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Bad Robot

Bad Robot is an American film and television production company founded on May 27, 1999 and led by Katie McGrath and J.J. Abrams as Co-CEO. Under its 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 Episodes VII and IX, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Star Trek Beyond, The Cloverfield Paradox, Mission: Impossible – Fallout, and Overlord.

Bad Robot
Company typePrivate
Industry
FoundedMay 27, 1999; 24 years ago (1999-05-27)
FoundersBryan Burk
J.J. Abrams
HeadquartersSanta Monica, California, United States
Key people
J.J. Abrams (Chairman and Co-CEO)
Katie McGrath (Co-CEO)
Brian Weinstein (President and COO)
DivisionsBad Robot Productions
Bad Robot Interactive
Bad Robot Television
Bad Robot Games
Loud Robot
Websitewww.badrobot.com

History edit

 
The original Bad Robot Productions logo used from 2001 through 2008.

Bad Robot was originally based at Touchstone Television, but was moved by J.J. Abrams to Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Television, after his contract with ABC expired in 2006. Bad Robot produced Lost in association with ABC Studios, formerly Touchstone Television. The two companies jointly produced Six Degrees and What About Brian. The deal was first recommended and presented in 1999 as part of a presentation deal, with J.J. Abrams being contracted to Disney.[1] In 2004, Thom Sherman joined Bad Robot Television as president of the studio.[2] The company had developed presentation pitches for ABC and The WB, none of them would eventually got to series.[3]

Abrams is Chairman and Co-Chief executive officer of Bad Robot, and Katie McGrath serves as the Company's Co-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.[4] 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!"[5] 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.[5]

 
Santa Monica headquarters

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.[6] In August 2015, Valve released a new beta game mode to Team Fortress 2, PASS Time, which Bad Robot worked on.[7] On July 7, 2016, the PASS Time game mode became official.[8] 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.[citation needed] In February 2017, it was announced Julius Avery is attached to direct a Paramount coproduction, the World War II zombie film Overlord, from screenwriter Billy Ray.[9]

Bad Robot Productions is currently based in Santa Monica, California,[10] in a building which is incorrectly labeled on purpose as the home of the fictional "National Typewriter Company" because Abrams "likes typewriters — and misdirection."[11]

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 new and existing IPs including titles related to Abrams' works and other Bad Robot Production content, with Tencent holding the rights for distribution in China.

The division was originally helmed by Dave Baronoff, who previously worked on the Cloverfield franchise and was 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, served as the creative director.[12]

In 2020, Anna Sweet was brought on as the CEO of Bad Robot Games.[13] Mike Booth also joined in December 2020, managing the company's newly created in-house development studio.[14] By February 2022, he had taken on the role of chief creative officer.[15]

In 2006, Bad Robot teamed up with Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Television for a $60 million development deal [16] that lasted through 2018.[17]

In late 2018, it was announced that Bad Robot was leaving Paramount and seeking a new overall deal.[18] In January 2019, it was announced that Universal, Disney, and Warner Bros. were the top three studios battling it out for what could be a record breaking overall deal including theme parks, music labels, TV, merchandising, and streaming services as Bad Robot plans on ramping up production significantly in the coming years.[19] It was also announced that Bad Robot would be co-producing a remake of the British series The Wrong Mans for American network Showtime along with BBC Studios, but Showtime later cancelled the project.[20][21][22]

Bad Robot launched a subsidiary record label called Loud Robot in late 2018,[23] in partnership with Capitol Music Group.[24] Loud Robot is headed by co-general managers McKee Floyd and Nicky Berger along with Charles Scott, who currently heads Bad Robot's music division and has been the leading music supervisor for the company's films. Artists signed to the label include Cleveland-born rapper Nnena,[25] neo soul singer/songwriter UMI,[26] Nashville, Tennessee-based alternative rock artist Chaz Cardigan,[27] and London-based rhythm and blues artist DWY.[28]

On September 12, 2019, Bad Robot officially announced a new five-year overall deal with WarnerMedia. According to The Hollywood Reporter, WarnerMedia agreed to pay Bad Robot at least $250 million (plus various financial incentives) to produce feature films, television shows, video games, and digital content.[29]

On May 25, 2021, Abrams announced that a Portal film adaptation, which has been in development since 2013, was still in production and a script has been written for the film.[30] In November 2021, the company launched its podcast division with a multi-year first-look deal at Spotify.[31]

On April 25, 2022, it was announced that Bad Robot will team up with Mattel Films and Warner Bros. Pictures to produce a live-action Hot Wheels film based on the toy line of the same name.[32]

Productions edit

Films edit

Year Title Director Co-production with Budget Gross
2001 Joy Ride John Dahl 20th Century Fox $23 million $36.6 million
2008 Cloverfield Matt Reeves Paramount Pictures $25 million $170.8 million
2009 Star Trek J. J. Abrams Paramount Pictures
Spyglass Entertainment
$150 million $385.7 million
2010 Morning Glory Roger Michell Paramount Pictures $40 million $60 million
2011 Super 8 J. J. Abrams Paramount Pictures
Amblin Entertainment
$50 million $260.1 million
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol Brad Bird Paramount Pictures
TC Productions
Skydance Productions
$145 million $694.7 million
2013 Star Trek Into Darkness J. J. Abrams Paramount Pictures
Skydance Productions
K/O Paper Products
$190 million $467.4 million
2014 Infinitely Polar Bear Maya Forbes Sony Pictures Classics $6.7 million $2.1 million
2015 Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Christopher McQuarrie Paramount Pictures
Skydance Productions
China Movie Channel
Alibaba Pictures
$150 million $682.7 million
Star Wars: The Force Awakens J. J. Abrams Lucasfilm Ltd.
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
$245 million $2.068 billion
2016 10 Cloverfield Lane Dan Trachtenberg Paramount Pictures $15 million $110.2 million
Star Trek Beyond Justin Lin Paramount Pictures
Skydance Media
Alibaba Pictures
Huahua Media
Sneaky Shark Productions
Perfect Storm Entertainment
$185 million $343.5 million
2018 The Cloverfield Paradox Julius Onah Netflix
Paramount Pictures
$45 million N/A
Mission: Impossible – Fallout Christopher McQuarrie Paramount Pictures
TC Productions
Skydance Media
Alibaba Pictures
$178 million $791 million
Overlord Julius Avery Paramount Pictures $38 million $41.7 million
2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker J. J. Abrams Lucasfilm Ltd.
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
$275 million $1.074 billion
2022 Lou Anna Foerster Netflix $36 million N/A

Upcoming films edit

Year Title Director Co-production with Budget Gross
2024 The Blue Angels[33] Paul Crowder Amazon MGM Studios
IMAX
Barnstorm Productions
Zipper Bros. Films
Dolphin Entertainment
N/A
2025 Flowervale Street David Robert Mitchell Warner Bros. Pictures
Jackson Pictures
N/A
TBA Star Trek 4 TBA Paramount Pictures
Skydance Media
N/A N/A
Hot Wheels[34][35] TBA Warner Bros. Pictures
Mattel Films
Billy Summers[36] TBA Warner Bros. Pictures
Appian Way Productions
Oh, the Places You'll Go![37] Jon M. Chu Warner Bros. Pictures Animation
Dr. Seuss Enterprises
The Pinkerton[38] Jason Bateman Warner Bros. Pictures
Portal[30] TBA Warner Bros. Pictures
Valve Corporation
Your Name[39][40] Carlos López Estrada Paramount Pictures
Untitled Cloverfield film Babak Anvari
Untitled Elseworlds Superman film[41] TBA Warner Bros. Pictures
DC Studios
Untitled Constantine Sequel Francis Lawrence Warner Bros. Pictures
DC Studios
Di Bonaventura Pictures
The Donners' Company
Weed Road Pictures

TV series edit

Year Title Creator(s) / Developer(s) Co-production with Notes Network
2001–06 Alias J. J. Abrams Touchstone Television ABC
2004–10 Lost Jeffrey Lieber
J. J. Abrams
Damon Lindelof
2006–07 What About Brian Dana Stevens Sachs/Judah Productions (season 1)
Touchstone Television
Six Degrees Raven Metzner
Stuart Zicherman
Nosebleed Productions
Touchstone Television
2008–13 Fringe J. J. Abrams
Alex Kurtzman
Roberto Orci
Warner Bros. Television Fox
2009 Anatomy of Hope Pilot
2010 Undercovers J. J. Abrams
Josh Reims
Warner Bros. Television
Good Butter Productions
NBC
2011–16 Person of Interest Jonathan Nolan Kilter Films
Warner Bros. Television
CBS
2012 Alcatraz Elizabeth Sarnoff
Steven Lilien
Bryan Wynbrandt
Warner Bros. Television Fox
Shelter Pilot[42] The CW
2012–14 Revolution Eric Kripke
Jon Favreau
Kripke Enterprises
Warner Bros. Television
NBC
2013–14 Almost Human J. H. Wyman Frequency Films
Warner Bros. Television
Fox
2014 Believe Alfonso Cuarón
Mark Friedman
Esperanto Filmoj
Warner Bros. Television
NBC
2015 Dead People Pilot[43] The CW
2016 11.22.63 Bridget Carpenter Carpenter B.
Warner Bros. Television
Hulu
Moon Shot Web series
Roadies Cameron Crowe Vinyl Films
Warner Bros. Television
Showtime Networks
Showtime
2016–22 Westworld Jonathan Nolan
Lisa Joy
HBO Entertainment
Kilter Films
Jerry Weintraub Productions (season 1)
Warner Bros. Television
HBO
2018–19 Castle Rock Sam Shaw Old Curiosity Shop
Darkbloom Productions
Warner Bros. Television
Hulu
2020 Little Voice Jessie Nelson Dear Hope Productions
Warner Bros. Television Studios
Apple TV+
Lovecraft Country Misha Green Afemme
Monkeypaw Productions
Warner Bros. Television Studios
HBO
Challenger: The Final Flight Glen Zipper
Steven Leckart
Zipper Bros Films
Sutter Road Picture Company
Docuseries Netflix
2021 Lisey's Story Stephen King 40/60 Productions
Warner Bros. Television Studios
Apple TV+
UFO Glen Zipper Zipper Bros Films
Sutter Road Picture Company
Docuseries Showtime

Upcoming series edit

Year Title Creator(s) / Developer(s) Co-production with Notes Network
2024 Presumed Innocent David E. Kelley David E. Kelley Productions
Old Curiosity Shop Productions
Warner Bros. Television Studios
[44] Apple TV+
TBA Duster J. J. Abrams
LaToya Morgan
TinkerToy Productions
Warner Bros. Television Studios
[45] Max
Speed Racer Warner Bros. Television Studios [46] Apple TV+
Untamed Trip the Light Productions
Warner Bros. Television Studios
[47] TBA
Batman: Caped Crusader Bruce Timm 6th & Idaho
DC Entertainment
Warner Bros. Animation
[48] Amazon Prime Video[49]

Shorts edit

Year Title Co-production with
2013 KRE-O Star Trek Paramount Pictures
Skydance Productions
CBS Consumer Products
Hasbro
2022 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Apple Studios
BBC
NoneMore Productions

Video games edit

Year Title Platform
2011 Action Movie FX iOS
2022 Weird West PlayStation 4/5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC
2022 Moonbreaker PC
2023 Silent Hill: Ascension iOS, Android

Awards and recognition edit

Nominations
Wins

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Bad Robot is an American film and television production company founded on May 27 1999 and led by Katie McGrath and J J Abrams as Co CEO Under its 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 Episodes VII and IX 10 Cloverfield Lane Star Trek Beyond The Cloverfield Paradox Mission Impossible Fallout and Overlord Bad RobotCompany typePrivateIndustryFilmTelevisionMusicFoundedMay 27 1999 24 years ago 1999 05 27 FoundersBryan BurkJ J AbramsHeadquartersSanta Monica California United StatesKey peopleJ J Abrams Chairman and Co CEO Katie McGrath Co CEO Brian Weinstein President and COO DivisionsBad Robot ProductionsBad Robot InteractiveBad Robot TelevisionBad Robot GamesLoud RobotWebsitewww wbr badrobot wbr com Contents 1 History 2 Productions 2 1 Films 2 2 Upcoming films 2 3 TV series 2 4 Upcoming series 2 5 Shorts 2 6 Video games 3 Awards and recognition 4 References 5 External linksHistory edit nbsp The original Bad Robot Productions logo used from 2001 through 2008 Bad Robot was originally based at Touchstone Television but was moved by J J Abrams to Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros Television after his contract with ABC expired in 2006 Bad Robot produced Lost in association with ABC Studios formerly Touchstone Television The two companies jointly produced Six Degrees and What About Brian The deal was first recommended and presented in 1999 as part of a presentation deal with J J Abrams being contracted to Disney 1 In 2004 Thom Sherman joined Bad Robot Television as president of the studio 2 The company had developed presentation pitches for ABC and The WB none of them would eventually got to series 3 Abrams is Chairman and Co Chief executive officer of Bad Robot and Katie McGrath serves as the Company s Co 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 4 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 5 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 5 nbsp Santa Monica headquarters 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 6 In August 2015 Valve released a new beta game mode to Team Fortress 2 PASS Time which Bad Robot worked on 7 On July 7 2016 the PASS Time game mode became official 8 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 citation needed In February 2017 it was announced Julius Avery is attached to direct a Paramount coproduction the World War II zombie film Overlord from screenwriter Billy Ray 9 Bad Robot Productions is currently based in Santa Monica California 10 in a building which is incorrectly labeled on purpose as the home of the fictional National Typewriter Company because Abrams likes typewriters and misdirection 11 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 new and existing IPs including titles related to Abrams works and other Bad Robot Production content with Tencent holding the rights for distribution in China The division was originally helmed by Dave Baronoff who previously worked on the Cloverfield franchise and was 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 served as the creative director 12 In 2020 Anna Sweet was brought on as the CEO of Bad Robot Games 13 Mike Booth also joined in December 2020 managing the company s newly created in house development studio 14 By February 2022 he had taken on the role of chief creative officer 15 In 2006 Bad Robot teamed up with Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros Television for a 60 million development deal 16 that lasted through 2018 17 In late 2018 it was announced that Bad Robot was leaving Paramount and seeking a new overall deal 18 In January 2019 it was announced that Universal Disney and Warner Bros were the top three studios battling it out for what could be a record breaking overall deal including theme parks music labels TV merchandising and streaming services as Bad Robot plans on ramping up production significantly in the coming years 19 It was also announced that Bad Robot would be co producing a remake of the British series The Wrong Mans for American network Showtime along with BBC Studios but Showtime later cancelled the project 20 21 22 Bad Robot launched a subsidiary record label called Loud Robot in late 2018 23 in partnership with Capitol Music Group 24 Loud Robot is headed by co general managers McKee Floyd and Nicky Berger along with Charles Scott who currently heads Bad Robot s music division and has been the leading music supervisor for the company s films Artists signed to the label include Cleveland born rapper Nnena 25 neo soul singer songwriter UMI 26 Nashville Tennessee based alternative rock artist Chaz Cardigan 27 and London based rhythm and blues artist DWY 28 On September 12 2019 Bad Robot officially announced a new five year overall deal with WarnerMedia According to The Hollywood Reporter WarnerMedia agreed to pay Bad Robot at least 250 million plus various financial incentives to produce feature films television shows video games and digital content 29 On May 25 2021 Abrams announced that a Portal film adaptation which has been in development since 2013 was still in production and a script has been written for the film 30 In November 2021 the company launched its podcast division with a multi year first look deal at Spotify 31 On April 25 2022 it was announced that Bad Robot will team up with Mattel Films and Warner Bros Pictures to produce a live action Hot Wheels film based on the toy line of the same name 32 Productions editFilms edit Year Title Director Co production with Budget Gross 2001 Joy Ride John Dahl 20th Century Fox 23 million 36 6 million 2008 Cloverfield Matt Reeves Paramount Pictures 25 million 170 8 million 2009 Star Trek J J Abrams Paramount PicturesSpyglass Entertainment 150 million 385 7 million 2010 Morning Glory Roger Michell Paramount Pictures 40 million 60 million 2011 Super 8 J J Abrams Paramount PicturesAmblin Entertainment 50 million 260 1 million Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol Brad Bird Paramount PicturesTC ProductionsSkydance Productions 145 million 694 7 million 2013 Star Trek Into Darkness J J Abrams Paramount PicturesSkydance ProductionsK O Paper Products 190 million 467 4 million 2014 Infinitely Polar Bear Maya Forbes Sony Pictures Classics 6 7 million 2 1 million 2015 Mission Impossible Rogue Nation Christopher McQuarrie Paramount PicturesSkydance ProductionsChina Movie ChannelAlibaba Pictures 150 million 682 7 million Star Wars The Force Awakens J J Abrams Lucasfilm Ltd Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures 245 million 2 068 billion 2016 10 Cloverfield Lane Dan Trachtenberg Paramount Pictures 15 million 110 2 million Star Trek Beyond Justin Lin Paramount PicturesSkydance MediaAlibaba PicturesHuahua MediaSneaky Shark ProductionsPerfect Storm Entertainment 185 million 343 5 million 2018 The Cloverfield Paradox Julius Onah NetflixParamount Pictures 45 million N A Mission Impossible Fallout Christopher McQuarrie Paramount PicturesTC ProductionsSkydance MediaAlibaba Pictures 178 million 791 million Overlord Julius Avery Paramount Pictures 38 million 41 7 million 2019 Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker J J Abrams Lucasfilm Ltd Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures 275 million 1 074 billion 2022 Lou Anna Foerster Netflix 36 million N A Upcoming films edit Year Title Director Co production with Budget Gross 2024 The Blue Angels 33 Paul Crowder Amazon MGM StudiosIMAXBarnstorm ProductionsZipper Bros FilmsDolphin Entertainment N A 2025 Flowervale Street David Robert Mitchell Warner Bros PicturesJackson Pictures N A TBA Star Trek 4 TBA Paramount PicturesSkydance Media N A N A Hot Wheels 34 35 TBA Warner Bros PicturesMattel Films Billy Summers 36 TBA Warner Bros PicturesAppian Way Productions Oh the Places You ll Go 37 Jon M Chu Warner Bros Pictures AnimationDr Seuss Enterprises The Pinkerton 38 Jason Bateman Warner Bros Pictures Portal 30 TBA Warner Bros PicturesValve Corporation Your Name 39 40 Carlos Lopez Estrada Paramount Pictures Untitled Cloverfield film Babak Anvari Untitled Elseworlds Superman film 41 TBA Warner Bros PicturesDC Studios Untitled Constantine Sequel Francis Lawrence Warner Bros PicturesDC StudiosDi Bonaventura PicturesThe Donners CompanyWeed Road Pictures TV series edit Year Title Creator s Developer s Co production with Notes Network 2001 06 Alias J J Abrams Touchstone Television ABC 2004 10 Lost Jeffrey LieberJ J AbramsDamon Lindelof 2006 07 What About Brian Dana Stevens Sachs Judah Productions season 1 Touchstone Television Six Degrees Raven MetznerStuart Zicherman Nosebleed ProductionsTouchstone Television 2008 13 Fringe J J AbramsAlex KurtzmanRoberto Orci Warner Bros Television Fox 2009 Anatomy of Hope Pilot 2010 Undercovers J J AbramsJosh Reims Warner Bros TelevisionGood Butter Productions NBC 2011 16 Person of Interest Jonathan Nolan Kilter FilmsWarner Bros Television CBS 2012 Alcatraz Elizabeth SarnoffSteven LilienBryan Wynbrandt Warner Bros Television Fox Shelter Pilot 42 The CW 2012 14 Revolution Eric KripkeJon Favreau Kripke EnterprisesWarner Bros Television NBC 2013 14 Almost Human J H Wyman Frequency FilmsWarner Bros Television Fox 2014 Believe Alfonso CuaronMark Friedman Esperanto FilmojWarner Bros Television NBC 2015 Dead People Pilot 43 The CW 2016 11 22 63 Bridget Carpenter Carpenter B Warner Bros Television Hulu Moon Shot Web series Roadies Cameron Crowe Vinyl FilmsWarner Bros TelevisionShowtime Networks Showtime 2016 22 Westworld Jonathan NolanLisa Joy HBO EntertainmentKilter FilmsJerry Weintraub Productions season 1 Warner Bros Television HBO 2018 19 Castle Rock Sam Shaw Old Curiosity ShopDarkbloom ProductionsWarner Bros Television Hulu 2020 Little Voice Jessie Nelson Dear Hope ProductionsWarner Bros Television Studios Apple TV Lovecraft Country Misha Green AfemmeMonkeypaw ProductionsWarner Bros Television Studios HBO Challenger The Final Flight Glen ZipperSteven Leckart Zipper Bros FilmsSutter Road Picture Company Docuseries Netflix 2021 Lisey s Story Stephen King 40 60 ProductionsWarner Bros Television Studios Apple TV UFO Glen Zipper Zipper Bros FilmsSutter Road Picture Company Docuseries Showtime Upcoming series edit Year Title Creator s Developer s Co production with Notes Network 2024 Presumed Innocent David E Kelley David E Kelley ProductionsOld Curiosity Shop ProductionsWarner Bros Television Studios 44 Apple TV TBA Duster J J AbramsLaToya Morgan TinkerToy ProductionsWarner Bros Television Studios 45 Max Speed Racer Warner Bros Television Studios 46 Apple TV Untamed Trip the Light ProductionsWarner Bros Television Studios 47 TBA Batman Caped Crusader Bruce Timm 6th amp IdahoDC EntertainmentWarner Bros Animation 48 Amazon Prime Video 49 Shorts edit Year Title Co production with 2013 KRE O Star Trek Paramount PicturesSkydance ProductionsCBS Consumer ProductsHasbro 2022 The Boy the Mole the Fox and the Horse Apple StudiosBBCNoneMore Productions Video games edit Year Title Platform 2011 Action Movie FX iOS 2022 Weird West PlayStation 4 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X S PC 2022 Moonbreaker PC 2023 Silent Hill Ascension iOS AndroidAwards and recognition editNominations 2002 Emmy Award Nomination Outstanding Writing for A Drama Series Alias 50 2005 Emmy Award Nomination Outstanding Writing for A Drama Series Lost 51 2007 Golden Globe Award Nomination Best Television Series Drama Lost 52 Wins 2005 Emmy Award 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