The tenure of J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot at Warner Bros. Television will hit the 20-year mark. After months of negotiations, the corporate has closed a brand new movie and TV take care of Warner Bros., sources inform Deadline. The pact is believed to be two-year, first-look, non-exclusive in each areas.
It succeeds Bad Robot’s earlier large five-year unique deal, signed in 2019 on the peak of the Peak TV-fueled total deal bubble. That $250M settlement was amongst numerous big-ticket objects that got here below scrutiny following the April 2022 shut of the Warner. Bros.-Discovery merger when HBO pulled the plug on Abrams’ sci-fi drama Demimonde.
Ultimately, Bad Robot’s deal proceeded, and the corporate noticed a few new sequence get on the air this summer time, Caped Crusader, which launched on Prime Video, and David E. Kelley’s Presumed Innocent for Apple TV+, which began as a restricted sequence however was renewed for a second season after changing into the streamer’s #1 drama launch. Three documentaries/docuseries, Charlie Hustle & The Matter of Pete Rose, Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes and Yankees Win, additionally debuted this previous summer time.
The TV market is just not the place it was 5 years in the past when Bad Robot’s earlier WB pact was made, with total offers down considerably in quantity and worth tags post-PeakTV on the heels of the pandemic and the double Hollywood strikes amid trade contraction and belt-tightening on the legacy media firms. In many instances, total pacts are succeeded by less-expensive first-look offers which give creatives flexibility. That is the case with Bad Robot at Warner Bros.
Coming up for the Bad Robot is drama sequence Duster on Max, with Speed Racer amongst different exhibits within the works. On the movie aspect, the corporate has a slew of tasks in improvement, with its first film below for Warner Bros. deal, Flowervale Street, slated for 2025 launch. Abrams is also directing his first characteristic in years with a thriller WB movie, which is eying begin of manufacturing firstly of 2025.
Abrams has been at Warner Bros. TV for 18 years. His firm Bad Robot had been primarily based at Paramount earlier than he signed the movie and TV take care of Warner Bros. in 2019.
