It’s done! JJ Abrams and his Bad Robot have closed a five-year deal for him to keep his TV business and move his film business under the WarnerMedia umbrella. The wide-ranging pact, which run…
ith the premium network also developing Bad Robot’she company also has three series at Apple via Warner Bros. TV, which also has been aggressively pursuing the multi-hyphenated: the Stephen King adaptation My Glory Was I Had Such Friends,Meanwhile, Abrams’ talks with Apple had evolved , focusing on continuing to work together and not through an overall deal as the expectation is that the new WarnerMedia pact would keep allowing Bad Robot to produce for outside networks.
On the feature side, Abrams and Bad Robot will develop original theatrical films for the divisions of the Warner Bros. Pictures Group, including Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema. In the era of giant TV overall deals, it is easier for incumbent studios to come up with competitive offers for prolific creators/producers as they often have the advantage of being able to sweeten their overall deal proposals with advances toward the producers’ backend.
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