Abrams and McGrath — whose Bad Robot is also based at WarnerMedia with a $250 million overall deal — after the former got to know Robinson through Time’s Up.
Paramount TV Studios, where Robinson was formerly housed with a long-term overall deal, bid hard to keep Robinson but ultimately bowed out when Warners came back with a higher offer driven by Bad Robot’s influence.
Abrams and Bad Robot are in various stages of development on multiple series for HBO Max, including a Justice League Dark franchise that is being designed to feature multiple spinoffs as part of a larger connected world similar to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Additional details, including a formal logline, are being kept under wraps as reps for HBO Max, producers Warner Bros.