Overview
- Trade reports Thursday said Bad Robot will shut its Los Angeles office and concentrate operations in New York with a smaller team.
- The company will remain under its first-look film and TV deal with Warner Bros through the end of the year.
- Staffing decisions are still being worked out, and outlets say the scope of cuts or relocations has not been determined.
- Abrams plans to rely more on outside producers, and the slate remains active with The End of Oak Street in August and The Great Beyond in November.
- The change tracks a 2024 shift from a large overall deal to a smaller first-look at Warner Bros and follows the $31 million sale of Bad Robot’s Santa Monica headquarters in November, in line with a wider industry contraction after Peak TV.