Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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JJ Abrams' Bad Robot, once the belle of the ball in Hollywood, had to downsize significantly. What does this mean for the director, for Hollywood and the studio that gave us Lost, Alias and Fringe? Did his film work like Star Wars Episode 9: The Rise of Skywalker hurt them?
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