J.J. Abrams is reducing the footprint of his production company Bad Robot. Word of the restructuring quickly spread around Hollywood Thursday despite the day being a major Jewish holiday, Passover.
The company is closing its Los Angeles office. It is expected to open an operation in New York, working with a smaller in-house team and outside producers. It is unclear yet which of Bad Robot’s current executives will be leaving, discussions are currently underway.
As Bad Robot slims down, the company will remain under its first-look film and TV deal at Warner Bros., which goes through the end of the year. By then, the company will have been at Warner Bros. Television for 20 years.
The downsizing reflects the change in the financials of Bad Robot’s Warner Bros. deal, which went from a rich overall agreement to a more modest first-look pact at the last renewal announced
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