AI had appeared in Hollywood movies before, often in the form of robots. But the fear of a computer becoming self-aware, and making decisions that were bad for humans, was a new and terrifying one.

Abrams is also associated with likely robot fest the next Star Wars movie. We'll bend the rules for this bad robot.

The movie will be a partnership between Warner Bros. and J.J. Abrams' production company Bad Robot. Emily the Strange will be written by Pamela Ribon, whose credits include Smurfs: The Lost ...

The movie will be produced by Bad Robot. Trevor Duke-Moretz is an executive producer and Pamela Ribon, who recently wrote Netflix's Oscar-nominated animated feature "Nimona," will pen the screenplay.