A new phase for Bad Robot is coming into view. The once high flying production company led by J.J. Abrams is scaling down operations and reorganizing as it shuts down its Los Angeles office and moves to New York, where Abrams now resides.

The move comes after the company sold its longtime Santa Monica headquarters for $31 million in November and had shed employees in recent years. At its height, the Bad Robot building had hundreds of people working inside it, including members of its in-house visual effects company, Kelvin Optical. The company was founded in 1999 has been responsible for a myriad of hits, starting with 2001s Alias, and eventually adding 2004s Lost, 2008s Fringe, 2011s Person of Interest and 2016s Westworld on the TV side.

The companys film side had its first success with 2001s Joy Ride, followed by 2008s Cloverfield and 2009s Star Trek reboot, directed by Abrams. After Abrams directed 2006s third Mission: Impossible film, the company co-produced the next three M:I films. Similarly, when Abrams took the reigns of Star Wars for Lucasfilm, Bad Robot produced 2015s blockbuster Star Wars: The Force Awakens and 2019s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

Its been awhile, however, since Bad Robot had much mainstream success. The company produces Apple TVs Presumed Innocent with David E. Kelley Productions (season two began filming late last year), but the retro action-comedy Duster, which Abrams co-created, was a one-season-and-done release for HBO Max last year. And Rise of Skywalker represents the companys last major feature film.

The company was originally set up at Touchstone Television. But in 2019, riding high after its streak of elevated genre hits, WarnerMedia won a bidding war for a five-year overall deal film and TV deal with Bad Robot that was worth $250 million. In 2024, the deal was extended for another two years but became a non-exclusive, first-look pact.

There are several upcoming projects from Bad Robot still to be released. The company has the Abrams-directed The Great Beyond due out Nov. 13, and director David Robert Mitchells high-concept dinosaur feature The End of Oak Street arriving Aug. 16, both from Warner Bros. Its also attached to produce the 2028 Dr. Seuss adaptation Oh, The Places Youll Go from directors Jon M. Chu and Jill Culton.