Bad Robot Announces Six New Movies, Including A Thriller From ‘The Good Place’ Writer Megan Amram
In an unusual move for the typically-secretive company,J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot Productions has announced six new films are in development, including a possession film and a time travel movie. How many of these are actually secretCloverfieldmovies? All of them! (I’m kidding, we have no idea.)
But the one I’m the most excited about is a thriller written byMegan Amram, the writer behind some of the best and funniest shows on television. Learn more about these upcoming Bad Robot movies below.
Abrams is currently shootingStar Wars: Episode IXandhas been meeting with Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros.to try to figure out where Bad Robot’s films will be produced once his current deal with Paramount expires, and nowThe Hollywood Reporterhas a look at several of the company’s new few film projects. Let’s tackle them one at a time.
First up is my most anticipated of the batch: theUntitled Megan Amram Thriller, which is being called a “female-driven horror allegory.” Amram is set to write the project, and no director is attached yet. If you don’t recognize her name, you probably know her work: she’s written for shows likeParks and Recreation,Silicon Valley,Children’s Hospital, andThe Good Place, and she’s consistently beenone of the best things about Twitterfor about ten years. She also was nominated for an Emmy this year for creating a humorous web series calledAn Emmy For Megan,which you can start watching here. (Abrams briefly appeared in a cameo in one episode of the web series.) Amram has never written for the big screen before (aside from maybe an uncredited punch-up here and there), and seeing her make the leap to the big screen and tell her own story outside of a collaborative writers' room setting is very exciting.
Here’s a list of the other Bad Robot movies that were announced today:
The Steps:Described as a “twist on the possession story,” this one is written by Hell Fest and Polaroid scribeBlair Butlerand is based on an original idea byStefan Grube, the editor of10 Cloverfield LaneandStar Wars: Episode IX.The Seven Sisters of Scott County:The Hateful EightandBaby DrivercostumerCourtney Hoffman, who directed aNSFW Western short calledThe Good Time Girls, is writing and directing this film about “moonshine, trucking and sisterhood.“Untitled Ben Shiffrin thriller: Shiffrin, who wrote the Kevin Spacey/Christopher Walken body-swapping cat comedyNine Lives, is tackling this “contained time-travel story.“Everything Must Go: Described as “Clerksfor a new generation,” this film is being written byLisa McQuillan(Black-ish, Dr. Ken) andBobby Hall, aka rapperLogic, with Hall also attached to star.Only the Lonely: Grube is making his feature directorial debut with this sci-fi romance, which hails fromDylan Meyer(XOXO) andPeter Glanz(The Longest Week).
