot worked on.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=17833|title=Team Fortress 2|website=www.teamfortress.com|access-date=2016-08-14}}</ref> On July 7, 2016 the ''PASS Time'' game mode became official.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.teamfortress.com/meetyourmatch/|title=Team Fortress 2 - Meet Your Match|website=teamfortress.com|access-date=2016-08-14}}</ref> Bad Robot released a trailer entitled "Stranger" (otherwise known as ''S.''), rumoured to be Abrams' next film or television project, perhaps even a ''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]'' spin-off, but it was finally explained to be promoting ''[[S. (Dorst novel)|S.]]'', Abrams and [[Doug Dorst]]'s new novel, as a new trailer for ''S.'' was released.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}} In February 2017, it was announced Julius Avery is attached to direct a Paramount coproduction, the World War II zombie film ''[[Overlord (2018 film)|Overlord]]'', from screenwriter [[Billy Ray (screenwriter)|Billy Ray]].<ref name="overlord">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/son-of-a-gun-director-bad-robots-nazi-zombie-pic-overlord-1201975823/|title=Bad Robot’s D-Day Movie ‘Overlord’ Finds Director (EXCLUSIVE)|accessdate=February 2, 2017|work=Variety|date=February 2, 2017}}</ref>

Bad Robot Productions is currently based in [[Santa Monica, California]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Abramian|first1=Alexandria|title=Source: J. J. Abrams Building 'Star Wars' Post-production Facility in L.A. (Exclusive)|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/star-wars-j-j-abrams-625516|accessdate=July 28, 2014|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=September 11, 2013}}</ref> in a building which is incorrectly labeled on purpose as the home of the fictional "National Typewriter Company" because Abrams "likes typewriters — and misdirection."<ref name="Bruni">{{cite news|last1=Bruni|first1=Frank|title=Filmmaker J. J. Abrams Is a Crowd Teaser|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/29/magazine/filmmaker-j-j-abrams-is-a-crowd-teaser.html?_r=0|accessdate=22 December 2015|work=The New York Times Magazine|publisher=The New York Times Company|date=26 May 2011}}</ref>

In June 2018, the company announced a spin-off venture formed with the Chinese video game publisher [[Tencent]] to launch Bad Robot Games for the development of video games on mobile, computer and consoles, with [[Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment]] as a minority investor. Bad Robot Games will develop and publish titles related to Abrams' works and other Bad Robot Production contents, with Tencent holding the rights for distribution in China. The division will be helmed by Dave Baronoff, who has worked on the ''[[Cloverfield (franchise)|Cloverfield]]'' franchise and in developing ''[[Spyjinx]]'' as a joint project between Bad Robot Productions and [[Epic Games]] (also partially owned by Tencent), while Tim Keenan, who helped develop ''[[Duskers]]'', will serve as the creative director.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jj-abrams-launches-bad-robot-games-1118151 | title = J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot Launches Video Game Division | first = Patrick | last = Shanley | date = June 7, 2018 | accessdate = June 7, 2018 | work = [[The Hollywood Reporter]] }}</ref>

==Productions==

===Films===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Budget
! Gross
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2001
| ''[[Joy Ride (2001 film)|Joy Ride]]''
| [[John Dahl]]
| $23 million
| $36.6 million
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2008
| ''[[Cloverfield]]''
| [[Matt Reeves]]
| $25 million
| $170.8 million
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2009
| ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]''
| [[J. J. Abrams]]
| $150 million
| $385.7 million
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2010
| ''[[Morning Glory (2010 film)|Morning Glory]]''
| [[Roger Michell]]
| $40 million
| $60 million
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | 2011
| ''[[Super 8 (2011 film)|Super 8]]''
| J. J. Abrams
| $50 million
| $260.1 million
|-
| ''[[Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol]]''
| [[Brad Bird]]
| $145 million
| $694.7 million
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2013
| ''[[Star Trek Into Darkness]]''
| J. J. Abrams
| $190 million
| $467.4 million
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3" | 2015
| ''[[Infinitely Polar Bear]]''
| [[Maya Forbes]]
| $6.7 million
| $1.8 million
|-
| ''[[Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation]]''
| [[Christopher McQuarrie]]
| $150 million
| $682.7 million
|-
| ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]''
| J. J. Abrams
| $306 million
| $2.068 billion
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | 2016
| ''[[10 Cloverfield Lane]]''
| [[Dan Trachtenberg]]
| $15 million
| $110.2 million
|-
| ''[[Star Trek Beyond]]''
| [[Justin Lin]]
| $185 million
| $343.5 million
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2018
| ''[[The Cloverfield Paradox]]''
| [[Julius Onah]]
| $45 million
|{{N/A}}
|-
! colspan="7"| Upcoming
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| 2018
|''[[Mission: Impossible – Fallout]]''
| Christopher McQuarrie
|
|
|-
| ''[[Overlord (2018 film)|Overlord]]''
| Julius Avery
|
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3" | 2019
| ''[[Star Wars sequel trilogy#Star Wars: Episode IX|Star Wars: Episode IX]]''
| J. J. Abrams
|
|
|}

===Television series===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Creator(s)
! Co-production(s)
! Notes
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2001–06
| ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]''
| J. J. Abrams
| Touchstone Television
|
|-
| style="text-align:center; | 2004–10
| ''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]''
| [[Jeffrey Lieber]]<br>J. J. Abrams<br>[[Damon Lindelof]]
| Touchstone Television {{Small|(season 1–3)}}<br>[[ABC Studios]] {{Small|(season 4–6)}}
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2005
| ''The Catch''
|
|
| Pilot
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2006–07
| ''[[What About Brian]]''
| [[Dana Stevens (screenwriter)|Dana Stevens]]
| Sachs/Judah Productions {{Small|(season 1)}}<br>Touchstone Television
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2006–07
| ''[[Six Degrees]]''
| Raven Metzner<br>Stuart Zicherman
| Nosebleed Productions<br>Touchstone Television
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2008–13
| ''[[Fringe (TV series)|Fringe]]''
| J. J. Abrams<br>[[Alex Kurtzman]]<br>[[Roberto Orci]]
| [[Warner Bros. Television]]
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2009
| ''Anatomy of Hope''
|
|
| Pilot
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2010
| ''[[Undercovers (TV series)|Undercovers]]''
| J. J. Abrams<br>Josh Reims
| Warner Bros. Television<br>Good Butter Productions
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2011–16
| ''[[Person of Interest (TV series)|Person of Interest]]''
| [[Jonathan Nolan]]
| [[Jonathan Nolan|Kilter Films]]<br />Warner Bros. Television
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2012
| ''[[Alcatraz (TV series)|Alcatraz]]''
| [[Elizabeth Sarnoff]]<br>Steven Lilien<br>Bryan Wynbrandt
| Warner Bros. Television
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2012
| ''Shelter''
|
|
| Pilot<ref>{{cite web|last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |url=http://www.deadline.com/2012/05/analysis-nbc-bets-on-single-camera-comedies-and-j-j-abrams-in-early-orders/ |title=NBC Pilots 2012 Analysis: Single-Camera Comedies and J. J. Abrams Among Early Orders |website=Deadline |date=May 7, 2012 |accessdate=October 9, 2012}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2012–14
| ''[[Revolution (TV series)|Revolution]]''
| [[Eric Kripke]]
| Kripke Enterprises<br>Warner Bros. Television
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2013–14
| ''[[Almost Human (TV series)|Almost Human]]''
| [[J. H. Wyman]]
| Frequency Films<br>Warner Bros. Television
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2014
| ''[[Believe (TV series)|Believe]]''
| [[Alfonso Cuarón]]<br>Mark Friedman
| [[Esperanto Filmoj]]<br>Warner Bros. Television
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2015
| ''Dead People''
|
|
| Pilot<ref>{{cite web |last1=Andreeva |first1=Nellie |title=Andrew J. West to Play the Lead in CW Pilot ''Dead People'' from Bad Robot |url=http://deadline.com/2015/02/andrew-j-west-cast-dead-people-bad-robot-pilot-cw-1201380999/|website=Deadline |date=February 25, 2015 |accessdate=February 26, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2016
| ''[[11.22.63]]''
| {{Based on|''[[11/22/63]]''|[[Stephen King]]}}<br>[[Bridget Carpenter]]
|Carpenter B.<br>Warner Bros. Television
| Miniseries
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2016
| ''Moon Shot''
|
|
| Web series
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2016
| ''[[Roadies (TV series)|Roadies]]''
| [[Cameron Crowe]]
| [[Vinyl Films]]<br>Warner Bros. Television<br>[[Showtime Networks]]
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2016–
| ''[[Westworld (TV series)|Westworld]]''
| {{Based on|''[[Westworld (film)|Westworld]]''|[[Michael Crichton]]}}<br>[[Jonathan Nolan]]<br>[[Lisa Joy]]
| [[HBO|HBO Entertainment]]<br>Kilter Films<br>Jerry Weintraub Productions<br>Warner Bros. Television
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2018–
| ''[[Castle Rock (TV series)|Castle Rock]]''
|Sam Shaw
|Warner Bros. Television
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | TBA
| ''[[Demimonde (TV series)|Demimonde]]''
|J.J. Abrams
|Warner Bros. Television
|
|-
| style-"text-align:center;" | TBA
| ''[[Lovecraft Country (TV series)|Lovecraft Country]]''
| {{Based on|''[[Lovecraft Country (novel)|Lovecraft Country]]''|[[Matt Ruff]]}}<br>[[Misha Green]]
| [[HBO|HBO Entertainment]]<br>[[Monkeypaw Productions]]<br>Warner Bros. Television
|
|}

===Shorts===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 40%"
|-
! Year
! Title
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2013
| ''KRE-O Star Trek''
|}

==Awards and recognition==
;Nominations
* [[54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards#Writing|2002 Emmy Award Nomination, Outstanding Writing for A Drama Series (''Alias'')]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2002/outstanding-writing-for-a-drama-series |title=54th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners |work=-Emmys.com |accessdate=January 8, 2016}}</ref>
* [[57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards#Writing|2005 Emmy Award Nomination, Outstanding Writing for A Drama Series (''Lost'')]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2005/outstanding-writing-for-a-drama-series |title=57th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners |work=Emmys.com |accessdate=January 8, 2016}}</ref>
* [[64th Annual Golden Globe Awards#Television awards|2007 Golden Globe Award Nomination, Best Television Series – Drama (''Lost'')]]<ref name="gg">{{cite web |url=http://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/best-television-series-drama |title=Winners & Nominees Best Television Series - Drama |work=goldenglobes.com|accessdate=January 8, 2016}}</ref>

;Wins
*[[57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards#Programs|2005 Emmy Award Winner, Outstanding Drama Series (''Lost'')]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2005/outstanding-drama-series |title=57th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners |work=Emmys.com |accessdate=January 8, 2016}}</ref>
* [[57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards#Directing|2005 Emmy Award Winner, Outstanding Directing for A Drama Series (''Lost'')]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2005/outstanding-directing-for-a-drama-series |title=57th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners |work=Emmys.com |accessdate=January 8, 2016}}</ref>
* [[63rd Golden Globe Awards#Television|2006 Golden Globe Award Winner, Best Television Series – Drama (''Lost'')]]<ref name="gg"/>

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.badrobot.com/}}
* {{twitter}}
* {{cite press release |title=Bad Robot Productions Signs Far-Reaching Production Deals With Columbia Pictures, Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Television |url=http://www.timewarner.com/newsroom/press-releases/2006/07/15/bad-robot-productions-signs-far-reaching-production-deals-with |publisher=[[Time Warner]] |date=July 15, 2006}}
* {{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002839924 |first=Nellie |last=Andreeva |first2=Tatiana |last2=Siegel |title=Abrams builds his Robot |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=July 17, 2006 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014120400/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002839924 |archivedate=October 14, 2008 }}

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