Bad Robot Productions

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Bad Robot Productions

Type	Motion Picture
Founded	1998, 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 (which wasn't used until 2001) features a robot appearing suddenly in front of the camera, followed by "BAD ROBOT!" in a voice-over. The voices heard on the logo are actually JJ's kids, Henry and Gracie Abrams.

[edit] Film & television productions

The original Bad Robot Productions logo used from 2001-2008, though still used on the company's official website.

As well as popular television programming, Bad Robot Productions are also a feature film production company.

[edit] Film Credits

• Joy Ride (2001) (co-production with 20th Century Fox and Regency Enterprises)
• Mission: Impossible III (2006) (co-production with Paramount Pictures and Cruise/Wagner Productions)
• Pursued (2007) (co-production with Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
• Cloverfield (2008) (co-production with Paramount Pictures)
• Star Trek (2009) (co-production with Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment)
• Mockingbird (2009) (co-production with Columbia Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment)
• Jenny Hong (2009) (co-production with Universal Studios)
• The Index (2009) (co-production with Columbia Pictures)
• Daylight (2010) (co-production with Screen Gems and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and United Artists)
• Untitled Hunter Scott Project (2009) (co-production with Universal Studios)
• Untitled Mockingbird Project (2010) (co-production with Columbia Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment)
• Untitled Star Trek Sequel (2011) (co-production with Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment)
• Untitled Cloverfield Sequel (2013) (co-production with Paramount Pictures)
• Untitled Bad Robot Film (TBA) (co-production with Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios and Columbia Pictures)

[edit] Television Credits

• Felicity (1998-2002)
• Alias (2001-2006)
• Lost (2004-Present, slated to end in 2010)
• 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] 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.