Bad Robot Productions
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| Type | Motion Picture |
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| Founded | USA |
| Headquarters |  United States |
| Key people | J. J. Abrams & Bryan Burk |
| Website | www.badrobot.com |
Bad Robot Productions (formerly known as only Bad Robot) is a production company owned by J. J. Abrams. It is responsible for the television series Alias, Lost, What About Brian, Fringe, Six Degrees, and the feature length films Star Trek (2009) and Cloverfield (2008).
Bad Robot was originally part of Touchstone Television, but has moved with J. J. Abrams to Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios, Columbia Pictures, Screen Gems and Warner Bros. after his contract with Touchstone had expired in 2006. Bad Robot still continues to produce Lost in association with ABC Studios, formerly Touchstone Television. The two companies also continued to jointly produce Six Degrees and What About Brian until their respective cancellations.
Abrams is Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Bryan Burk Executive Vice President of the company. Thom Sherman was President of Bad Robot, but it was announced in June 2006 that he would be leaving to become Executive Vice President of drama development at the new CW Network. A successor has yet to be named.
The production logo features a robot appearing suddenly in front of the camera, followed by "Bad Robot" in a child-like, robotic voice-over. On movies, the logo is extended, as the robot sneaks twice to the left. The voices on the logo, are actually J.J.'s kids.
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[edit] Film & Television Productions
As well as popular television programming, Bad Robot Productions are also a feature film production company.
Film Credits:
- Joy Ride (2001)
- Mission: Impossible III (2006)
- Cloverfield (2008)
- Star Trek (2009)
- Mockingbird (2009) (co-production with Columbia Pictures)
- Jenny Hong (2009) (co-production with Universal Studios)
- The Index (2009) (co-production with Columbia Pictures)
- Untitled Hunter Scott Project (TBA)
- Untitled Cloverfield Sequel (TBA)
- Untitled Star Trek sequel (TBA)
Television credits:
- Alias (2001-2006)
- Lost (2004-Present)
- The Catch (2005)
- What About Brian (2006-2007)
- Six Degrees (2006-2007)
- Boundaries (2008)
- Anatomy of Hope (2008)
- Fringe (2008-Present)
[edit] Awards and recognition
- 2002 Emmy Award Nomination, Outstanding Writing for A Drama Series (Alias)
- 2005 Emmy Award Winner, Outstanding Drama Series (Lost)
- 2005 Emmy Award Winner, Outstanding Directing for A Drama Series (Lost)
- 2005 Emmy Award Nomination, Outstanding Writing for A Drama Series (Lost)
- 2006 Golden Globe Award Winner, Best Television Series - Drama (Lost)
- 2007 Golden Globe Award Nomination, Best Television Series - Drama (Lost)
[edit] Trivia
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In the prequel novelization of the 2009 Star Trek film, Star Trek: Countdown, the bad robot is depicted in one scene where Ambassador Picard and Spock are discussing Jellyfish.
[edit] External links
- Official Bad Robot Production Site
- Time Warner (2006-07-15). Bad Robot Productions Signs Far-Reaching Production Deals With Columbia Pictures, Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Television. Press release. http://www.timewarner.com/corp/newsroom/pr/0,20812,1215680,00.html.
- Andreeva, Nellie; Tatiana Siegel (2006-07-17). "Abrams builds his Robot". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002839924.
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