Westworld (film) Westworld (film) Westworld is a 1973 American science fiction Western thriller film written and directed by novelist Michael Crichton about amusement park androids that malfunction and begin killing visitors. It stars Yul Brynner as an android in a futuristic Western-themed amusement park, and Richard Benjamin and James Brolin as guests of the park. The film served as Crichton's feature directorial debut. It was also the first feature film to use digital image processing to pixellate photography to simulate an android point of view. The film was nominated for Hugo, Nebula, and Saturn awards. "Westworld" was followed by a sequel, "Futureworld"
Bad Robot Productions Bad Robot Productions Bad Robot is an American film and television production company led by J. J. Abrams. Under its Bad Robot Productions division, the company is responsible for the television series "Alias", "Lost", "Fringe", "Person of Interest", "Revolution" and "Westworld" alongside the feature-length films "Cloverfield", "Star Trek", "Super 8", "Star Trek Into Darkness", "", "", "Star Wars Episodes " and , "10 Cloverfield Lane", "Star Trek Beyond", "The Cloverfield Paradox", "", and "Overlord". Bad Robot was originally based at Touchstone Television, but was moved by Abrams to Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Television, after his contract with ABC expired