Fresh off the release of Bad Robot’s WWII-set mutant Nazi thrillerOverlord, the production company led byJ.J. Abramshas acquired six new film projects from a host of up-and-coming writers and directors, according toVariety.
Most intriguing among the six genre films is an untitled “female-driven horror allegory” penned byMegan Amram. The writer and comedian currently serves as a producer andresident pun wizardonThe Good Place, on which she’s also written a number of the NBC comedy’s best episodes. (“Jeremy Bearimy” forever.) Earlier this year, Amram was nominated for two short-form comedy Emmys for her digital series,An Emmy For Megan. In one of the most unfair tragedies of our time, the show lost both categories.
Hell FestwriterBlair Butleradds her filmsThe Stepsto the slate, a “twist on the possession genre” based on an original story idea from10 Cloverfield LaneeditorStan Grube. An untitled feature on the life ofBobby Hall—better known as the Grammy-winning rapper Logic—is also in the works, with Hall starring and co-writing the script withBlack-ishwriterLisa McQuillan.
Rounding out Bad Robot’s extensive new slate is a moonshine-era feature titledThe Seven Sisters of Scott Countywritten and directed byCourtney Hoffman(The Good Time Girls), romantic sci-fi filmOnly the Lonelywritten byPeter Glanzand co-directed by Grube andDylan Meyer, and an untitled time travel film written byBen Shiffrin(Nine Lives).
No word yet on how all six projects will eventually becomeCloverfieldfilms, but we’ll keep you posted on that front.
The news comes at an interesting time for Bad Robot.Overlord—despite being a dope piece of B-movie madness–isn’t exactly lighting up the box office, opening in third place with $10 million on a $38 million budget. But Abrams is also hard at work directing the trilogy-cappingStar Wars Episode IX—Bad Robot co-produced the sure-to-be smash—while also reportedly shopping around for afuck-you money mega-dealon par withSteven Spielberg.
